Infant Carrier Canopy Latching Mechanism for Adjustable Coverage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current infant carrier apparatus canopies lack adjustable features, limiting their ability to suit various use contexts and providing only fully deployed or retracted options, which restricts user flexibility and comfort.
Innovation Solution
The infant carrier apparatus incorporates a canopy adjusting mechanism with a base and a rotary part that can rotate relative to the base, featuring latching grooves and detents to securely hold the canopy at multiple angular positions, allowing for flexible adjustment and easy disassembly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the canopy is designed to be fully deployed or fully retracted only, then the structure is simple, but the adaptability and user flexibility are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The canopy is designed with dynamic adjustability, allowing it to be positioned at multiple angular locations rather than being fixed in a single deployed or retracted state. The rotary mechanism with latching grooves enables the canopy to rotate and lock at various angles, providing continuous adaptability while maintaining structural integrity through the engagement of detents with latching grooves at predetermined positions.
Solution Approach 2:
The adjusting mechanism is segmented into distinct functional components: a rotary mechanism for rotation, latching grooves for positioning, and detents for locking. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function efficiently while keeping the overall mechanism relatively simple and manageable.
2Ease of operation
If the canopy is made adjustable at multiple positions, then the user flexibility is improved, but the mechanism complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The latching mechanism operates on a self-service principle where the detent automatically engages with the latching groove when the canopy reaches a predetermined angular position during rotation. This automatic engagement eliminates the need for manual intervention to lock the canopy at each position, maintaining ease of operation despite the presence of multiple latching components.
Solution Approach 2:
The detent acts as an intermediary element between the rotary mechanism and the latching grooves. It mediates the engagement process by automatically clicking into the grooves at predetermined positions, simplifying the user's interaction to merely rotating the canopy while the detent handles the complex locking function.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If the canopy is isolated from the environment, then the child protection is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The canopy support structure is designed with dynamic adjustability, allowing the canopy to be positioned at multiple angular locations to provide optimal protection against environmental factors such as sunlight and wind. The rotary mechanism with latching grooves enables the canopy to rotate and lock at various angles, providing continuous adaptability while maintaining structural integrity through the engagement of detents with latching grooves at predetermined positions.
Data Source
AI summary
A canopy adjusting mechanism comprises a base including a coupling fixture and a holder plate, and a rotary part fixedly joined with the canopy and pivotally coupled with the holder plate for defining a rotation axis of the canopy. The coupling fixture is adapted to affix on a support frame, and the holder plate is adapted to detachably assemble with the coupling fixture. One of the holder plate and the rotary part comprises at least a first and second latching groove, and the other one of the holder plate and the rotary part has a detent operable to engage with either of the first and second latching groove for holding the canopy respectively at a first and second angular position.