Front-Mounted Scuba Gas Holder for Balanced Weight Distribution
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current scuba diving equipment designs for redundant gas supplies are cumbersome, imbalance the diver's weight distribution, and complicate emergency gas access, leading to safety hazards and increased risk of drowning due to inefficient design and placement of gas containers.
Innovation Solution
A container holder system with adjustable fasteners that securely attaches a redundant gas supply to the diver's front torso, allowing for easy emergency access and maintaining neutral balance, featuring a holder that retains the container horizontally across the torso with quick-release mechanisms for emergency situations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the gas container is attached to the diver's back or side, then the redundant gas supply is secured, but the weight distribution becomes unbalanced and emergency access is complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the conventional placement of the redundant gas container from the diver's back or side to the front of the diver's body. This inversion allows the container to be positioned where it can be easily accessed during emergencies while maintaining proper weight distribution. The container is specifically positioned to be reachable by the diver or a buddy without requiring complex maneuvers, thus resolving the contradiction between security and ease of access.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the spatial dimension of container placement by moving it from a vertical arrangement (back-mounted) to a horizontal arrangement across the front torso. This dimensional change allows the container to be securely attached while remaining accessible from multiple angles, solving the problem of emergency access complexity while maintaining secure attachment.
2Weight of stationary object
If the gas container is placed on the diver's back, then the weight is centralized, but the weight distribution becomes unbalanced and causes rolling
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs asymmetric distribution of the gas container weight by positioning it on the front of the diver's body rather than on the back. This asymmetric placement, combined with the container's horizontal orientation, creates a more balanced weight distribution that prevents the diver from rolling to one side, thus resolving the contradiction between weight centralization and balance stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions the container from a vertical suspension (hanging on the back) to a horizontal placement across the front torso. This dimensional change redistributes the weight across a wider area and changes the center of gravity position, thereby improving balance and preventing the rolling effect while maintaining centralized weight support.
3Device complexity
If the gas container is attached to the main container assembly, then the system is integrated, but the added weight is difficult to don and remove
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the redundant gas container system from the main container assembly by providing it as a separate, independently attachable unit. This segmentation allows the container to be easily attached and removed from the diver's body without affecting the main container system, thus resolving the contradiction between system integration and ease of donning/removal.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the redundant gas container from the main container assembly, making it a separate component that can be independently attached to the diver's front body. This extraction simplifies the donning and removal process while maintaining the integrated functionality of the overall diving system, as the container can be quickly attached or detached without manipulating the main container.
4Reliability
If the gas container is placed off-axis on the diver's side, then the redundant supply is available, but the weight distribution creates off-balance conditions and uneven drag
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the conventional off-axis side placement of the gas container to a front-center position on the diver's body. This inversion places the weight along the diver's centerline, creating balanced weight distribution that eliminates off-balance conditions and reduces uneven drag, while still maintaining the availability of the redundant gas supply for emergency situations.
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AI summary
One design embodiment of a holder for a container which may be comprised of a connector band (44) that connects to holder band eye brackets (31), in which strap bolts (40) that are held in place by strap bolt heads (41) and strap bolt nuts (42) retain fastener straps (35) that connect through release buckles (39) to fasteners (36, 38). The container may be attached to the user or a host device using a variety of easily configurable methods, as required by the intended use, including but no limited to the use of fasteners with integrated strap adjusters (36) or fasteners that attach the holder to belts, straps or webbing, by the use of fasteners (38) which include direct attachment points to integrated release buckles (39). The design embodiment allows easy attachment, use and deployment of containers in a variety of environmental conditions and situational uses, including but not limited to the carrying of gas supplies for underwater divers.