Rail Bracket Locking Mount for Impact and Moisture Protection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing devices and mounting systems fail to provide effective protection from impact and moisture exposure while ensuring secure and quick attachment to a base, often requiring additional adaptors for compatibility and compromising security for ease of use.
Innovation Solution
A mounting system comprising a rail and a bracket with a locking mechanism that allows selective securing and unlocking, providing protection from impact and moisture, secure mounting, and quick attachment/detachment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a device is protected from impact and moisture exposure, then device reliability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The device is nested within a protective case that provides impact and moisture protection. The case acts as an outer container that encloses the device, allowing the smaller device to benefit from the protective environment without requiring the device itself to be complex or redesigned.
Solution Approach 2:
A protective case serves as an intermediary between the device and the harsh environment (impact and moisture). The case absorbs the environmental stresses before they reach the device, protecting the device while maintaining its original design and complexity.
2Reliability
If a mounting system provides secure mounting, then mounting reliability is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting system transitions from a static secured state to a dynamic quick-release state through a release mechanism. The system maintains secure mounting during normal operation but allows rapid transition to an unmounted state when needed, combining security with operational ease.
Solution Approach 2:
The release mechanism is designed to be actuated by the user without requiring tools or complex procedures. The system serves itself by providing an intuitive release mechanism that automatically disengages the mounting when activated, making the operation simple and self-contained.
3Ease of operation
If a mounting system allows quick attachment and detachment, then ease of operation is improved, but mounting reliability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting system uses a dynamic locking mechanism that transitions from an unlocked state during attachment to a locked state during operation. The quick-release feature enables easy attachment and detachment, while the locking mechanism ensures reliable securement when mounted, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and mounting reliability.
4Adaptability or versatility
If additional adaptors are used for compatibility, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting system is designed with universal compatibility features that allow it to work with multiple device types and mounting surfaces without requiring additional adaptors. The bracket and mounting plate configuration provides multi-functionality, enabling attachment to various surfaces (vehicle dashboards, helmets, vests, tripods) while maintaining a simple two-component system.
Data Source
AI summary
The present specification discloses systems, devices, and methods and uses provide a mounting system which includes rail and a bracket which is selectively secured to the rail. A bracket disclosed herein selectively and/or automatically secures or locks to a rail disclosed herein when positioned on the rail by actuating or triggering a locking mechanism disclosed herein to adopted a locked configuration. In addition, a bracket disclosed herein may be selectively removed from a rail by actuating or triggering a locking mechanism disclosed herein to adopted an unlocked configuration. The disclosed mounting systems, devices, and methods enable a device to be protected from impact and moisture exposure, enable a device to be securely mounted on a base, and/or enable a device to be quickly secured and removed from a base.