Electric Mat Side Cover Structure for Secure Mattress Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Electric mats tend to shift horizontally when placed on a bed mattress, disrupting the neat appearance and not being securely integrated with the mattress, and their visibility contributes to an untidy bedroom environment.
Innovation Solution
A side cover apparatus featuring a curtain-type side cover attached to the electric mat with a contracting portion on its inner periphery, which includes a stitched contracting tube and an elastic or tightening band, allowing the side cover to be inserted under the mat and attached via a stitched seam, thereby concealing the mat's edges and the mattress's surface, preventing horizontal movement and creating a unified appearance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If a securing string is used to tie the electric mat to the bed mattress, then the electric mat is held in place, but the neat appearance and secure integration are not achieved
Solution Approach 1:
The side cover is divided into a first side cover portion attached to the electric mat and a second side cover portion attached to the bed mattress, with a fastening mechanism connecting them. This segmentation allows independent attachment to each component while achieving secure integration through the fastening portion, resolving the contradiction between stability and structural complexity.
2Ease of manufacture
If the electric mat is placed on the bed mattress, then warmth and cushioning are provided, but the overall appearance becomes untidy due to visibility of the mat edges
Solution Approach 1:
The side cover extends beyond the edges of the electric mat to cover the exposed portions and bed mattress surface. By extracting the coverage function from the mat itself and providing it through the extended side cover, the appearance neatness is improved while maintaining assembly simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The side cover integrates multiple functions: it covers the electric mat edges, covers the bed mattress surface, and provides fastening mechanisms. By merging these functions into a single component, both appearance neatness and assembly simplicity are achieved.
3Shape
If the side cover extends to conceal the bed mattress side surface, then appearance is improved, but the complexity of attachment increases
Solution Approach 1:
The fastening mechanism includes a fastening portion that can be dynamically adjusted and secured. The side cover transitions from an extended state during installation to a secured state during use, providing both appearance neatness and manageable attachment complexity through dynamic fastening.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The side cover apparatus securely holds the electric mat in place, maintaining a neat appearance by integrating it with the bed mattress, making it appear as a single mattress, and allows for easy assembly and transport protection.
Implementation Method 1
a contracting portion disposed on an inner periphery of the side cover, wherein a length of the side cover conceals a side surface of the bed mattress and closely contacts a bottom surface of the bed mattress
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AI summary
A side cover apparatus includes an electric mat, a curtain-type side cover attached to an outer periphery of the electric mat, and a contracting portion disposed on an inner periphery of the side cover. The side cover conceals side surfaces of the electric mat and a bed mattress such that the combination of the electric mat and the bed mattress appears as if the combination is a single bed mattress.