Collapsible Beer Pong Device with Pivotable Angled Cup Panels
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing beer pong devices lack a collapsible design for easy storage and transport while providing a unique setup with angled surfaces for cup placement.
Innovation Solution
A collapsible beer pong device with a tabletop, detachable legs, and pivotable panels that deploy to form angled cup slots, allowing for a portable and deployable setup with angled cup support.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a beer pong device is made collapsible for storage and transport, then portability is improved, but structural complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The device is divided into separate collapsible panels (tabletop panel, first side panel, second side panel) that can be detached and reconfigured. Each panel can be independently folded or removed, allowing the entire structure to be collapsed for storage while maintaining structural integrity during use.
Solution Approach 2:
The device incorporates movable and adjustable components including detachable legs with adjustable heights, pivotable cup holders, and reconfigurable panels. These dynamic elements allow the structure to transform between deployed and collapsed states while maintaining stability during gameplay.
2Adaptability or versatility
If angled surfaces are added for cup placement, then gameplay functionality is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The side panels serve multiple functions: they provide structural support, create angled surfaces for cup placement, and can be reconfigured for different gameplay modes. The cup holders are integrated into these multi-functional panels, allowing the same structure to support both the device integrity and the gameplay requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The cup holders are merged with the side panels rather than being separate components. The angled surfaces for cup placement are integrated into the panel structures themselves, combining the support function and the gameplay surface function into single structural elements.
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AI summary
A portable beer pong device for portably providing a unique setup configuration for the cups in beer pong includes a table with a tabletop and a detachable leg. A connecting panel is pivotably coupled to a front end of the tabletop, and a cup holding panel is pivotably coupled to the connecting panel opposite the tabletop. A support member is coupled to the cup holding panel opposite the connecting panel for supporting the cup holding panel in an angled position relative to a support surface. A plurality of main cup slots extends through the tabletop for receiving therethrough and holding a corresponding one of a plurality of cups. And a plurality of secondary cup slots extends through the cup holding panel for the same.