Telescoping Support Pole With Synchronized Multi-Section Locking

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing photographic equipment and hiking poles require inconvenient and time-consuming telescoping adjustments, often resulting in missed shooting opportunities due to the need for sequential adjustment of multiple sections.

Innovation Solution

A rapid telescoping support pole featuring an operation driving member, a transverse driving wheel, and a vertical transmission wheel, which cooperatively drive multi-section inner tubes to achieve rapid telescoping adjustments between locked and unlocked states.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If sequential adjustment of multiple sections is used, then the structure is simple and reliable, but the adjustment time is excessive and operation is inconvenient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetelescoping adjustment operationVSAvoidadjustment time
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple independent adjustment operations into a single integrated mechanism. The operation driving member simultaneously controls multiple driving wheels, which in turn control multiple inner tubes, allowing all sections to be adjusted in one coordinated action rather than sequentially. This combining of operations directly reduces adjustment time and improves ease of operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The operation driving member serves multiple functions: it simultaneously drives the first driving wheel for the first inner tube, the second driving wheel for the second inner tube, and the third driving wheel for the third inner tube. This multi-functionality allows a single component to control the telescoping of multiple sections, eliminating the need for separate adjustment mechanisms for each section and thereby reducing overall adjustment time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Productivity

If multiple driving wheels and transmission mechanisms are added, then the telescoping speed is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetelescoping adjustment speedVSAvoidmechanism complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs a nested structure where multiple inner tubes are housed within outer tubes, and the driving wheels are integrated into the pole head assembly. The first, second, and third inner tubes are nested within successive outer tubes, creating a compact telescopic structure. This nesting allows the complex multi-wheel mechanism to be packed into a compact form without significantly increasing the overall device complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent segments the telescoping function into three independent but coordinated inner tubes, each with its own driving wheel. This segmentation allows each tube to be adjusted independently yet simultaneously, enabling rapid telescoping while maintaining manageable complexity through modular design. Each segment can be manufactured and assembled separately, simplifying the overall manufacturing process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS12326653B2Rapid telescoping support pole
Publication Date: 2025.06.10 COMAN PHOTO EQUIP (ZHONGSHAN) CO LTD
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AI summary

A rapid telescoping support pole, a photographic equipment, and a hiking pole having an operation driving member, a transverse driving wheel, and a vertical transmission wheel cooperating with said transverse driving wheel; the vertical transmission wheel driving multi-section inner tubes cooperatively to make the multi-stage outer tube conversion between a telescopic unlocked state and a telescopic locked state so as to achieve the rapid telescoping purpose. It has the advantages of rapid telescoping, extremely convenient use and movement, and simultaneous operation of upper and lower telescopic poles in one cooperating movement, therefore it has superior performance in terms of technology, practicality and economy.