Tablet Mount Adapter With Quick Release for Patient Transport
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing patient transportation systems lack a satisfactory solution for securing tablets during transport, failing to ensure secure restraint, ease of access, and quick release, often resulting in equipment damage and restricted access.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising a tablet support unit and an adaptor unit that securely attaches a tablet to a support surface using interengageable mechanisms, allowing easy installation and removal without tools, and enabling secure positioning and clear visibility during transport.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If equipment is secured during transportation, then safety and damage prevention are improved, but accessibility and ease of removal deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment system is divided into separate components: a support surface with attachment mechanisms and equipment with corresponding engagement features. This segmentation allows the equipment to be easily attached and detached while maintaining secure restraint during transport, resolving the contradiction between security and accessibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The attachment system transitions from a static fixed state to a dynamic removable state. The interengageable attachment mechanisms allow the equipment to be quickly secured during transport and just as quickly removed when access is needed, enabling the system to adapt between security and accessibility requirements.
2Ease of operation
If equipment is placed on patients during transport, then accessibility is maintained, but safety and damage prevention deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The support surface acts as an intermediary between the equipment and the patient transport system. Instead of placing equipment directly on patients, the attachment mechanisms on the support surface provide a secure intermediate platform that maintains both safety through proper restraint and accessibility through strategic positioning.
3Device complexity
If heavy equipment is transported without handles, then device simplicity is maintained, but ease of transportation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment mechanisms serve dual functions: they secure the equipment to the support surface during transport and provide handholds for easy manipulation. By merging the restraint function with the handling function into a single integrated feature, the system maintains simplicity while improving ease of transportation.
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AI summary
A system for attaching an equipment to a support surface, the system comprising: an equipment support unit having an equipment body support portion to support a body of the equipment, an adaptor unit for attaching the equipment support unit to the support surface, the adaptor unit comprising: an adaptor equipment support portion having: an 5 adaptor equipment support attachment mechanism configured to releasably attach the equipment support unit to the adaptor unit, and an adaptor support surface portion configured to attach the adaptor unit to the support surface; and a release mechanism for releasing the attachment of the tablet support unit to the adaptor unit.