Crib

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional sunshades for infant cribs are difficult to connect and mount conveniently and efficiently, which poses a challenge in protecting newborns' eyes from excessive ambient light stimulation.

Innovation Solution

A crib design that incorporates a sunshade with a frame and fabric, where one end of the frame is movably connected to the first handrail and the other end to the side enclosure, allowing for easy deployment and adjustment to shield the infant from direct light.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Object-affected harmful factors

If a conventional sunshade is used, then the newborn's eyes can be protected from direct light, but the sunshade is difficult to connect and mount on the crib conveniently and efficiently

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvelight stimulation to newborn's eyesVSAvoidmounting convenience and efficiency

Core Design Contradiction:

Object-affected harmful factorsVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The sunshade is divided into a frame structure with multiple segments including a first handrail, second handrail, and side enclosures. The fabric is segmented into a covering portion and a shielding portion that can be independently positioned. This segmentation allows the sunshade to be mounted in sections, making installation more convenient and efficient while maintaining effective light protection for the newborn's eyes.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The frame acts as an intermediary structure between the crib components (handrails and side enclosures) and the fabric shielding material. The frame provides attachment points and structural support, facilitating easy mounting and adjustment of the fabric portions without requiring direct complex connections to the crib structure, thus improving mounting convenience while maintaining protection effectiveness.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Ease of operation

If the sunshade frame is movably connected to the handrail and side enclosure, then the sunshade can be easily deployed and adjusted, but the structural complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedeployment and adjustment easeVSAvoidframe connection structure

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The frame is designed with movable connections to the first handrail and side enclosure, allowing the sunshade to be dynamically adjusted to different positions and configurations. This dynamic structure enables easy deployment and adjustment according to lighting conditions and user needs, while the movability is achieved through simple connection mechanisms that do not significantly increase overall structural complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS12213600B2Crib

Publication Date: 2025.02.04 WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG

AI summary

A crib includes a bed body and a sunshade. The bed body includes a bottom plate, two side enclosures located at both ends of the bottom plate, and a first handrail and a second handrail connected to the two side enclosures. The bottom plate, the two side enclosures, the first handrail and the second handrail cooperatively define an accommodating space with an opening. The sunshade includes a frame and a fabric. One end of the frame is movably connected to the first handrail, and the other end of the frame is movably connected to one of the side enclosures. The fabric includes a covering portion covering the frame, and a shielding portion connected among the frame, the first handrail, and the side enclosure.