Dual-Tool Wearable Holder for Hammer and Tape Measure Retention
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Solution Overview
Problem
Workers in construction environments face inefficiencies in managing and maintaining multiple tools like hammers and tape measures, as they frequently need to interchange these tools, leading to cumbersome cycles without efficient apparatus for holding and reliable retention.
Innovation Solution
A wearable tool holder with a clip body and loop member that secures to a user's belt, allowing simultaneous retention of a hammer and a tape measure through a dual-purpose design with a plate member, utilizing a polymer or monomeric unitary clip body and coupling mechanisms for secure tool attachment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If workers use separate tools for hammering and measuring, then they can perform both functions, but they must repeatedly interchange tools which reduces productivity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple tool-holding functions into a single wearable tool holder that can simultaneously retain both a hammer and a tape measure. The tool holder includes a body with a first tool holder for receiving a hammer and a second tool holder for receiving a tape measure, allowing workers to access both tools without interchange and thereby improving productivity while reducing time loss.
2Adaptability or versatility
If workers carry multiple tools separately, then they can access different tools, but the apparatus becomes complex and cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The tool holder is designed as a universal apparatus that can hold multiple different types of tools simultaneously. The body includes multiple tool holders with different configurations - a first tool holder for hammers and a second tool holder for tape measures - allowing a single device to serve multiple functions and reduce the need for separate carrying apparatus for each tool.
3Reliability
If workers use traditional tool holding methods, then they can maintain tools, but reliable retention is difficult without proper apparatus
Solution Approach 1:
The tool holder is segmented into distinct functional components including a body, a first tool holder with a first opening for hammers, and a second tool holder with a second opening for tape measures. Each segment is designed to provide reliable retention for its specific tool type while maintaining manufacturing simplicity through modular construction and clear functional separation.
Data Source
AI summary
A tool holder is configured to hold a hammer and, in certain examples, also hold a tape measure. The tool holder includes a clip body having a first side, a second side, and a hinge portion extending therebetween. The clip body is configured to receive a belt of a user between the first and second sides. The tool holder further includes a loop member coupled to the second side of the clip body. The loop member includes a pair of coupling portions each coupled to the second side of the clip body, and a loop portion extending outwardly from a first of the pair of coupling portions to a second of the pair of coupling portions. The loop portion is configured to receive the hammer therethrough.