Adjustable Spa Frame With Sliding Members for Multi-Size Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Manufacturing spa units of different sizes is challenging with fixed frames, making it difficult and costly to produce a variety of sizes efficiently.
Innovation Solution
An adjustable spa frame system comprising frame members and sliding frames that can be adjusted relative to each other, allowing for varying lengths and widths to accommodate different spa shell sizes, with features like interlocking connections and visual markers for precise positioning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If fixed frames are used for manufacturing spa units, then structural simplicity and ease of manufacture are improved, but the ability to produce different sizes efficiently deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The frame incorporates adjustable components that allow the structure to change its dimensions dynamically. Specifically, the frame members can be reconfigured to create different length and width measurements, enabling the same basic frame design to adapt to various spa shell sizes without requiring completely different frame sets for each size.
Solution Approach 2:
The frame design achieves multi-functionality by incorporating adjustable elements that allow a single frame type to serve multiple size requirements. The frame members include mechanisms for adjusting length and width, making one universal frame design capable of supporting various spa unit dimensions, thereby eliminating the need for multiple specialized frame designs.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple frame sizes are maintained in inventory to accommodate different spa shells, then adaptability to different sizes is improved, but device complexity and inventory requirements deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
Rather than maintaining multiple static frame sizes in inventory, the invention employs a dynamic adjustment mechanism within a single frame design. This allows the frame to be reconfigured on-demand to match the required dimensions, significantly reducing inventory complexity while maintaining full adaptability to different spa shell sizes.
Solution Approach 2:
The frame is divided into adjustable segments or modular components that can be reconfigured independently. This segmentation allows for flexible adjustment of length and width without requiring entirely different frame assemblies, simplifying inventory management while preserving adaptability across various size requirements.
3Adaptability or versatility
If adjustable components are added to the frame, then adaptability to different sizes is improved, but device complexity and manufacturing difficulty deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustable components are designed to provide dynamic reconfiguration capability through relatively simple mechanisms. The length and width adjustments are achieved through straightforward mechanical means integrated into the frame members, adding adaptability without introducing excessive complexity that would significantly increase manufacturing difficulty or device complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
An adjustable spa frame may include a frame member configured to interface with a sliding frame, the sliding frame configured to be adjusted relative to the frame member to secure the sliding frame at a first position or a second position relative to the frame member. The adjustable spa frame has a first length when the sliding frame is in the first position and the adjustable spa frame has a second length different than the first length when the sliding frame is in the second position.