Scanner Gun Holder With Tab Retention and Adjustable Mounting

Solution Overview

Problem

There is a need for a reliable and flexible holder for scanner guns or similar devices with handles that securely retains the handle while allowing for easy mounting and removal, and provides a secure attachment to a mounting device.

Innovation Solution

A holder with a body having a handle-receiving cavity and strategically placed tabs that engage the handle to resist removal, combined with a mounting arrangement for coupling with a mounting device, such as a ball mount and clamp system.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If tabs are added to engage the handle, then the holder's ability to resist handle removal is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvehandle retentionVSAvoidholder structure

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The holder is segmented into functional zones: a handle-receiving cavity for insertion, openings positioned near the second end for tab engagement, and tabs that protrude into the cavity to mechanically interlock with the handle. This segmentation allows each zone to perform its specific function while maintaining overall structural integrity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The sidewalls are designed with local variations: openings are positioned at specific locations near the second end, and tabs protrude only where needed to engage the handle. This localized feature placement provides retention functionality only where required, rather than uniformly across the entire structure.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

2Ease of manufacture

If the holder design is simplified, then the ease of manufacture is improved, but the reliability of handle retention deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveholder productionVSAvoidhandle retention

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The holder is segmented into functional zones: a handle-receiving cavity for insertion, openings positioned near the second end for tab engagement, and tabs that protrude into the cavity to mechanically interlock with the handle. This segmentation allows each zone to perform its specific function while maintaining overall structural integrity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The tabs are designed to automatically engage the handle when inserted into the holder, providing self-retention without requiring additional fastening mechanisms or complex assembly steps. The mechanical interlocking occurs passively through the geometry of the tabs and handle.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

3Reliability

If openings are positioned nearer the second end, then the handle retention is improved, but the ease of operation for insertion deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvehandle retentionVSAvoidhandle insertion

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The holder is segmented into functional zones: a handle-receiving cavity for insertion, openings positioned near the second end for tab engagement, and tabs that protrude into the cavity to mechanically interlock with the handle. This segmentation allows each zone to perform its specific function while maintaining overall structural integrity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The tabs are pre-positioned to extend into the handle-receiving cavity through the openings, creating a ready-to-engagement configuration before the handle is inserted. This preliminary arrangement ensures that upon insertion, the tabs automatically engage the handle without requiring additional adjustment or positioning actions.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20220099248A1Holder for scanner guns and other devices and methods of making and using

Publication Date: 2022.03.31 NP LIQUIDATING CO INC

AI summary

A holder for a device having a handle includes a body having an open first end, a second end opposite the first end, and at least one sidewall extending from the first end to the second end and defining a handle-receiving cavity configured to receive the handle of the device; and a first opening formed in the at least one sidewall of the body and configured to receive a portion of the handle to retain the handle in the holder and resist removal of the handle from the holder.