Shotgun Fitting Tool With Cross-Shaped Alignment Regions
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Solution Overview
Problem
Young shooters often find it difficult to achieve a proper fit with a shotgun, as they struggle to describe their visual cues during the fitting process, leading to inefficiencies and potential misalignment with the barrel.
Innovation Solution
A shotgun fitting tool featuring a block with an elongated cross-shaped portion that divides into four regions with identifying attributes, such as colors or lights, which are activated by light transmission through optical fibers, helping shooters align the gun by ensuring they see a specific view when properly fitted.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If traditional shotgun fitting methods are used, then the fitting process relies on verbal description, but young shooters struggle to describe visual cues accurately leading to misalignment
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary device (the alignment tool with crosshair and colored regions) that mediates between the shooter's visual perception and the fitting assessment. Instead of relying on the shooter's verbal description, the tool provides visual feedback through aligned crosshairs and colored regions that indicate proper alignment, thus resolving the difficulty young shooters have in describing visual cues accurately
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs color changes as a visual indicator system where different colored regions become visible or align in specific patterns when the shotgun is properly fitted. This provides intuitive visual feedback that eliminates the need for shooters to verbally describe complex visual cues, directly improving measurement precision while reducing detection difficulty
2Productivity
If traditional fitting procedures are used, then fitting can be achieved, but it takes excessive time and effort
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a self-service mechanism where the alignment tool automatically provides visual feedback about fit quality without requiring the shooter to articulate sensations or the fitter to interpret complex descriptions. The tool self-evaluates the alignment through visible crosshair and colored region patterns, dramatically reducing the time and effort required for fitting while increasing productivity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces immediate visual feedback through the alignment tool that shows whether the shotgun is properly fitted through the arrangement of crosshairs and colored regions. This real-time feedback eliminates lengthy trial-and-error procedures and verbal communication loops, significantly reducing fitting time while maintaining or improving accuracy
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Facilitates quicker and more accurate shotgun fitting by providing visual cues that indicate proper alignment, reducing the time and effort required to achieve a comfortable and effective shooting position.
Implementation Method 1
The optical fibers within the casing can carry light to the identifying attributes
Data Source
AI summary
A tool used in fitting a shotgun to a user can be a block and an elongated cross shaped portion extending therefrom. The block has a back side and has a front side from which the cross shaped portion extends at a substantially right angle. The cross shaped portion divides an aligning portion of the flat surface into four regions wherein each of the four regions has an identifying attribute. All the identifying attributes are only seen when viewed from a position aligned longitudinally with the elongated cross shaped portion.