Clamping device with cup holder
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Solution Overview
Problem
Baby and pet strollers lack a convenient and safe method to hold mobile phones and containers simultaneously, making it inconvenient for users to manage these items while pushing the stroller.
Innovation Solution
A clamping device with a cup holder that includes a clamp, a cup holder, and a clamping assembly, allowing for secure attachment to a stroller handle, featuring a first and second clamping arm, a positioning member, a receiving member, and a clamping unit to hold both a mobile phone and a container, with adjustable components for easy operation and folding.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a stroller is designed without additional holding structures, then the device complexity remains low, but the ease of operation deteriorates because users cannot conveniently hold mobile phones or containers while pushing the stroller
Solution Approach 1:
The device is divided into separate functional modules: a clamp for attaching to the stroller handle, a cup holder for containers, and a clamping assembly for mobile phones. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function independently while maintaining overall simplicity of the stroller structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The clamp serves multiple functions: it attaches the entire device to the stroller handle and provides a mounting structure for both the cup holder and clamping assembly. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate attachment mechanisms, thereby reducing overall device complexity while improving ease of operation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a stroller is equipped with multiple holding functions for mobile phones and containers, then the adaptability improves, but the device complexity increases due to additional components
Solution Approach 1:
The cup holder and clamping assembly are integrated into a single device that attaches to the stroller handle through one clamp. This merging of functions into a unified structure provides adaptability to hold both containers and mobile phones simultaneously without requiring separate attachment devices, thereby avoiding excessive complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The clamping assembly is mounted on the supporting member which is part of the clamp structure. This nested arrangement allows the mobile phone clamping function to be integrated within the overall clamp structure, providing multiple holding functions while minimizing the number of external components and reducing device complexity.
3Ease of operation
If the clamping device includes adjustable and folding components, then the ease of operation improves for storage and transport, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The connecting joint incorporates a pivot shaft that allows the clamping assembly to rotate relative to the supporting member. This dynamic element enables the device to be adjusted to different angles and folded for compact storage, improving ease of operation while maintaining relatively simple mechanism complexity through a single rotational degree of freedom.
Data Source
AI summary
A clamping device for attaching a container and a mobile device to a handlebar of a stroller includes a clamp, a cup holder and a clamping assembly. The clamp has a first clamping arm and a second clamping arm. The cup holder is mounted to the first clamping arm for receiving a container and includes a positioning member and a receiving member, an outer wall of the container is positioned by the positioning member and the bottom portion of the container is supported by the receiving member. The clamping assembly has a connecting joint, a supporting member and a clamping unit. The upper and lower ends of the connecting joint are respectively pivotally connected to the bottom of the supporting member and the top of the second clamping arm, and the clamping unit is mounted on the supporting member and used for clamping a mobile device.