Furniture objects for storing foldable beds
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Solution Overview
Problem
Futon beds and similar foldable beds often occupy too much space in limited environments, as they serve multiple functions but lack efficient space-saving mechanisms for transition between usage modes.
Innovation Solution
A chest design that transitions between a closed and open position, featuring a front panel with hinged portions, pivotable blocks, and a rear foldable leg assembly, allowing the chest to convert into a sleeping platform while storing a foldable mattress, with a folding deck that adjusts to optimize space usage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If futon beds are used as sitting furniture in limited space environments, then space utilization is improved, but the bed still occupies too much space when not in use
Solution Approach 1:
The chest is designed to perform multiple functions: it serves as storage furniture in closed position and transforms into a sleeping platform in open position. The front panel with hingeable portions and the foldable mattress work together to enable the chest to function as both storage and sleeping furniture, eliminating the need for separate futon beds in limited space environments.
Solution Approach 2:
The chest incorporates dynamic elements including hingeable front panel portions that can pivot between closed and open positions, and a foldable mattress that can be deployed or stored. The rear foldable leg assembly also provides dynamic support, allowing the chest to transition smoothly between its storage and sleeping functions.
2Ease of operation
If the chest transitions from closed to open position to form a sleeping platform, then usability is improved, but structural stability may be compromised during transition
Solution Approach 1:
The hingeable connection allows the front panel portions to pivot smoothly between closed and open positions, providing controlled movement. The rear foldable leg assembly dynamically adjusts to provide support during the transition, ensuring structural stability is maintained throughout the transformation process.
Solution Approach 2:
The hingeable connection acts as an intermediary mechanism between the closed and open positions, enabling controlled transition. The rear foldable leg assembly serves as a temporary support intermediary during the transition phase, maintaining structural integrity before the mattress is fully deployed.
3Volume of moving object
If the second portion of the front panel is stored within the enclosure when closed, then compactness is improved, but access to the sleeping platform may be slower
Solution Approach 1:
The front panel is divided into first and second portions with different connection methods. The first portion is hingeable to the base for primary movement, while the second portion is hingeable to the first portion for secondary deployment. This segmentation allows the panels to be stored compactly in the closed position while enabling efficient two-stage deployment when opening, reducing the time penalty.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The chest efficiently converts into a sleeping platform, reducing its footprint when not in use, allowing for space-saving storage and easy transition between closed and open positions, supporting a foldable mattress with enhanced stability and usability.
Implementation Method 1
the first portion of the front panel being hingably connected to a base of the chest
Implementation Method 2
the blocks are pivotably attached to the chest, the blocks configured to pivot outwards beyond an outer surface of the first portion of the front panel during the transition of the chest from the closed position to the open position
Implementation Method 3
the rear legs include rollers attached to a bottom surface thereof, the rollers configured to allow the rear legs to move in a first direction when a connection point between the first portion and the second portion moves in a second direction
Implementation Method 4
the second portion of the front panel is configured to form a lever to assist in transitioning the chest between the closed position and the open position
Implementation Method 5
a foldable mattress that transitions between a folded and unfolded state
Data Source
AI summary
A chest configured to transition between an open position and a closed position may include a front panel, side panels and a top panel, the front panel including a first and second portions, the side panels including first and second sub-side panels, the first portion of the front panel being hingably connected to a base of the chest, and the second portion of the front panel hingably connected to the first portion of the front panel and fixed to the first sub-side panels, wherein the second portion of the front panel is stored within an enclosure formed by at least the first portion of the front panel, the side panels and the top panel when the chest is in the closed position, and the first portion and the second portion of the front panel form a portion of a sleeping platform when the chest is in the open position.