Adjustable-Depth Bassinet for Infant Containment and Parent Contact
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional bassinets hinder visual and physical contact between parents and infants due to their standard height and design, limiting the bonding experience.
Innovation Solution
A bassinet with a depth-adjustment mechanism that allows the infant-receiving receptacle to be raised or lowered, combined with a frame height-adjustment mechanism, a downward-recessed front wall, and a longitudinal-axis folding canopy, enabling enhanced parent-child interaction and positioning options.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the bassinet has a standard-height peripheral sidewall, then the bassinet provides structural support and containment for the infant, but the sidewall impedes visual and physical contact between parent and infant
Solution Approach 1:
The bassinet bottom is made adjustable between multiple height positions (raised and lowered) through a depth-adjustment mechanism. This dynamic adjustment allows the sidewall height to be changed based on parental needs, enabling visual and physical contact when lowered while maintaining structural containment when raised.
Solution Approach 2:
The depth-adjustment mechanism changes the vertical position parameter of the bassinet bottom, allowing transition between raised and lowered positions. This parameter change directly affects the sidewall height relative to the parent's position, resolving the contradiction between containment and contact.
2Reliability
If the bassinet bottom is in the raised position, then the bassinet functions as a conventional bassinet with full containment, but the infant cannot sit or stand up without risk of falling out
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustable depth mechanism allows the bassinet to dynamically transition between a contained raised position for sleeping infants and an open lowered position for mobile infants who can sit or stand, providing both safety and versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The bassinet serves multiple functions: it acts as a conventional contained bassinet when raised for sleeping infants, and transforms into an open seating area when lowered for mobile infants, making it universally applicable to different infant developmental stages and needs.
3Ease of operation
If the bassinet is positioned adjacent to a parent's bed, then the infant can be closer to the parent for bonding, but the standard height still impedes direct contact
Solution Approach 1:
The depth-adjustment mechanism changes the vertical position parameter of the bassinet bottom, allowing it to be lowered to match the parent's bed height when positioned adjacent to it, enabling direct visual and physical contact while maintaining the bonding proximity.
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AI summary
A frame is configured to rest on a support surface and an infant-receiving receptacle is supported above the support surface by the frame. The infant-receiving receptacle includes a bottom/floor panel forming a bed for the child to sleep upon and a peripheral sidewall surrounding the bottom panel and extending between the bottom panel and the frame. The bassinet includes a depth-adjustment mechanism that enables a caregiver to selectively adjust the depth of the infant-receiving receptacle by raising or lowering the bottom panel of the infant-receiving receptacle. Various embodiments can also include wheels, rollers, or other mechanisms for rolling, sliding, or gliding the bassinet across the support surface. Some embodiments include a height-adjustment mechanism, downward-recessed front wall, longitudinal-axis folding canopy, inverted-eggcrate bed pad, and/or base-positioned foot rest.