Y-Shaped Helmet Support for Stable Tripod Placement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing helmet supports fail to provide stable and secure adhesion to the helmet surface while minimizing protrusion, leading to instability and discomfort during non-use and potential detachment over time.
Innovation Solution
A Y-shaped support with three legs attached at one end, providing a tripod-like structure for stability, made of flexible plastic with a curved upper surface and planar lower surface, featuring adhesive and optional LED lighting for enhanced visibility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If adhesive bodies are fixed to the outer surface of the helmet to provide stability, then the helmet stability is improved, but the support bodies project too far from the surface causing discomfort during use
Solution Approach 1:
The support is divided into three separate legs instead of a single solid body. These legs are arranged in a Y-shape configuration, with each leg providing individual contact points on the planar surface. This segmentation allows the support to achieve stable tripod configuration while keeping each leg relatively short, thus reducing overall protrusion from the helmet surface.
Solution Approach 2:
The support transitions from a two-dimensional disc shape to a three-dimensional Y-shaped structure with legs extending in multiple directions. This dimensional change allows the legs to spread out on the planar surface creating a stable base, while the legs themselves can be kept short in length, optimizing the balance between stability and minimal protrusion.
2Device complexity
If disc-shaped support is used for helmet stability, then the support structure is simplified, but the adherence to the helmet surface becomes insufficient causing detachment over time
Solution Approach 1:
The upper surface of the support body is designed with a curved shape that specifically matches the curvature of the helmet's outer surface. This local curvature adaptation ensures optimal contact and adhesion between the support and helmet, preventing detachment over time while maintaining a relatively simple single-piece Y-shaped structure.
3Stability of the object's composition
If multiple bodies are fixed on the helmet outer surface to provide support, then the support function is achieved, but the positioning precision must be very high to ensure stable support
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of fixing multiple separate bodies at different positions on the helmet, the invention merges them into a single integrated Y-shaped support structure. The three legs of the Y-shape are fixed together at a common point on the helmet, which eliminates the need for high positioning precision of multiple separate components. The single-piece construction ensures that all three legs are properly positioned relative to each other by default.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The Y-shaped support ensures stable helmet placement on a planar surface with minimal protrusion, maintaining stability and comfort during use, while the flexible material and adhesive design prevent detachment and dirt accumulation.
Implementation Method 1
a body (100) comprising three legs (3, 4) attached to one another at one of their ends, defining a Y shape, said body (100) being made of a flexible plastic material, for example polyvinyl chloride
Implementation Method 2
said body (100) being made of a flexible plastic material, for example polyvinyl chloride, being able to have a hardness of 70 ± 20 Shore A
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AI summary
The invention relates to a support for helmets formed from a single body defining an upper surface (1) provided with adhesive that can be fixed to the outside of a helmet and a lower surface (2), wherein said body comprises three legs (3, 4) attached to one another at one of their ends, defining a Y shape. Preferably, the angle of separation (β) between two of said legs is 90º and the angle of separation (α) with the other leg is 135º. Said support allows assuring the stability of a helmet when it is placed on a planar surface with the support,since said three legs act like a tripod.