Detachable Slide Bracket Linkage for Confined-Space Release
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing fast detachable slide brackets require users to stretch and bend their wrist to release the latching member from either side, making it inconvenient and difficult to remove when only one set is installed among closely arranged sets.
Innovation Solution
A fast retractable slide bracket design featuring a frame with a folded plate, a resilient latching member, and a linkage that allows for tool-free operation, enabling easy unlatching and releasing without requiring additional space or tools, using a sliding block and elastic elements to move the latching member.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the latching member is released by stretching one hand from the front of the bracket and bending the wrist to the side, then the bracket can be removed without tools, but it becomes very inconvenient and difficult when only one set of slide and bracket is installed among closely arranged sets
Solution Approach 1:
The release mechanism is moved from the front/side of the bracket to the rear end, changing the spatial dimension of operation. The linkage extends through the folded plate to connect the resilient latching member with a release structure at the rear, allowing users to operate the release mechanism from a different spatial location that is more accessible in confined spaces with closely arranged sets.
Solution Approach 2:
A linkage structure acts as an intermediary between the resilient latching member and the release mechanism. The linkage transmits the releasing motion from the rear end through the folded plate to the latching member, enabling indirect operation that overcomes the spatial constraints of closely arranged installations.
2Ease of operation
If the linkage penetrates the folded plate of the frame, then direct operation of the linkage is enabled for convenient removal, but the structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The folded plate serves multiple functions: it provides structural support for the bracket, acts as a barrier that the linkage must penetrate, and serves as a guide for the linkage movement. By making the folded plate multi-functional, the patent avoids adding separate components that would increase structural complexity while still achieving direct linkage operation.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables easy, fast, and comfortable tool-free operation, allowing direct access and convenient removal of the bracket without compromising safety or requiring finger insertion, even in limited spaces.
Implementation Method 1
the resilient latching member is provided with an elastic element to hold against the resilient latching member and the frame so to have the first end of the resilient latching member to be at where in relation to the folded plate of the frame
Implementation Method 2
a resilient latching member provided with a first end and a second end opposite to each other with a section between both ends pivoted to the frame
Data Source
AI summary
A fast detachable slide bracket includes a frame, a resilient latching member, and a linkage. A folded plate having a through hole is disposed at one end of the frame. The resilient latching member has a first end and a second end opposite to each other. The section between the first end and the second end is pivotally connected to the frame. The first end is relatively disposed to and separated from the folded plate for a proper range. The linkage has a first end and a second end opposite to each other. The first end of the linkage penetrates the through hold of the folded plate of the frame and the second end of the linkage links the latching member to raise the second end of the latching member thus to move the first end of the latching member to release the bracket from a support temporarily.