Viscoelastomeric Thermoset Overlay for Item Stabilization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for stabilizing items during movement, such as in vehicles, are ineffective due to limitations in cost, customization, time required for securing and unsecuring, and inability to reuse or quickly access items, especially for irregularly shaped or larger items, and often fail to prevent vertical or angular movement.
Innovation Solution
A cohesive and adhesive viscoelastomeric thermoset system is applied to vehicular support members, providing a reusable and washable overlay that stabilizes items of any size or shape, allowing for easy release and reattachment while maintaining sanitary conditions by preventing pathogen harboring.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Force
If frictional pads are used to stabilize small flat items, then sliding prevention is improved, but vertical and angular movement prevention deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the physical state of the stabilization material from rigid frictional pads to a viscoelastomeric material that can dynamically change its mechanical properties. This material transitions between viscous and elastic states to adapt to different movement forces, providing effective stabilization against sliding, vertical, and angular movements simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention uses a composite viscoelastomeric thermoset material that combines viscous and elastic properties in a single substance. This composite material structure allows it to provide both friction-based sliding prevention and deformation-based vertical/angular movement prevention that simple frictional pads cannot achieve.
2Reliability
If items are tightly packaged to prevent movement, then stabilization is improved, but accessibility and quick retrieval deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The viscoelastomeric material provides dynamic stabilization that adapts to user interaction. During normal transport, it maintains strong adhesive forces to prevent movement. When users need to access items, the material's viscous properties allow for easy release and repositioning, enabling quick retrieval without compromising stabilization during transit.
Solution Approach 2:
The material automatically adjusts its adhesive properties based on applied force. During transport, it self-stabilizes items against movement. When users apply force to retrieve items, the material self-releases to facilitate easy access, then self-readheres when the item is placed back, eliminating the need for complex securing and unsecuring mechanisms.
3Adaptability or versatility
If reusable stabilizing systems are implemented, then cost-effectiveness is improved, but cleaning and sanitation maintenance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The viscoelastomeric material forms a continuous flexible film surface that can be easily wiped and cleaned. This thin film structure allows for simple sanitation maintenance while maintaining its stabilizing functions, making the reusable system practical for hygiene-sensitive environments without complex cleaning procedures.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The viscoelastomeric thermoset system effectively stabilizes items against movement and potential damage, allowing for easy cleaning and reuse, while preventing contamination and ensuring items remain securely attached until intentionally released.
Implementation Method 1
a cohesive and adhesive viscoelastomeric thermoset system is applied to vehicular support members
Implementation Method 2
cohesive and adhesive viscoelastomeric thermoset system
Implementation Method 3
cohesive and adhesive viscoelastomeric thermoset system
Data Source
AI summary
A unique transport stabilizing combination for stabilizing items during conditions of movement comprises a viscoelastomeric thermoset overlay disposed upon a vehicular support member. The viscoelastomeric thermoset overlay component of the transport stabilizing combination is desirably viscoelastomeric, adhesive, cohesive, releasable, antipathogenic, cleansable and/or reusable. The vehicular support member is desirably an extension of a vehicle, and the transport stabilizing combination can stabilize a portable item against movement and damage during conditions of movement, such as rocking or during transport.