Adjustable Shower Decorative Strip for Sloped Floor Installation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing decorative strips for floor-level showers with sloped floors are not adaptable to varying gradient situations and do not compensate for subsurface settlement over time, leading to unsightly joints and installation challenges.
Innovation Solution
A decorative strip with a height-adjustable design, comprising a decorative strip profile and a separate holding profile that can be moved relative to each other, allowing for variable height adjustment and subsurface settlement compensation, using a fabric or fleece-like adhesive structure for secure fixation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed-gradient decorative strip is used, then the installation process is simple, but the strip cannot adapt to varying gradient situations and subsurface settlement
Solution Approach 1:
The decorative strip is divided into multiple gradient sections (first gradient section, second gradient section, third gradient section) with different slope characteristics. Each section can independently accommodate different gradient requirements, allowing the strip to adapt to varying subsurface conditions without requiring a completely different product for each situation.
Solution Approach 2:
The decorative strip incorporates flexible or adjustable elements that allow it to dynamically adapt to subsurface settlement and gradient variations. The strip can be bent, adjusted, or reconfigured during installation to match the actual gradient conditions, transforming from a rigid fixed-gradient component to a dynamic adaptive solution.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple versions of decorative strips are produced to adapt to different thicknesses, then adaptability improves, but production and storage costs increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
A single decorative strip design serves multiple functions by incorporating variable thickness sections and adjustable gradient sections. The strip can accommodate different tile thicknesses and gradient requirements without requiring separate product versions, eliminating the need for multiple SKUs and reducing production and storage costs while maintaining adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The decorative strip allows for parameter changes in thickness and gradient within a single product design. By incorporating sections with different thicknesses and adjustable gradient capabilities, the strip can be configured to match various installation requirements without requiring multiple specialized versions, thereby simplifying manufacturing and inventory management.
3Manufacturing precision
If tile cutting is used to cover recess walls, then precise coverage is achieved, but the process becomes very laborious and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The decorative strip is pre-formed with the appropriate gradient and thickness variations needed to cover recess walls accurately. This preliminary preparation of the strip eliminates the need for on-site tile cutting and shaping, allowing installers to simply attach the pre-configured strip to achieve precise coverage while significantly reducing installation time and labor requirements.
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AI summary
Decorative trim (10;40;60;80;100;120;150;180;230;260;290) for ceramic, natural stone or plastic coverings or coatings, in particular for the design of level-entry showers with a floor slope, comprising a decorative trim profile (12;42;62;82;102;122;152;182;236;274;302) having a visible decorative surface (16;50;70;92;142;164;196;236;274;302), wherein the decorative trim (10;40;60;80;100;120;150;180;230;260;290) includes a retaining profile (14;44;64;84;104;124;154;184;234;264;294) has in which the decorative strip profile (12;42;62;82;102;122;152;182;232;262;292) is height-adjustable for varying the height of its visible decorative surface (16;50;70;92;142;164;196;236;274;302).