Mounting bracket
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing window covering mounting brackets require different configurations for various mounting situations, leading to increased manufacturing costs and complexity due to the need for multiple bracket designs for ceiling, wall, and side mounts.
Innovation Solution
A versatile mounting bracket system with a base plate featuring multiple sets of apertures and a mounting plate that can be coupled with the base plate in various positions, allowing for ceiling, right side, and left side mounts using a single design, along with a retainer assembly and bracket housing to accommodate clutch and idle assemblies for smooth operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple different bracket designs are used for various mounting situations (ceiling, wall, side mounts), then the mounting bracket can accommodate different mounting orientations, but the manufacturing costs and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting bracket is designed as a universal multi-functional device that can accommodate ceiling, wall, and side mounting orientations through a single base plate design with multiple aperture sets. The mounting plate can be selectively coupled to different aperture sets to achieve various mounting configurations, eliminating the need for multiple specialized bracket designs.
Solution Approach 2:
The bracket employs a dynamic configuration system where the mounting plate can be selectively positioned and coupled to different aperture sets on the base plate depending on the desired mounting orientation. This selective coupling mechanism allows the same bracket to adapt its configuration for different installation scenarios without requiring multiple fixed designs.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple different bracket designs are used for various mounting situations, then the mounting bracket can accommodate different mounting orientations, but the manufacturing costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
By designing a single universal base plate with multiple aperture sets that can serve ceiling, wall, and side mounting needs, the manufacturer produces only one bracket design rather than multiple specialized designs. This consolidation reduces tooling costs, simplifies production processes, and lowers overall manufacturing expenses while maintaining full mounting orientation adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention merges the functions of multiple separate bracket designs (ceiling mount bracket, wall mount bracket, side mount bracket) into a single integrated base plate with selectively coupleable mounting plate. This consolidation eliminates redundant manufacturing of multiple similar components and reduces overall production complexity and cost.
3Ease of manufacture
If a single mounting bracket design is used for various mounting situations, then manufacturing costs and complexity are reduced, but the ability to accommodate different mounting orientations may be limited
Solution Approach 1:
The base plate is segmented with multiple distinct aperture sets positioned at different locations and orientations. Each aperture set is designed to accommodate specific mounting orientations (ceiling, wall, or side mount). By segmenting the mounting options into distinct aperture groups, the single bracket design achieves full adaptability across different installation scenarios.
Solution Approach 2:
The bracket utilizes spatial arrangement of aperture sets in different dimensions and orientations on the base plate to achieve multi-directional mounting capability. The apertures are positioned to accommodate mounting plates oriented in different spatial directions, allowing a single two-dimensional base plate to support three-dimensional mounting versatility.
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AI summary
A mounting bracket having a base plate with a first set of apertures and a second set of apertures formed therein. A mounting plate couplable with one of the first set of apertures and the second set of apertures formed in the base plate. A bracket housing couplable with the base plate and having an inner surface and an outer surface. A retainer assembly coupled with the base plate and adjacent to and abuttingly engaged with the bracket housing.