Trap Bracket with Apertures for Irregular Surface Stabilization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing trapping devices for fur-bearing animals are cumbersome, expensive, and difficult to use on irregularly shaped objects, as they require multiple devices for different trap types and lack a straightforward method to stabilize traps on varied surfaces.
Innovation Solution
A versatile bracket with a planar body featuring multiple circular and elongated apertures, allowing for adjustable positioning of traps with tangs or coil springs on various objects, including rocks, logs, and poles, using clips and J-hooks for secure attachment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple separate devices are used for different trap types and stabilization purposes, then each specific function is performed effectively, but the overall device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket is designed to perform multiple functions: it can stabilize traps on irregular objects using its body shape, serve as a slide lock through the elongated aperture, function as a terminal swivel via circular apertures, and provide attachment points using J-hooks. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate devices for each trap type and stabilization method.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines previously separate devices (stabilizing brackets, slide locks, terminal swivels, and stake swivels) into a single integrated bracket structure. The body incorporates multiple apertures and attachment points that collectively provide the functionality of multiple separate devices.
2Reliability
If multiple separate devices are used for different trap types, then each specific function is performed effectively, but the accumulative expense increases
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket serves multiple functions including stabilization, locking, swiveling, and attachment, replacing multiple expensive specialized devices with a single versatile component that performs all necessary functions.
Solution Approach 2:
By merging the functionality of multiple separate devices into one bracket, the patent reduces the total quantity of equipment needed and thereby reduces accumulative expense while maintaining functional effectiveness.
3Reliability
If traditional brackets are used on irregularly shaped objects, then trap stabilization is attempted, but the difficulty of placement increases due to object shape
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket's body is designed with specific geometric characteristics that enable it to conform to and stabilize on irregularly shaped objects like rocks, logs, and culverts. The shape and aperture placement are optimized for local adaptation to various surfaces.
4Adaptability or versatility
If traps with different tang lengths are used, then various trap configurations are possible, but the difficulty of placement increases due to manufacturer variations
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket provides universal accommodation for traps with different tang lengths through its multiple apertures. The elongated aperture can accept tangs of varying lengths, and the circular apertures provide alternative attachment points, making the bracket adaptable to manufacturer variations.
Solution Approach 2:
The bracket offers flexible positioning options with multiple apertures arranged at different locations and orientations. Users can dynamically select the most appropriate aperture configuration based on the specific trap's tang length and the placement environment.
Data Source
AI summary
An article of manufacture for use by trappers of fur bearing animals. The article of manufacture consists of a body having a plurality of circular apertures therethrough and a plurality of elongated apertures therethrough. And, a method for positioning a trap for trapping a fur bearing animal, the method using the article of manufacture provided the trap has a tang, by the steps of: (a) positioning the article of manufacture to an object; and (b) inserting said tang into one of the elongated apertures of the article. If the trap does not have a tang, but does have a coil spring, then a clip having a tang can be inserted into the spring to adapt the trap for positioning according to the method of the instant invention.