Universal treetop mount
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional treetop decorative lights face challenges in maintaining secure mounting due to uneven branch densities, requiring additional accessories that can destabilize the tree and complicate power connection processes.
Innovation Solution
A universal treetop mount with a connecting portion, clamping units, and a hollow positioning tube with blocking units, allowing secure coupling and direct electrical connection to the tree trunk, eliminating the need for external power strips.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional fixing means (Velcro, clamp, or spiral support) are used to mount treetop decorative lights, then the lights can be attached to the treetop, but the varying branch densities make it difficult to maintain the center of gravity and secure mounting
Solution Approach 1:
The patent designs a universal treetop mount that can accommodate various types of decorative lights (rod-like, clamp-equipped, conical spiral) through a single standardized interface. The mount body with connecting portion and upper mount surface provides a universal solution that works with different light types without requiring multiple specialized fixtures, thereby improving reliability across different mounting scenarios while simplifying the operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a universal mount body as an intermediary component between the treetop and the decorative lights. This mediator includes a connecting portion that interfaces with the treetop and an upper mount surface that interfaces with various light types. The hollow positioning tube with position-limiting groove and blocking units serves as a mediating structure that ensures proper positioning and stability, resolving the mounting difficulty caused by varying branch densities.
2Reliability
If additional accessories are used to reinforce the mounting, then the mounting stability may be improved, but the user's workload increases and too many accessories may tip the balance of the tree-shaped decoration
Solution Approach 1:
The universal mount integrates multiple functions into a single device: the connecting portion provides structural attachment, the hollow positioning tube with position-limiting groove ensures proper positioning, and the blocking units prevent over-rotation. This multi-functional integration eliminates the need for multiple separate accessories, reducing device complexity while maintaining mounting stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the positioning mechanism (hollow positioning tube), the limiting mechanism (position-limiting groove with blocking units), and the mounting interface (connecting portion and upper mount surface) into a single integrated universal mount. This consolidation reduces the number of separate accessories needed while ensuring stable mounting through the combined functionality of these integrated components.
3Use of energy by moving object
If a power strip with cable extending from ground to treetop is used for power connection, then electrical power can be supplied to the treetop decorative light, but the power connection operation becomes extremely inconvenient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the power connection function from the external power strip and cable system and integrates it directly into the universal mount. The power socket is built into the mount body, allowing power connection to be made locally at the treetop rather than requiring a cable to extend from the ground, thereby dramatically improving power connection convenience while maintaining reliable power supply.
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AI summary
A universal treetop mount for fixedly coupling a treetop decorative light to the top end of the main body of a tree-shaped decoration includes a mount body whose bottom side has a connecting portion for coupling with the main body of the tree-shaped decoration, and whose top side forms an upper mount surface for coupling with the treetop decorative light. A hollow positioning tube extends upward from a central position on the upper mount surface and is peripherally provided with a position-limiting groove. Blocking units are provided around the position-limiting groove to retain an object received in the position-limiting groove. When the connecting portion, which includes a connecting tube and a clamping unit, is coupled with the main body of the tree-shaped decoration, the connecting tube is coupled with a connected portion at the top end of a main trunk, and the clamping unit is clamped to the connected portion.