Balance Beam Rotating Supports for Easy Assembly and Height Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing balance beams are difficult to assemble and disassemble, and lack adjustable height mechanisms for user convenience.
Innovation Solution
A balance beam design featuring support assemblies that can rotate and adjust height through various connections, allowing for easy assembly/disassembly and height adjustment, with chambers to accommodate assembly components.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the balance beam uses fixed support structures, then it provides stable support, but it becomes difficult to assemble and disassemble
Solution Approach 1:
The support assembly is divided into multiple detachable components including a support leg, connection piece, and fastening mechanism. This segmentation allows the support structure to be easily assembled and disassembled while maintaining stability when connected, resolving the contradiction between fixed support reliability and ease of assembly.
Solution Approach 2:
The support assembly incorporates a rotatable connection mechanism that transitions from a static fixed state to a dynamic adjustable state. The support leg can be rotated and locked at different positions, providing both stable support when locked and ease of adjustment when unlocked, addressing the contradiction between stability and operational ease.
2Reliability
If the balance beam uses fixed height support, then it provides stable support, but it lacks adjustable height capability for user convenience
Solution Approach 1:
The support assembly features a rotatable connection mechanism with multiple locked positions that enables the balance beam height to be dynamically adjusted. The support leg can be rotated to different angles and secured at each position, providing both stability during use and adaptability for different height requirements, thus resolving the contradiction between stable support and height adjustability.
Solution Approach 2:
The height of the balance beam is adjusted by changing the rotational parameter of the support assembly. By rotating the support leg to different angular positions and locking it, the vertical height parameter of the balance beam is modified, enabling adaptability while maintaining stability at each selected height.
3Ease of operation
If the support assembly is made detachable for easy assembly, then ease of operation improves, but structural complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The connection mechanism is segmented into simple, standardized components including a connection piece with fastening elements and corresponding mounting points. This segmentation allows for easy assembly and disassembly while keeping each component's design simple, thus improving ease of operation without significantly increasing overall structural complexity.
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AI summary
The present disclosure may provide a balance beam. The balance beam may include a beam body and one or more support assemblies configured to support the beam body. The beam body may include one or more chambers. Each of the one or more chambers may be configured to accommodate at least a portion of one of the one or more support assemblies. Each of the one or more support assemblies may be connected with the beam body via a first connection. The support assembly may be configured to rotate, through the first connection, along a first rotation axis for moving into the one or more chambers.