Bath Caddy with Integrated Lighting Assembly for Customizable Ambiance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional bath caddies do not provide customizable features to enhance the relaxing and immersive bathing experience.
Innovation Solution
An illuminated bath caddy with a tray and a lighting assembly that includes controllable light fixtures, a user interface, and a controller to adjust color, tone, and brightness, allowing for customizable lighting modes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional bath caddies are used to provide basic functionality, then the structure remains simple and cost-effective, but the bathing experience lacks relaxation and immersion
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functions into a single bath caddy unit: the tray structure provides basic item placement, while integrated lighting assemblies with controllable LEDs, user interfaces, and controllers are merged into the same device. This allows customizable lighting features to be added without requiring separate devices, resolving the contradiction between enhanced adaptability and structural complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The bath caddy is designed as a multi-functional device that serves both as a traditional item-holding tray and as an illuminated ambiance creator. The lighting assembly can operate in multiple modes (different colors, tones, brightness levels) to provide various bathing experiences, making the single device adaptable to different user needs and preferences.
2Adaptability or versatility
If lighting assembly with controller and user interface is added to the bath caddy, then customizable lighting modes are achieved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The lighting assembly incorporates a user interface that allows bathers to directly control lighting parameters (color, brightness, mode) without requiring external control devices or complex wiring. The system serves itself by providing intuitive controls integrated into the bath caddy structure, enabling users to customize lighting experiences while keeping the control system manageable.
3Illumination intensity
If light fixtures are integrated into the bath caddy tray, then illumination for immersive bathing is provided, but the manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The lighting assembly is designed as a separate, modular component that can be manufactured independently and then integrated into the bath caddy tray. This segmentation allows the lighting subsystem to be produced using standardized LED components and assembly processes, reducing the overall manufacturing complexity while still providing integrated illumination functionality.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances the bathing experience by providing a relaxing ambiance and sensory immersion through customizable lighting, facilitating access to bathing accessories.
Implementation Method 1
The lighting assembly includes at least one light fixture configured to provide light to an interior of the bathtub
Implementation Method 2
the lighting assembly includes a first set of magnetic components and the bottom surface of the tray comprises a second set of magnetic components, where the first set of magnetic components is configured to couple to the second set of magnetic components
Data Source
AI summary
One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a bath caddy for use on a bathtub, where the bath caddy includes a tray having a top surface and a bottom surface, and a lighting assembly configured to couple to the bottom surface of the tray. The lighting assembly includes at least one light fixture configured to provide light to an interior of the bathtub. Another aspect of the present disclosure relates to a bath caddy including a tray and a lighting assembly configured to couple to the tray, where the lighting assembly is configured to provide light to an interior of the bathtub. Then lighting assembly includes at least one light fixture and a controller operably coupled to the at least one light fixture, where the controller is configured to adjust at least one of a color, tone, or brightness of the at least one light fixture.