Wearable Guide Shield With Barrier Handles for No-Contact Assistance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current guide processes lack protection from bodily fluids and contaminants, and direct person-to-person contact is unsafe for guiding individuals, particularly in healthcare settings.
Innovation Solution
A shield with collapsible handles and straps that can be worn over the shoulder, providing a no-contact barrier for guiding, with handles on both sides for secure grasping, allowing for social distancing and sanitation during assistance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If direct person-to-person contact is used for guiding, then ease of operation is improved, but protection from bodily fluids and contaminants deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a shield as an intermediary barrier between the guide and the person being assisted. The shield includes a front panel and back panel with handles that allow the guide to control the shield's position and orientation, enabling physical separation while maintaining guiding functionality. This mediator eliminates direct skin-to-skin contact and blocks exposure to bodily fluids and contaminants.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If a shield barrier is introduced for protection, then protection from contaminants is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The shield is designed with dynamic characteristics including collapsible handles that can be compressed to reduce the shield's profile when not in use, and flexible positioning that allows the guide to adjust the shield's orientation and placement. The handle mechanism enables smooth transitions between different guiding positions and angles, making the protective barrier adaptable to various guiding situations rather than rigid and cumbersome.
Solution Approach 2:
The shield is divided into separate functional components including a front panel, back panel, and handle mechanism. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently - the panels provide protective surfaces while the handle system provides operational control. The modular structure enables the guide to manipulate specific parts (handles) to achieve desired positioning without moving the entire shield structure, improving ease of operation.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If personal space protection is implemented, then sanitation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The shield panels are constructed from flexible yet protective materials that provide sanitation barriers while maintaining a simple, lightweight structure. The flexible nature of the materials allows the shield to be easily manipulated and positioned without requiring complex mechanical support structures. These thin film-like panels provide effective contamination protection while keeping the overall device complexity low and the shield easy to handle.
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AI summary
A wearable device for human guides (hereafter referred to as “the guide”) and persons in need of person to person contact assistance (herein referred to as “the guide”). Preferably for use within, but not limited to, medical, educational and retail institutions for the disabled and seniors in need of travel assistance from point a to point b. The present invention relates to an apparatus which is worn over the shoulder or across the backside by a person who is a guide and has a handle for grasping by another person who needs to be guided and is connected to a shield betwixt the two devices to serve as a barrier between the two said person there by protecting both parties from cross contamination and body fluids. A device used to deter direct human to human contact and to promote safety and social distancing while traveling in close proximity of one another.