Detachable Air Blower Base for Inflatable Displays
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing inflatable displays require a permanently attached air blower, limiting the use of a single blower for multiple displays and increasing storage and handling complexities.
Innovation Solution
A detachable external air blower system that connects to a base member with a channel, allowing easy attachment and detachment from different inflatable bodies, maintaining air flow and stability through a stabilizing fin and circumferential ring.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the air blower is permanently attached to the inflatable body, then the connection is stable and reliable, but the blower cannot be used for different displays and storage becomes complex
Solution Approach 1:
The system is divided into separate components: a base member permanently attached to the inflatable body, and a detachable air blower unit. The channel in the base member is permanently affixed to the fabric opening, while the blower unit can be removed and reattached to different displays, resolving the contradiction between stable connection and reusability.
2Reliability
If the air blower is permanently attached to the inflatable body, then the air flow connection is secure, but storage and handling become more complex
Solution Approach 1:
By separating the blower unit from the inflatable body while maintaining a permanent channel connection point, the system allows the blower to be stored separately when not in use, reducing storage complexity while preserving secure air flow connection during operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The air blower unit is extracted from the inflatable body structure, allowing it to be removed and stored independently. The base member retains the permanent channel connection, ensuring that when the blower is reattached, the air flow connection is secure without requiring the blower to be permanently integrated into the display.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a single blower is used for different displays, then storage is simplified, but the connection and attachment process becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The base member with its permanent channel connection simplifies the attachment process. The channel's perimeter is affixed to the fabric opening, creating a standardized interface that reduces the complexity of attaching different blowers to various displays while maintaining blower versatility.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables the use of a single air blower for various inflatable displays, simplifying storage and handling while maintaining consistent inflation and allowing for additional features like string of lights integration.
Implementation Method 1
An air blower provides a continuous flow of air into the body of the inflatable display
Implementation Method 2
Stabilizing fin 11 projects from base member 10, under air blower unit 12, to provide stability to the base member/air blower assembly, and to maintain the base member in a vertical position
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AI summary
An inflatable display assembly includes a base member to which the inflatable body is permanently attached. The base member has a channel therethrough, one end of the channel being affixed to an opening in the fabric of inflatable body. An external air blower unit may be removably attached to base member at one end of said channel to provide a flow of air through the base member and then into the inflatable body.