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 single fixed position, which may not accommodate varying configurations for access and safety needs, such as higher positions for easier access and lower positions for improved safety during sleep.

Innovation Solution

A child bassinet with a playpen coupling mechanism that includes adjustable catching parts allowing for installation at multiple heights, enabling the bassinet to be securely attached at different elevations on a playpen, ensuring both accessibility and safety.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If the bassinet accessory is attached at a higher position on the playpen, then access to the child is facilitated, but safety is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccess to childVSAvoidsafety

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The bassinet attachment system transitions from a fixed single-position design to a dynamic multi-position design, allowing the bassinet to be securely attached at different heights on the playpen. This enables the user to adjust the position dynamically based on whether ease of access or safety is the primary concern at any given time.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

2Object-affected harmful factors

If the bassinet accessory is attached at a lower position on the playpen, then safety is improved, but access to the child is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

ImprovesafetyVSAvoidaccess to child

Core Design Contradiction:

Object-affected harmful factorsVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The attachment mechanism allows dynamic repositioning between lower safe positions and higher accessible positions, enabling the user to optimize the balance between safety and ease of access based on current needs.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

3Ease of manufacture

If the bassinet is designed with a fixed single position, then the structure is simple and cost-effective, but adaptability to different usage configurations is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecost-effective manufacturingVSAvoidconfiguration flexibility

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a multi-position attachment mechanism that provides adaptability for different usage configurations while maintaining structural simplicity and cost-effectiveness through practical design.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The attachment system is segmented into multiple discrete attachment points or positions on the playpen, allowing the bassinet to be secured at different heights. This segmentation enables configuration flexibility without requiring complex continuous adjustment mechanisms, thus maintaining ease of manufacture.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS10874225B2Child bassinet and child care apparatus including a child bassinet installed on a playpen

Publication Date: 2020.12.29 WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG

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 is operable to engage with and disengage from a playpen for installation and removal of the child bassinet on the playpen at different heights.