Collapsible Frame and Foldable Base for Portable Infant Containment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Standard infant beds are large and difficult to transport, making it challenging for parents to provide a safe and secure sleeping area for children when away from home.
Innovation Solution
A collapsible device with a frame body featuring a continuous rail and extensions that can transition between collapsed and extended configurations, combined with a flexible material component for partial containment, and a foldable base for support, allowing for compact storage and versatile use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a standard infant bed is used to provide safe and secure sleeping area, then containment and safety are improved, but portability and ease of transport deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The infant bed is divided into multiple segments including a collapsible frame body with continuous rails that can be segmented and folded, allowing the structure to be broken down into manageable sections for easy transport while maintaining safety when assembled
Solution Approach 2:
The bed incorporates dynamic elements such as collapsible frames, foldable bases, and adjustable extensions that allow the structure to transition between a stable sleeping configuration and a compact transport configuration, providing both safety during use and portability during travel
2Ease of operation
If the collapsible frame transitions between collapsed and extended configurations to improve portability, then ease of transport is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The collapsible frame design allows components to nest within each other when collapsed, with extensions and base elements folding into the main frame structure, reducing overall size for transport while maintaining structural integrity
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple functions are combined into integrated components - the continuous rails serve both as structural support and as guides for the collapsible mechanism, while the foldable base integrates with the frame body to provide both stability and portability features
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is a collapsible device which can provide at least partial containment for one or more objects, including a child or animal, and which can collapse or fold into a compact configuration in order to allow for improved portability of the collapsible device. In some implementations, the collapsible device can include a collapsible frame and at least one flexible material component that can be reversibly secured to the collapsible frame. In addition, some implementations can include a foldable base or at least one adaptable feature.