Sport Platform Speaker Mount for Tangle-Free Outdoor Audio

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing audio devices such as earbuds or headphones often become loose, tangled, or difficult to use during outdoor sports and recreation, making it hard to listen to music and communicate with companions.

Innovation Solution

A personal, mobile sound system with self-powered, wireless speakers mounted to a recreational sport platform using mounts that securely attach to flat surfaces without altering the platform, positioning speakers away from the rider's ears to allow for communication and balance assistance.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If earbuds or headphones are worn to listen to music while being active, then music can be listened to during sports and recreation, but the earbuds or headphones can become loose and difficult to find in the terrain

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of using audio device during activityVSAvoidretention of earbuds or headphones during activity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The audio device is extracted from the ear and relocated to the recreational sport platform. The speaker is mounted on the platform rather than being worn in the ear, eliminating the problem of earbuds becoming loose and difficult to find in the terrain while maintaining audio playback capability during the activity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Ease of operation

If earbuds or headphones are worn to listen to music while being active, then music can be listened to during sports and recreation, but hearing a talking to companions can be difficult

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of using audio device during activityVSAvoidisolation from companions

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The audio output is extracted from the ear and placed on the recreational sport platform. This positioning allows the user to hear music from the speaker while remaining aware of their surroundings and able to communicate with companions, eliminating the isolation effect of traditional in-ear audio devices

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Ease of operation

If wired earbuds or headphones are used, then audio can be played during activity, but the wire can become tangled in equipment while active

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of using audio device during activityVSAvoidtangling of wire during activity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The wire is extracted from the system by using a wireless speaker mounted on the recreational sport platform. This eliminates the wire entirely, preventing it from becoming tangled in equipment during the activity while maintaining audio playback capability

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The mechanical wire connection is replaced with a wireless audio transmission system. The speaker receives audio wirelessly and plays it locally, eliminating the need for physical wires that can become tangled during recreational activities

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS12538057B2Mobile sound system

Publication Date: 2026.01.27 POTTS JEFFREY

AI summary

A personal, mobile sound system comprises a personal, mobile, outdoor, recreational sport platform capable of transporting a rider and having a flat surface. A mount is fixed to the flat surface of the sport platform and exposed to ambient conditions. The mount comprises a mount plate, a spacer plate and an adhesive mount layer on the bottom of the spacer plate. Slots are located in the mount plate to receive straps. The spacer plate has a length less than a length of the mount plate to form a pair of spaced-apart notches. The spacer plate has a thickness creating a thickness of the pair of spaced-apart notches at least as great as a thickness of the first and second straps. A self-powered, wireless speaker is releasably coupled to the mount.