Wearable Carrying Support With Hip-Load Transfer and Object Stabilization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing devices for carrying heavy or large objects are often uncomfortable, cumbersome, difficult to store, restrict movement, and can interfere with other tasks due to their design and attachment methods.
Innovation Solution
A wearable apparatus with a garment attachment and a protrusion featuring a slanted surface with teeth-like wedges and a knob for stabilization, allowing easy attachment and removal, and redistributing weight from the back to the hips and legs, using materials like polymers, metals, or plastics.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Weight of moving object
If existing devices are designed to carry heavy objects, then carrying capacity is improved, but comfort and ease of movement deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The device divides the load-bearing function into two separate components: a portable protrusion that holds the object and a garment attachment that provides support. This segmentation allows the user to carry only the essential load-carrying element while the support structure remains attached to clothing, improving comfort and mobility.
Solution Approach 2:
The garment attachment serves as an intermediary between the user's body and the load-carrying protrusion. By attaching to existing clothing rather than requiring direct body contact, it mediates the interaction between the user and the carried object, reducing discomfort and restriction of movement.
2Stability of the object's composition
If existing devices are designed for stability, then object stabilization is improved, but device complexity and storage difficulty worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The stabilization features (teeth-like wedges and knob) are extracted as simple geometric features integrated into the protrusion structure rather than separate mechanical components. This extraction maintains stabilization functionality while minimizing device complexity and improving storability.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of using complex active mechanisms to prevent slippage, the design uses passive geometric features (slanted surface with teeth-like wedges) that automatically stabilize objects through their shape alone, inverting the approach from active control to passive structural stabilization.
3Reliability
If existing devices use traditional attachment methods, then securing the device is improved, but ease of attachment and removal deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The garment attachment is designed to interface with existing clothing items (belts, loops, buttons) rather than requiring specialized mounting hardware. This universal compatibility allows reliable attachment to various garments while maintaining ease of attachment and removal.
Solution Approach 2:
The attachment mechanism utilizes the user's existing clothing as part of the securing system, allowing the device to attach and detach easily without requiring additional fastening components or complex operations. The clothing itself serves part of the securing function.
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AI summary
An apparatus that assists in carrying objects. The apparatus comprises a lower portion comprising a garment attachment and an upper portion comprising a protrusion.