Detachable Side Impact Block Locking for Compact Child Seats
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing child safety seats with side impact protecting structures occupy significant lateral space, making them inconvenient for storage and use.
Innovation Solution
A detachable side impact protecting block for child safety seats, featuring a housing with a slider and an engagement member, allowing for easy installation and removal, and providing a locking mechanism using an engagement member that moves between locked and release positions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a side impact protecting structure is laterally protruded from the side wing to provide protection, then the protective effect is improved, but the lateral space occupied increases making storage inconvenient
Solution Approach 1:
The side impact protecting structure is divided into a detachable block that can be separated from the main seat body. This segmentation allows the protective function to be isolated to a specific component that can be stored separately when not in use, reducing the lateral space occupied during storage while maintaining protection during operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The side impact protecting block is designed to be movable between an extended protective position and a retracted storage position. This dynamic design allows the structure to adapt between providing maximum protection during side impacts and minimizing lateral space during storage, resolving the contradiction between protective effect and space occupation.
2Ease of operation
If a detachable side impact protecting block is designed with locking mechanism, then ease of installation and removal is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The locking mechanism is designed to automatically engage and lock the side impact protecting block to the seat when brought together, without requiring manual intervention. The mechanism self-activates through the natural movement of installation, simplifying the user operation while providing secure attachment, thus improving ease of installation without significantly increasing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The locking mechanism replaces complex multi-component mechanical fastening systems with a simpler engagement system that uses shaped interfaces and spring-loaded locking elements. This substitution reduces the number of parts and assembly steps while maintaining secure attachment, improving ease of operation without proportionally increasing device complexity.
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AI summary
The present disclosure provides a side impact protecting block according to the present application, configured to be detachably installed to a child safety seat, the side impact protecting block comprising a housing, a slider and an engagement member. The slider is at least partially accommodated in the housing, and operable from outside of the housing to slide along a first direction of the housing. The engagement member is accommodated in the housing, and movable between a locked position protruding out of the housing and a release position retracting into the housing along a second direction of the housing intersecting with the first direction, wherein sliding of the slider along the first direction drives the engagement member to move between the locked position and the release position.