Threaded Cable Tie Mount Adapter for Hands-Free Flashlight Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Consumer products, such as flashlights, often lack convenient mounting options for hands-free use, leading to inconvenient and unstable placement when two hands are required for tasks, with existing solutions like lanyard holes and holsters being inadequate or destructive.
Innovation Solution
A cable tie mount apparatus with a body featuring a mounting face, threaded bore, and cable tie passages, which can be secured using a support portion like a magnet or threaded bolt, allowing for remounting of objects on a surface without damaging the product.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a cable tie mount is used to securely mount objects, then mounting stability is improved, but the device structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting device is divided into separate components: a cable tie mount body with cable tie passages, a support portion with threaded portion, and a magnet. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function independently while maintaining overall mounting stability without requiring a monolithic complex structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The cable tie mount body serves multiple functions: it provides structural support, guides cable ties through its passages, and interfaces with both the object to be mounted and the support portion. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional separate components, thereby reducing overall device complexity while maintaining reliability.
2Ease of operation
If a magnet is used as the support portion, then ease of attachment and detachment is improved, but the holding force may be insufficient for heavier objects
Solution Approach 1:
The magnet's properties can be adjusted by changing parameters such as magnet material, size, and magnetic strength to match the weight and mounting requirements of different objects. This allows the same basic magnetic attachment mechanism to provide sufficient holding force for various applications while maintaining ease of operation.
3Adaptability or versatility
If cable tie passages are provided for secure mounting, then adaptability to different mounting locations is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The cable tie mount body with multiple cable tie passages serves as a universal mounting interface that can accommodate cable ties at different locations and orientations. This single component design provides adaptability to various mounting scenarios without requiring multiple specialized components for each location.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables secure, hands-free mounting of objects like flashlights on various surfaces without modifying the product, providing stability and versatility through easy attachment and detachment using cable ties.
Implementation Method 1
the support comprises a magnet
Implementation Method 2
a threaded portion extending therefrom and configured to threadably engage the threaded bore
Data Source
AI summary
A cable tie mount for supporting an object, the cable tie mount includes: a body including a mounting face formed on a first side of the body, a threaded bore formed in a second opposing side of the body, and a first cable tie passage formed on the body and configured to receive a cable tie therethrough; and a support portion including a threaded portion extending therefrom and configured to threadably engage the threaded bore formed in the second opposing side of the body. The body is configured to mount to the object with one or more cable ties, and wherein the body is configured to be threadably secured to the support portion for supporting the object mounted on the body at a desired location.