Wall Mount for Fastening Rope with Curved Receiving Opening
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing fastening systems for hammocks and hanging seats, such as those using commercially available hooks, are not easily removable and often struggle to support severe weight loads, requiring more robust and user-friendly solutions for domestic and indoor applications.
Innovation Solution
A wall and/or ceiling mount with a wide receiving opening for a loop end of a fastening rope, featuring angled receptacles for secure fastening screws and a hook-shaped retaining lug to absorb tensile forces, allowing for easy attachment and handling while distributing load effectively.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If commercially available hooks are used for fastening, then installation is simple, but the fastening cannot easily be removed and cannot support severe weight loads
Solution Approach 1:
The wall mount is divided into separate functional components: a mounting plate with screw holes for secure installation, a receiving opening for rope passage, and a retaining structure. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized for its specific function while maintaining overall simplicity of installation.
Solution Approach 2:
The fastening system transitions from static commercial hooks to a dynamic assembly where the rope can be easily inserted through the receiving opening and secured by the retaining structure, allowing for simple installation and removal while maintaining load-bearing capacity through the screw-mounted plate.
2Reliability
If special fastening means are designed for wall mounts, then load bearing capacity is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The fastening function is extracted from complex special fastening means and embodied in the simple retaining structure that works in conjunction with the receiving opening. The rope ends are extracted through the receiving opening and retained by the simple retaining structure, making the operation easy while maintaining reliability through the screw-mounted plate.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of complex fastening mechanisms that require complicated operations, the design inverts the approach by using a simple open receiving opening through which rope ends are inserted and then retained by a straightforward retaining structure, making the fastening process as simple as threading the rope through.
3Device complexity
If a narrow receiving opening is used, then device complexity is reduced, but ease of operation for handling rope ends deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The receiving opening is designed with locally optimized dimensions - wide enough at the entry point to easily accommodate and handle rope ends, while the overall structure remains simple. The opening's geometry is specifically tailored to the local requirement of rope insertion without adding complex mechanisms elsewhere in the structure.
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AI summary
A wall and/or ceiling mount for receiving a fastening rope. The wall and/or ceiling mount comprises receptacles and angled receptacles for affixing the wall and/or ceiling mount, angled receptacles, and a fastening region for the releasable fastening of the rope. The wall and/or ceiling mount has a receiving opening formed therein which is arranged on a lower side between two receptacles and is spanned by a curved connecting region. An outlet opening in the rope guide running in the wall and/or ceiling mount is arranged frontally and approximately centrally on the wall and/or ceiling mount. Above said outlet opening, a further receptacle forms a fastening region on which the loop end rests. A mount at said fastening region secures the loop end which is layable releasably thereon.