Trekking Pole Boot Scraper with Deployable Blade for Footwear Cleaning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Unwanted material adhering to the underside of outdoor footwear, such as hiking boots and ski boots, reduces traction and can lead to safety issues, particularly in hiking and skiing environments.
Innovation Solution
A scraper blade is integrated with a trekking pole, allowing it to be deployed and stowed, providing a stable structure for effectively scraping off unwanted material from the footwear underside.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a scraper device is integrated with trekking poles, then the ability to scrape footwear is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The scraper blade is merged with the trekking pole by integrating it into the pole's structure, allowing the pole to serve dual purposes: supporting the user during hiking and scraping mud from footwear. This combination eliminates the need for separate scraping tools while maintaining pole functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The trekking pole is designed with multi-functionality, serving both as a support device during hiking and as a scraper tool. The scraper blade integrated into the pole enables it to perform multiple functions: structural support and footwear cleaning, reducing the need for additional specialized equipment.
2Productivity
If the scraper blade is deployed from the pole, then the scraping effectiveness is improved, but the stability of the pole structure deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The scraper blade is designed with dynamic deployment capability, allowing it to be extended or retracted from the pole as needed. This dynamic configuration enables the blade to be positioned optimally for scraping effectiveness while maintaining the pole's structural integrity when the blade is retracted or properly integrated.
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AI summary
A ski boot scraper device adapted for use with trekking poles. The ski boot scraper device provides a user the ability to scrape the underside of their shoes or boots clean to remove mud, snow, or other unwanted material adhered to the underside of the boot through the use of a scraper blade which is reconfigurable from a stowed configuration to a deployed configuration. In a stowed configuration, the scraper blade generally longitudinally aligned with a first pole, and in a deployed configuration the scraper blade is misaligned with (e.g., orthogonal to) the first pole, and configured to interconnect to a second pole to provide added support and stability for the process of scraping one's footwear upon the scraper blade.