Rotating Wearable Mount for Device Orientation and Hand Fit
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Solution Overview
Problem
Wearable mounting devices for mountable devices like tablets often require multiple sizes and orientations due to variations in user hand sizes, leading to additional expenses and usability issues for users with larger hands who cannot easily access device components.
Innovation Solution
A wearable apparatus with a rotating mounting plate and strap system, featuring adjustable attachment portions and a magnetized connecting axis, allowing the mountable device to be securely attached and easily rotated for different orientations and user comfort.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple wearable apparatuses of different sizes and orientations are purchased to accommodate variations in user hand sizes, then usability for different users is improved, but device complexity and additional expenses increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a rotatable mounting plate that can rotate 360 degrees around a central axis, allowing the mountable device to be positioned in multiple orientations (portrait, landscape, inverted) without requiring multiple different wearable apparatuses. This dynamic adjustment capability enables a single apparatus to adapt to different user hand sizes and preferences.
Solution Approach 2:
The wearable apparatus is designed with a universal mounting plate that can accommodate various mountable devices and can be oriented in multiple positions, making it suitable for users with different hand sizes. The single apparatus performs multiple functions (different orientations, different device sizes) that previously required multiple specialized apparatuses.
2Ease of operation
If the strap is oriented in a fixed orientation, then manufacturing simplicity is maintained, but ease of operation deteriorates for users with larger hands who cannot easily access device components
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting plate is designed to rotate freely around a central axis, allowing users with larger hands to position the device components at accessible angles. The dynamic rotation capability enables easy access to buttons, cameras, and other components regardless of the user's hand size or gripping position.
3Reliability
If the mountable device is securely attached to the wearable apparatus, then reliability is improved, but ease of repair deteriorates due to difficulty in removal for battery replacement
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting system is segmented into separate components: a mounting plate that attaches to the device, a strap that secures to the user, and a connecting axis that joins them. This segmentation allows the mounting plate to be easily detached from the strap for battery replacement while maintaining secure attachment during use.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting plate can be extracted or detached from the strap assembly, allowing users to remove the mountable device for battery replacement or maintenance without removing the entire wearable apparatus from their hand or wrist.
4Adaptability or versatility
If a rotating mechanism is added to allow different orientations, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a simple rotating mounting plate that can freely rotate 360 degrees around a central axis. This dynamic rotation mechanism provides multiple orientations (portrait, landscape, inverted) without requiring complex locking mechanisms or multiple separate components, maintaining simplicity while achieving high adaptability.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables efficient and intuitive attachment and detachment of mountable devices, accommodating various user hand sizes and orientations, reducing production delays and user inconvenience while allowing for easy battery replacement without removing the wearable apparatus.
Implementation Method 1
the connecting axis is a magnetized connecting axis configured to attach via magnetism to one or more of the strap or the mounting plate
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AI summary
Methods, apparatuses, systems, devices, and/or the like are provided. In some embodiments, a wearable apparatus may include a mounting plate configured to be operably engaged with a mountable device; a strap operably attached to the mounting plate and configured to be operably engaged with a user; and a connecting axis configured to operably engage the mounting plate and the strap, wherein the connecting axis is configured to rotate relative to one of the mounting plate or the strap while refraining from rotating relative to the other of the mounting plate or the strap.