Collapsible bed foundation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional bed and mattress foundations are large and bulky, making them difficult to store and move due to their inability to collapse sufficiently for transportation and storage, and often require excessive effort to assemble and disassemble.
Innovation Solution
A collapsible bed foundation design featuring detachable end and side panel assemblies with sliding mechanisms that allow components to easily connect and disconnect without tools, enabling quick assembly and disassembly into compact components for storage and transportation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If conventional foundations are made large and bulky to provide adequate support, then structural strength is improved, but storage and transportation difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
The foundation is divided into multiple detachable panels (headboard panel, footboard panel, side panels) that can be separated into compact components for storage and transportation, yet assembled to provide adequate structural support when in use
Solution Approach 2:
The foundation transitions from a static, permanent structure to a dynamic, reconfigurable system that can be easily assembled and disassembled, adapting between a bulky supportive state and a compact storage state through sliding and detachable connections
2Stability of the object's composition
If conventional foundations are made rigid for stability, then structural stability is improved, but ease of assembly and disassembly deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The foundation employs sliding mechanisms and detachable connections that enable dynamic reconfiguration, allowing the structure to be stable when assembled yet easily disassembled when needed, eliminating the need for permanent rigid connections
Solution Approach 2:
Sliding mechanisms and connection components act as intermediaries between the panels, providing both stability when engaged and ease of assembly when disengaged, serving as mediators that reconcile the conflicting requirements of rigidity and flexibility
3Reliability
If conventional foundations use permanent connections for structural integrity, then reliability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The foundation is segmented into detachable panels connected by standardized sliding mechanisms, replacing permanent complex connections with simpler, reusable components that maintain structural integrity while reducing overall assembly complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The sliding mechanisms serve multiple functions: providing structural connection, enabling easy assembly/disassembly, and ensuring structural integrity, thereby reducing the need for additional specialized components and simplifying the overall design
Data Source
AI summary
Provided is a mattress foundation that includes: a headboard end panel assembly; a footboard end panel assembly; a left side panel assembly; and a right side panel assembly. The left side panel assembly detachably attaches to the headboard end panel assembly and to the footboard end panel assembly, and the right side panel assembly detachably attaches to the headboard end panel assembly and to the footboard end panel assembly. Each of the left side panel assembly and the right side panel assembly comprises two side panel subassemblies that are attached together end-to-end when in use but that can be arranged substantially parallel to each other when not in use.