Bassinet apparatus
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional bassinets lack flexibility and portability, making it difficult to move them around while maintaining a safe sleeping space for infants, and they are often cumbersome for storage and assembly.
Innovation Solution
A bassinet apparatus with pivotable side support members that can lock into place, allowing for easy assembly and disassembly, and a base that includes adjustable elongate support members and flexible straps for secure attachment to different surfaces, enabling portability and compact storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional bassinets are made with fixed rigid structures, then stability and safety are improved, but portability and ease of storage deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The bassinet is divided into multiple separable components including a base portion, a body portion, and a receptacle. The side support members are further segmented into first and second portions that can pivot relative to each other. This segmentation allows the bassinet to be disassembled for portability while maintaining structural integrity when assembled, resolving the contradiction between stability and portability.
Solution Approach 2:
The side support members incorporate pivotable joints that allow dynamic transformation between an extended configuration (providing structural stability during use) and a collapsed configuration (enabling compact storage and portability). This dynamic mechanism resolves the contradiction by allowing the structure to adapt its rigidity based on operational requirements.
2Strength
If traditional bassinets use fixed support structures, then structural strength is improved, but ease of assembly and disassembly deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The support structure is segmented into modular components connected by pivotable joints and locking mechanisms. This allows the structure to be assembled and disassembled easily while maintaining structural strength when locked into position, resolving the contradiction between strength and ease of assembly.
Solution Approach 2:
The side support members use pivotable joints with locking mechanisms that provide dynamic structural characteristics. When locked, the joints provide rigid structural strength; when unlocked, they allow easy assembly and disassembly. This dynamic mechanism resolves the contradiction between structural strength and ease of assembly.
3Ease of operation
If the bassinet uses pivotable side support members, then portability and storage compactness are improved, but structural stability during use may deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The pivotable side support members incorporate locking mechanisms that provide dynamic structural characteristics. When locked, the joints provide rigid structural stability; when unlocked, they allow portability and compact storage. This dynamic mechanism resolves the contradiction between portability and structural stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The structural parameters of the side support members change based on the locking state. When locked, the members maintain fixed angular relationships providing structural stability; when unlocked, they can pivot to compact configurations for portability. This parameter change resolves the contradiction between portability and structural stability.
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AI summary
A bassinet apparatus having a base with first and second elongate support members parallel to each other. Lower portions of first and second side support member are slideably engaged respectively on the first and second elongate support members. Upper portions of the first and second side support members pivotally engage first and second bassinet support members extending from the upper portion of the first side support member to the upper portion of the second side support member. A bassinet receptacle depends from the first and second bassinet support members.