Double-Bed Linen Panel Layout for Independent User Coverage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional bed linens for double beds fail to simultaneously meet the comfort needs of users who want to be covered and those who prefer to stay uncovered, as they often result in an uncomfortable accumulation of unused fabric, reducing the sleeping surface and affecting user comfort.
Innovation Solution
A double bed linen design featuring two elongated panels that are linked at the foot, free relative to each other along most of their length, and partially overlapping in the middle, with each panel having a width greater than half the total width, allowing independent coverage and easy movement with detachable connecting means, and optional cut-outs for increased independence and aesthetics.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional bed linens for double beds are used, then one user can be covered, but the other user cannot be uncovered without creating an accumulation of unused fabric that reduces sleeping surface
Solution Approach 1:
The bed linen is divided into two separate panels that can be independently positioned and adjusted. Each panel can be moved freely along its length, allowing one user to have coverage while the other user has uncovered space, without creating unwanted fabric accumulations. The panels are connected at the foot end but maintain independence along most of their length.
2Ease of operation
If the linen panels are completely separate, then each user can be covered independently, but the structural integrity and aesthetics of the linen is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The linen is segmented into two panels connected by detachable connecting means at the foot end. This allows the panels to move independently along most of their length while maintaining structural connection at the foot, providing both independence and integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The connecting means between panels are detachable and flexible, allowing the panels to be connected or separated as needed. This dynamic connection system provides structural integrity when connected while allowing complete independence when detached, adapting to different usage scenarios.
3Ease of operation
If the panels overlap significantly in the middle region, then coverage is improved, but air passage between users is blocked
Solution Approach 1:
The linen panels have different properties in different regions: they overlap significantly at the head end to provide coverage, but are separated in the middle region to allow air passage. This local variation in spatial relationship ensures both coverage quality and proper air circulation between users.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a household linen for a double bed with two elongated panels (2.3) that:are linked in at least one region, called the foot, (Rp) intended to be located at the foot end of the bed,are free relative to each other on the major portion of their length up to a head edge (Bt) located opposite the foot region (Rp)and partly overlap at a central longitudinal region (Rm) of the linen, so that the width (Il) of the linen is less than the sum of the width (Ip) of the two panels (2,3), the middle region extending between the foot region (Rp) and the head edges (Bt),characterized in that each overlapping region (Rc) of each panel (2,3) is separated from the foot region by a cut-out (15) substantially transverse to a longitudinal axis of the household linen (M).