Child bassinet and child care apparatus including a child bassinet installed on a playpen
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional child bassinets attached to playpens are limited to a fixed position, which may not accommodate varying configurations for access and safety needs, such as higher positions for ease of access and lower positions for improved safety during sleep.
Innovation Solution
A child bassinet with an adjustable playpen coupling mechanism that allows for installation at different elevations by moving a catching part between retracted and deployed positions, enabling secure engagement with the playpen at multiple heights.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the bassinet accessory is attached to the playpen at a fixed position, then the attachment system is simple and stable, but the bassinet cannot be adjusted to different heights for varying access and safety needs
Solution Approach 1:
The bassinet attachment system transitions from a fixed static position to a dynamic adjustable system. The coupling mechanism includes a movable coupling element that can be positioned at multiple discrete heights along the playpen frame, allowing the bassinet to be adjusted between a first height for access and a second height for safety during sleep.
Solution Approach 2:
The attachment system is divided into discrete segments or positions along the playpen frame. The coupling element can engage with specific coupling receptacles at different heights, creating segmented adjustment positions rather than continuous adjustment, which simplifies the mechanism while providing versatility.
2Ease of operation
If the bassinet is positioned at a higher elevation, then access to the child is facilitated, but safety during sleep is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system allows dynamic adjustment of bassinet height based on operational needs. Parents can position the bassinet at a higher elevation when access is needed and lower it when safety during sleep is the priority, transforming a static safety compromise into a dynamic solution.
Solution Approach 2:
The height parameter of the bassinet attachment is made variable between two discrete values. This parameter change allows optimization of either access ease or safety depending on the situation, rather than being fixed at a compromise position.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If the bassinet is positioned at a lower elevation, then safety during sleep is improved, but access to the child becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment system enables parents to dynamically adjust the bassinet height based on the immediate need - lower for safety during sleep, higher for easier access - rather than being constrained to a fixed position that cannot satisfy both requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
By making the height parameter adjustable between discrete positions, the system allows optimization of safety when the bassinet is lowered and optimization of access when raised, eliminating the need to accept the worsening of one parameter permanently.
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AI summary
A child bassinet includes a support frame supporting an enclosure, the support frame and the enclosure delimiting at least partially an interior space for receiving a child, and a playpen coupling mechanism provided on the support frame. The playpen coupling mechanism includes an adjustable catching part connected with the support frame, the catching part being movable relative to the support frame between a first position and a second position of different elevations, the catching part in the first position being engageable with a playpen for installing the child bassinet on the playpen at a first height above a bottom of the playpen, and the catching part in the second position being engageable with the playpen for installing the child bassinet on the playpen at a second height above the bottom of the playpen that is different from the first height.