Adjustable Pet Feeder Base with Rotating Support Plates

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current pet feeders are fixed in height, making them inconvenient for pets of varying sizes, as they do not accommodate different heights for eating and drinking effectively.

Innovation Solution

A base for pet feeders with adjustable mechanisms, allowing for at least three height settings, featuring rotatable and movable supporting plates that can be easily adjusted to accommodate pets of different heights, ensuring suitable placement for food and water.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a fixed height design is used for pet feeders, then the structure is simple and stable, but it cannot accommodate pets of different heights

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadaptability to different pet heightsVSAvoidstructure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies the dynamics principle by transforming the fixed height structure into an adjustable height structure. The supporting plate is designed to be movable relative to the base through a rotating column mechanism, allowing the feeder to adapt to different pet heights. This resolves the contradiction by making the structure dynamic rather than static, enabling height adjustment while maintaining operational simplicity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent segments the supporting plate into multiple adjustable positions along the rotating column. By dividing the height adjustment into discrete segments (different height levels), the system achieves adaptability for various pet sizes while keeping the adjustment mechanism simple and manageable, thus resolving the contradiction between versatility and complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Adaptability or versatility

If an adjustable height mechanism is added to accommodate different pet heights, then adaptability improves, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveheight adjustabilityVSAvoidoperation simplicity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The rotating column mechanism provides dynamic height adjustment capability. The column can rotate to different angles, allowing the supporting plate to move between multiple height positions. This dynamic mechanism maintains ease of operation through simple rotational motion while achieving the desired height adaptability for different pet sizes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The adjustment mechanism is designed to be user-friendly and self-operating. The rotating column can be easily manipulated by the user to achieve the desired height, and the mechanism naturally maintains its position at each height level without requiring additional locking or fixing operations, thus preserving ease of operation while providing adjustability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Adaptability or versatility

If the supporting plate is made fixed and stable, then structural reliability is high, but height adjustment capability is lost

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveheight adjustment capabilityVSAvoidstructural stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The rotating column mechanism provides a dynamic connection between the base and supporting plate. Although the column is rotatable for height adjustment, it maintains structural integrity and stability at each positioned height. The rotational joint is designed to be stable and reliable, preventing unintended movement while allowing deliberate height changes, thus resolving the contradiction between adaptability and reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The rotating column mechanism is designed as a simple, robust component that prioritizes reliability over complexity. By using a straightforward rotational joint design rather than a complex adjustable mechanism, the system achieves height adjustability while maintaining structural stability and long-term reliability through simple, durable components.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #27Cheap short-living objects (Disposable)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The adjustable base ensures that food and water are placed at a suitable height for pets of various sizes, facilitating easy eating and drinking, and is simple, reliable, and easy to operate.

Implementation Method 1

The first supporting plate includes a first part and a second part, the first part is rotatably connected to the second side, so as to fold or unfold the first supporting plate with respect to the second side

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectRotational motion:

Implementation Method 2

The second supporting plate is movably connected to the second part, and the second supporting plate is capable of being at different heights with respect to the first supporting plate

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectMovable connection:

Implementation Method 3

The second supporting plate is rotatably connected to the second part, so as to fold or unfold the second supporting plate with respect to the first supporting plate

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectRotational motion:

Data Source

PatentUS11844333B2Base for pet feeder and pet feeder
Publication Date: 2023.12.19 KANG YIHAN
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AI summary

A base for pet feeder and a pet feeder for eating or drinking of pets are provided. The base includes a main body portion and a plurality of adjusting mechanisms. The main body portion includes a first side and a second side, the second side is disposed opposite to the first side, and the first side is configured to contain food or water. The plurality of the adjusting mechanisms are disposed at the second side of the main body portion at intervals, each of the plurality of the adjusting mechanisms is capable of providing at least three heights. Each of the plurality of the adjusting mechanisms includes a first supporting plate and a second supporting plate. The first supporting plate includes a first part and a second part, the first part is rotatably connected to the second side.