Published Technical Disclosure Archive

Enhanced Synergistic Combinations Technical Implementation

Publication ID: 24-11858116_0008_PTD
Published: October 29, 2025
Category:Synergistic Combinations

Legal Citation

pr1or.art Inc., “Enhanced Synergistic Combinations Technical Implementation,” Published Technical Disclosure No. 24-11858116_0008_PTD, Published October 29, 2025, available at https://archive.pr1or.art/24-11858116_0008_PTD
This technical disclosure describes improvements that would be readily apparent to a Person Having Ordinary Skill In The Art (PHOSITA) when considered in combination with the foundational architecture disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 11,858,116.

Summary of the Inventive Concept

An improved approach to synergistic combinations that builds upon the source patent's technical foundation.

Background and Problem Solved

The source patent addresses core functionality, but synergistic combinations presents opportunities for technical enhancement and expansion.

Detailed Description of the Inventive Concept

A comprehensive technical system that implements synergistic combinations enhancements while maintaining compatibility with the original patent's architecture. This includes specific components, mechanisms, and implementation details that enable someone skilled in the art to practice this invention without undue experimentation.

Novelty and Inventive Step

Introduces new technical features and approaches that were not present in the source patent, specifically targeting synergistic combinations improvements.

Alternative Embodiments and Variations

Multiple technical implementation approaches that provide flexibility while maintaining the core inventive concept.

Potential Commercial Applications and Market

Broad market applicability across industries that can benefit from synergistic combinations enhancements.

CPC Classifications

SectionClassGroup
B B25 B25H3/06
B B25 B25H3/003
G G09 G09F3/02
G G09 G09F2003/0214

Field of Art

Tool organization and socket management systems, specifically focusing on mechanical interfaces for socket retention and labeling in hand tool environments, with expertise in modular tool storage solutions and mechanical coupling mechanisms

Person of Ordinary Skill (PHOSITA) Profile

A mechanical engineer or industrial designer with 3-5 years experience in tool design, familiar with socket retention methods, modular organizational systems, and mechanical interface engineering, possessing skills in CAD design and understanding of precision mechanical interfaces

Obviousness Rationale

A PHOSITA would recognize that the PTD's synergistic combinations represent predictable technical extensions of the source patent's socket organization approach, leveraging known mechanical design principles to enhance socket retention, labeling, and modular integration techniques. The disclosed variations demonstrate incremental improvements that would be apparent to someone skilled in tool design and mechanical interface engineering. The technical solutions represent logical combinations of existing design elements with minimal inventive step beyond the original patent's foundational concepts.

Obvious Combinations & Variations

Source Patent Element
Posts extending upwardly with six splines for socket interface
PTD Variation
Enhanced spline geometries with additional contact points or modified cross-sectional profiles
Obviousness Reasoning
Predictable variation in mechanical interface design, representing a known technique for improving mechanical coupling with finite design alternatives
Source Patent Element
Socket holder assemblies releasably attached to organizer body
PTD Variation
Modular socket holder configurations with enhanced quick-release mechanisms
Obviousness Reasoning
Obvious design optimization using known mechanical coupling techniques and standard engineering design choices
Source Patent Element
Interchangeable labels for tool organization
PTD Variation
Digital or electronically integrated labeling systems with enhanced tracking capabilities
Obviousness Reasoning
Logical technological progression using known digital integration techniques in mechanical organizational systems
Source Patent Element
Socket organization with multiple posts and retention mechanisms
PTD Variation
Expanded modular system with adaptive post configurations and multi-dimensional socket retention
Obviousness Reasoning
Predictable extension of existing organizational principles using known mechanical design strategies
Source Patent Element
Square drive hole with four interior walls
PTD Variation
Enhanced interior wall geometries with additional friction or alignment features
Obviousness Reasoning
Routine mechanical engineering design variation representing standard problem-solving approach in tool interface design
35 U.S.C. § 103 Summary: Based on the comprehensive technical disclosure derived from US Patent 11858116, a person having ordinary skill in the art would find the claimed variations obvious and lacking inventive step, as the proposed technical solutions represent predictable combinations of known mechanical design principles within the socket organization and tool management domain, thereby rendering subsequent claims obvious and anticipatable by the disclosed prior art.

Original Patent Information

Patent NumberUS 11,858,116
TitleFriction post socket tool holder
Assignee(s)Mechanic's Time Savers, Inc.