Push-Button Socket Holder Locking for Secure Tool Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
The lack of a reliable and secure mechanism for locking and organizing various sized sockets with different drive sizes has led to frustration and wasted time in accessing the right tools during repairs, as previous methods like storing them in boxes or bags made it difficult to quickly find the needed sockets.
Innovation Solution
The Socket-Locker, a socket holder with individual socket holder spaces featuring internal mechanisms and a push-button control system that securely holds and releases sockets, ensuring they are always organized and easily accessible.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If sockets are stored in boxes or bags, then storage capacity is achieved, but accessibility and organization are severely degraded
Solution Approach 1:
The socket holder divides the storage system into individual compartments, each designed to accommodate specific socket sizes. This segmentation allows sockets to be organized by size while remaining individually accessible, eliminating the need to search through a single large container.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention transitions from two-dimensional storage (sockets scattered in a box or bag) to three-dimensional organized storage with vertical and horizontal positioning. Each socket has a designated location in space, enabling quick visual identification and access without rummaging through the entire container.
2Ease of operation
If sockets are kept without a locking mechanism, then ease of access is improved, but security and organization during transport are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The socket holder features a self-locking mechanism where sockets automatically engage with the holder structure when placed in the correct position. The design allows sockets to lock into place through their own insertion motion, eliminating the need for separate locking actions while maintaining security during transport.
3Reliability
If a locking mechanism is added to secure sockets, then security is improved, but operational complexity and time to access sockets increase
Solution Approach 1:
The locking function is extracted from a complex multi-step process and integrated into the basic insertion motion itself. The socket's own placement action triggers the locking mechanism, separating the security function from additional operational steps and eliminating time loss.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention merges the placement action and locking action into a single unified motion. When a socket is inserted into its compartment, it simultaneously occupies the space and engages the locking feature, combining two previously separate operations into one efficient action.
4Productivity
If sockets are organized by size in designated spaces, then organization and quick access are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Each compartment in the socket holder is designed with specific local characteristics tailored to accommodate particular socket sizes. The varying compartment dimensions and locking features are optimized for their specific function, allowing efficient organization without requiring a completely complex overall structure.
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AI summary
A socket holder with a built in locking mechanism that is user controlled and activated by a push button which controls internal locking mechanisms which allow this socket holder to securely store and transport sockets mounted to a main socket holder body. This socket holder can hold multiples of sockets to the main socket holder body, releasing them only when desired by the user with the push of the push button that controls the internal mechanisms which release the sockets from the main socket holder body. This socket holder is designed to organize and securely lock the sockets onto the main socket holder body in a way that is dependable and easy to use.