Rotating Dual-Clamp Cigar Holder for Adjustable Cart Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cigar holders for golf carts lack versatility and convenience, as they often require specific orientations and can cause burn marks on the cart, and may not securely hold objects without damaging them.
Innovation Solution
A clip with a holding clamp and attaching clamp, featuring oppositely bowed gripping portions and pivoting handles, allowing 360-degree rotation and secure attachment to various surfaces, made of anodized aluminum to prevent corrosion, with a spring mechanism for easy clamping and alignment, enabling secure holding of cigars and other items in any position.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If existing cigar holders are used for golf carts, then cigars can be held, but they lack adjustable positioning and cannot be oriented in multiple positions
Solution Approach 1:
The clip incorporates a rotating mechanism that allows the cigar holder to be dynamically repositioned to any angle around the golf cart handle. The holder can rotate 360 degrees and lock at various positions, transforming a static structure into a dynamic one that adapts to different user needs and orientations.
Solution Approach 2:
The clip is designed with universal adaptability to attach to different golf cart handles and positions. The rotating mechanism and adjustable clamping structure enable the same device to serve multiple functions: holding cigars at various angles, positioning them for different users, and attaching to different locations on the golf cart.
2Reliability
If existing cigar holders are used, then cigars can be held, but they may cause burn marks on the cart and do not securely hold cigars in horizontal position
Solution Approach 1:
The clip introduces an intermediary attachment mechanism that secures the cigar holder to the golf cart handle without direct contact between the hot cigar and the cart surface. The holder structure includes heat-isolating features and positioning mechanisms that maintain a safe distance between the burning cigar and the cart, preventing burn marks while ensuring stable horizontal positioning for even burning.
3Reliability
If a secure clamp is used to hold cigars, then even burning is ensured, but the device becomes more complex and harder to manufacture
Solution Approach 1:
The clip is divided into distinct functional segments: a separate clamping mechanism for securing the cigar, a rotating attachment mechanism for positioning, and a mounting interface for the golf cart handle. This segmentation allows each component to be manufactured independently using simple processes, then assembled into the final device, maintaining manufacturing ease while achieving reliable cigar holding.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The clip provides a versatile, easy-to-use solution that prevents burn marks, ensures a consistent cigar burn, and securely attaches various items to golf carts or other surfaces, while being durable and resistant to corrosion, with the ability to display logos and suitable for multiple applications beyond just cigar holding.
Implementation Method 1
A spring, normally biasing the clamping members towards a closed position is looped around the post with its ends locked in openings (not shown) in supports on either side.
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AI summary
A clip for holding an object on a supporting member comprises a holding clamp and an attaching clamp. The holding clamp has a pair of clamping members with oppositely bowed gripping portions and inwardly arched handles. The oppositely bowed gripping portions form together, when engaged, jaws for holding an object such as a cigar. The jaws are connected together for pivotal movement to cooperate with each other for clamping action upon actuation of their handles. At the juncture point of the jaws with the handles, the clamping members are provided with aligned, apertured supports for receipt of an axial binding post or rivet that extends through the apertures and for holding the clamping members together and in axial alignment. A spring, normally biasing the clamping members towards a closed position is looped around the post with its ends locked against the handles. At the ends of the handles, in the flat portions thereof, the two clamping members are riveted together, and in such manner that the clamping members can rotate 360 degrees in a circle relative to one another. In this way the clamping members can be positioned in straight-line fashion, or rotated at any angle relative to one another.