Canopy Rotation Structures With Grasping Openings for Easier Collapse
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing child transport products, such as wagons and strollers, often lack user-friendly grasping features for expanding or collapsing the canopy, making the process uncomfortable and inefficient.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating canopy rotation structures with rotatable arches that include openings for user grasping, allowing for easy expansion and collapse of the canopy, which are removably coupled to the frame of the transport product.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If the canopy is made collapsible for ease of storage, then storage convenience is improved, but the frame structure becomes difficult to grasp for expansion
Solution Approach 1:
The canopy rotation structure is divided into separate components including the frame, canopy, and rotation mechanism. This segmentation allows the frame to be designed for easy collapse while the canopy and rotation structures provide dedicated grasping surfaces, resolving the contradiction between storage convenience and grasping comfort.
Solution Approach 2:
The rotation structure acts as an intermediary element between the frame and the canopy. It provides a grasping interface for users while enabling the canopy to be collapsed against the frame, thus mediating between the need for easy storage and comfortable operation.
2Ease of operation
If a separate handle is added for user grasping, then grasping comfort is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The rotation structure is merged with the canopy assembly, combining the rotation function and grasping function into a single integrated component. This eliminates the need for separate handles while maintaining grasping comfort, thus reducing device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The rotation structure serves multiple functions: it enables canopy rotation, provides a grasping interface for users, and acts as a structural connector between the frame and canopy. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate components, reducing overall device complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a canopy rotation structure that may be removably coupled to a child transport product. The canopy rotation structures generally comprise a first arch and a second arch, each of which attach to canopy wings and rotate relative to each other. The first arch may at least partially define an opening that a user may grasp during use or during collapse of the child transport product.