Adjustable Toilet Footstool for Squatting Posture and Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Western-style flush toilets often lead to constipation, irritable bowel syndrome, and other intestinal issues due to the sitting posture, which pinches the natural path of the intestine, and existing footstools only provide elevation or angular placement without optimizing the defecation posture.
Innovation Solution
A multi-functional footstool with a height-adjustable and angle-adjustable mechanism that allows users to achieve a squatting posture, integrated toilet paper holders, and non-slip friction pads for stability, enabling natural defecation on western-style flush toilets.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a sitting posture is used on western-style flush toilets, then ease of operation is improved, but health effects worsen due to intestinal blockage
Solution Approach 1:
The footstool acts as an intermediary device between the user and the toilet, providing foot elevation that indirectly corrects the sitting posture. By elevating the feet, the footstool enables the user to achieve a squatting-like position while remaining seated, thus eliminating intestinal blockage without requiring complete posture change
Solution Approach 2:
The footstool changes the vertical position parameter of the user's feet, elevating them from ground level to an optimized height. This parameter change in foot elevation directly influences the anal angle and intestinal path, transforming the harmful sitting posture into a healthier position
2Device complexity
If existing footstools provide only elevation, then manufacturing complexity is reduced, but adaptability worsens due to lack of angle adjustment
Solution Approach 1:
The footstool incorporates dynamic angle adjustment mechanisms that allow the platform to be tilted at different angles. This transforms the static elevation device into a dynamic system that can adapt to different user needs and optimize feet placement for various body types and preferences
Solution Approach 2:
The footstool combines multiple functions: elevation, angle adjustment, and anti-slip stability. This multi-functionality makes the device universally applicable to different users and situations, enhancing adaptability while maintaining reasonable structural complexity
3Ease of operation
If foot elevation height is increased, then posture correction is improved, but stability worsens due to higher center of gravity
Solution Approach 1:
The footstool platform is tilted at an optimized angle rather than being perfectly horizontal. This angular dimension change allows the platform to provide effective posture correction by directing force along the intestinal path, while the tilt angle is carefully controlled to maintain stability
4Adaptability or versatility
If multiple functions are integrated into the footstool, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The footstool merges multiple functions into a single integrated device: elevation mechanism, angle adjustment mechanism, anti-slip base, and toilet paper holder. These functions are combined in a compact design that minimizes overall complexity while maximizing versatility
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AI summary
A footstool for bathroom toilet includes a platform, a first leg assembly, and a second leg assembly. The first leg assembly and the second leg assembly each include a base leg, an outer tubular leg, an inner telescopic leg, a height adjustable mechanism, and an angle adjustable mechanism. The base leg is hingedly connected to the outer tubular leg at each end. The inner telescopic leg is slidably engaged with the outer tubular leg through the height adjustable mechanism that enables the footstool to attain different height levels. The platform that allows the user to place and rest their feet is terminally positioned and connected to the inner telescopic leg of the first leg assembly and the second leg assembly, opposite of the outer tubular leg of the first leg assembly and the second leg assembly.