Trekking Pole Coupling for Adjustable Multi-Use Outdoor Support
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional systems that combine trekking poles and shooting sticks or tripods often require new equipment and compromise on functionality, lacking adjustability and adaptability to suit various outdoor activities such as trekking, shooting, viewing, photographing, and filming.
Innovation Solution
A coupling system for trekking poles that allows for quick, sturdy, adjustable, and adaptable use, featuring male and female couplings with a fixture and track for attaching objects, and removable stops to limit rotation, enabling the poles to serve as a rest for devices like firearms and cameras.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional systems combine trekking poles and shooting sticks or tripods into one system, then the functionality for multiple activities is improved, but the device complexity and equipment quantity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The coupling apparatus enables trekking poles to perform multiple functions: they serve as both trekking support and as a stable rest for shooting, viewing, photographing, and filming activities. The male and female couplings allow the poles to be joined at various angles and positions, creating a universal support system that replaces the need for separate shooting sticks or tripods.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention merges the functionality of trekking poles and shooting sticks/tripods by creating a coupling system that joins two trekking poles together. This combination allows the poles to work together as a unified support structure, eliminating the need to carry separate equipment for different activities.
2Device complexity
If existing trekking poles are used with limited coupling systems, then the equipment investment is minimized, but the adjustability and adaptability are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The coupling apparatus incorporates adjustable features that allow users to modify the configuration of the coupled poles according to different situations. The system can be adjusted to create various angles, heights, and positions, providing dynamic adaptability while still using existing trekking poles without requiring new equipment.
3Device complexity
If trekking poles are designed for trekking only, then the design simplicity is maintained, but the versatility for other activities is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The coupling apparatus is designed as a separate, modular component that can be attached to existing trekking poles. This segmentation allows the poles to maintain their original simple trekking design while the additive coupling system provides the versatility needed for shooting, viewing, photographing, and filming activities.
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AI summary
Trekking pole coupling device to develop a support for an object against a surface; consisting of two couplings, male and female, each comprising a clamp which may be tensioned against a trekking pole. The male coupling comprising lugs, and the female coupling comprising a socket and lips where the male coupling may be inserted and rotated to removably attach both couplings together. The female coupling also comprising multiple stop sockets were stops may be removably attached to limit the rotation of the male coupling within the female coupling. The device also comprising a track where a fixture may be removably attached to the device enabling an object to be removably attached to the device, via the fixture, for further support.