Detachable Auxiliary Support Bar for Safe Child Bathing Posture
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional bathtubs are too large for young children, requiring adults to hold them during bathing, which is inconvenient and poses a safety risk.
Innovation Solution
A detachable auxiliary support bar that connects to the bathtub, forming a space to maintain a child's sitting posture, with through holes for the legs, allowing the child to be securely positioned during bathing and easily removable for storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a conventional bathtub is used for young children, then the bathtub can accommodate the child, but the adult must hold the child with one hand, leaving only one hand free to wash the child
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an auxiliary support bar as an intermediary device between the adult and the child. The support bar provides mechanical assistance to hold the child in a sitting position, allowing the adult to use both hands for washing while maintaining child safety. This mediator resolves the contradiction by taking over the support function, freeing the adult's hands without compromising child security.
2Reliability
If the auxiliary support bar is connected to the bathtub, then the child can maintain sitting posture safely, but the storage space required increases
Solution Approach 1:
The auxiliary support bar is designed as a detachable component that can be separated from the bathtub when not in use. This segmentation allows the support bar to be stored separately, minimizing the storage space occupied by the overall system while maintaining safety functionality when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The support bar transitions from a static attached state to a dynamic detachable state. When connected, it provides safety support; when detached, it can be stored in a compact manner. This dynamic characteristic resolves the contradiction between maintaining safety and minimizing storage space requirements.
Data Source
AI summary
An auxiliary support bar for a bathtub includes: a first bar having opposite ends that are detachably connectable to two sidewalls of the bathtub; and a second bar having a top end that is connected to the first bar. The first bar and the second bar are shaped and sized to form at least one through hole with a bottom of the bathtub for the legs of a baby to pass through.