Secure Dual Mount Cover With Integrated Haspways
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Solution Overview
Problem
Dual mount covers for outdoor electrical devices often lack securement mechanisms, leading to unauthorized access and potential hazards from conspicuous flanges that can catch on clothing, especially when not in use.
Innovation Solution
A secure dual mount cover design featuring a rectangular base with laterally projecting peripheral flanges and diagonally opposed haspways integrated into the base, allowing for secure closure with a padlock or similar mechanism without projecting flanges, ensuring watertightness and easy assembly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If registered hasp openings are provided on forwardly projecting flanges, then securing capability is improved, but safety deteriorates due to potential hazard of catching or snagging on clothing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the forwardly projecting flanges that created safety hazards while retaining the haspway functionality. The haspways are repositioned to be formed directly in the base body at corners, eliminating the protruding elements that could catch clothing while maintaining padlock securing capability.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of having hasp openings on projecting flanges that extend outward, the patent inverts the approach by forming haspways directly in the base body at corner positions. This reverses the spatial arrangement to eliminate the protruding hazard while maintaining the securing function.
2Adaptability or versatility
If two diagonally positioned flanges are required for dual use cover, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases and safety deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent achieves dual-mount versatility through a single base design with haspways positioned at diagonally opposed corners. The base can be mounted in multiple orientations without requiring additional projecting flanges, as the haspways are strategically positioned to function in various mounting configurations, eliminating the need for separate flange assemblies.
3Reliability
If haspways are formed on projecting flanges, then securing function is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the haspway formation directly into the base body molding process. The haspways are formed as integral features of the base at corner positions, eliminating the need for separate flange components and their associated assembly steps. This integration simplifies manufacturing while maintaining the securing function.
Data Source
AI summary
A cover for outdoor electrical devices includes a rectangular base having a rear, side and bottom panels. A peripheral flange surrounds the base. Haspways are provided in diagonally opposed corners of the flange, with the haspways being closed by a web. A lid is hinged to the top panel, for orientation in a vertical position or to a side panel for orientation in a horizontal position. An aperture at a lower corner of the lid registers with a lower haspway. To secure the cover, the lower haspway web is broken and padlock shackle inserted through the open haspway and lid aperture. The haspway at the upper corner of the base flange remains closed by the web to preclude the entrance of water into the interior of the cover.