Tree-Mounted Platform Bracket With Protected Anchor Nut
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems lack effective mechanisms for securely attaching structures to trees, particularly for elevating platforms above ground while ensuring stability and protection from environmental impacts.
Innovation Solution
A mechanical bracket system comprising a platform plate, mounting nut, guard plate, and fastening device, which secures to a load-bearing anchor structure, elevating a platform above ground and protecting the mounting nut from environmental impacts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a mounting bracket is attached to a tree to elevate a platform, then the platform is secured above ground, but the mounting nut is exposed to environmental impacts that can compromise the attachment
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a protective cap as an intermediary element that covers the mounting nut. This cap acts as a mediator between the mounting nut and the external environment, blocking harmful factors such as moisture, insects, and debris from contacting the nut while allowing the bracket to remain securely attached to the tree
2Ease of operation
If the mounting nut is left exposed for easy access, then operation is simplified, but the attachment reliability decreases due to environmental damage
Solution Approach 1:
The protective cap serves as an intermediary that can be easily removed and reattached. During normal operation, the cap protects the mounting nut. When access is needed for installation or adjustment, the cap can be temporarily removed, the nut accessed, and then the cap replaced to restore protection
Solution Approach 2:
The protective cap is pre-installed on the mounting nut before the bracket is attached to the tree. This preliminary protective action ensures that the nut is shielded from environmental damage from the moment of installation, while still allowing easy access when needed by simply removing the cap
Data Source
AI summary
The mounted bracket for use in building on a tree is a mechanical structure. The mounted bracket for use in building on a tree is a load bearing structure. Each mounted bracket for use in building on a tree is a bracket. One or more instantiations of the mounted bracket for use in building on a tree attaches a platform structure to a load bearing anchor structure. The one or more instantiations of the mounted bracket for use in building on a tree elevate the platform structure above the ground. Each mounted bracket for use in building on a tree includes a platform plate, a mounting nut, a guard plate, and a fastening device. The mounting nut and the guard plate attach to the platform plate. The fastening device secures the mounted bracket for use in building on a tree to the load bearing anchor structure.