Retractable Stake Rod Holder for Portable Ground Anchoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Fishing rods are inconvenient to hold constantly and securing multiple rods is challenging, necessitating a solution that allows hands-free operation and secure anchoring.
Innovation Solution
An adjustable fishing rod holder with a retractable stake that secures rods at varying heights and angles, featuring a sliding stake mechanism that can be extended for anchoring and retracted for portability and safety.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the stake is extended for anchoring, then the rod holder can secure fishing rods at varying heights and angles, but the device becomes less portable and creates safety hazards during transport
Solution Approach 1:
The stake is designed to be movable between extended and retracted positions along the tube, allowing the rod holder to adapt between two distinct operational states: extended for anchoring versatility and retracted for portability and safety. This dynamic reconfiguration resolves the contradiction by making the system adaptable to different usage requirements.
2Ease of operation
If the stake is retracted for portability, then the device becomes safer and more portable, but the ability to secure rods at varying heights and angles is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The movable stake mechanism allows the system to dynamically switch between retracted and extended positions, enabling the rod holder to optimize between portability/safety and anchoring versatility depending on the operational context.
3Device complexity
If a fixed stake is used, then the structure is simpler, but the rod holder cannot adjust to varying heights and angles
Solution Approach 1:
The stake is made movable along the tube rather than being fixed, providing adjustability for varying heights and angles while maintaining relative structural simplicity through the straightforward sliding mechanism with position securing features.
Data Source
AI summary
The embodiments are directed to rod holders including a fastener, a stake, and a tube. The fastener includes a head and a body. The stake includes a first end, a second end, and an elongated slot along a longitudinal direction of the stake. The tube includes a receiving end, a bottom end, and a boss running radially into the tube between the receiving end and the bottom end, where the receiving end is operable to removably receive a lower end of a rod. The body of the fastener mates with the elongated slot and is removably coupled to the boss such that the stake is slidably coupled to the tube and movable between a retracted position and an extended position. The head of the fastener is removably coupled to the stake to secure the stake from sliding along a longitudinal direction of the tube.