Collapsible Elevated Feeder With Adjustable Height Locking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional pet feeders have a fixed height, making them unsuitable for pets as they grow, leading to discomfort and inconvenience during feeding.
Innovation Solution
A collapsible elevated feeder with adjustable height, featuring sliding frames, limiting assemblies, and stabilizing mechanisms to accommodate pets of different sizes and growth stages.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed height feeder is used, then the structure is simple and stable, but it cannot adapt to pets at different growth stages
Solution Approach 1:
The feeder employs a dynamic height adjustment mechanism where the mounting frame can be moved along the support leg between different height positions. This transforms the static fixed-height structure into a dynamic adjustable one, allowing the feeder to adapt to pets at various growth stages while maintaining reasonable structural simplicity through guided movement paths.
Solution Approach 2:
The support leg is divided into multiple height positioning segments or sections, allowing the mounting frame to be positioned at different levels. This segmentation enables discrete height adjustments suitable for different growth stages without requiring a completely complex continuous adjustment mechanism.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the feeder height is made adjustable, then it can accommodate growing pets, but the stability may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The height adjustment mechanism incorporates a self-locking feature where the mounting frame automatically locks into position at selected height levels. This self-service locking mechanism ensures stable positioning without requiring additional active components, maintaining feeder stability while enabling height adjustability.
Solution Approach 2:
The design includes pre-positioned height levels or stopping points along the support leg that provide stable positioning. These predetermined positions are engineered to distribute weight and maintain structural integrity at each height level, preventing instability that might arise from arbitrary height adjustments.
3Ease of operation
If a collapsible structure is used for portability, then it becomes easier to transport, but the assembly complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The collapsible support leg and mounting frame are designed to connect through integrated attachment mechanisms that combine multiple functions into single connection points. This merging of connection, support, and adjustment functions into unified components enables easy collapse and assembly while controlling overall structural complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of pet products, and specifically to a collapsible elevated feeder. The collapsible elevated feeder includes: a mounting frame, where a bottom of the mounting frame is open; a feeding assembly, where the feeding assembly is arranged on the mounting frame; fixing frames, where the fixing frames are symmetrically connected to the bottom of the mounting frame, and first slide rails are symmetrically formed in each of the fixing frames; sliding frames, where the sliding frames are respectively slidably connected to interiors of the first slide rails; and limiting assemblies, where the limiting assemblies are respectively arranged on inner sides of the fixing frames.