Extendable Modular Pot with Pressable Connections for Stable Plant Growth
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing modular plant twining apparatuses fail to support the weight of the pot-soil-plant load, often disengage from the soil, tilt sideways, and are insufficient as plants grow, making transportation and modular extension challenging.
Innovation Solution
A modular pot design featuring detachable connection elements with flexible arms and pressable tips, allowing modular extension and secure attachment, enabling lifting and transportation without disassembly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Length of moving object
If modular plant twining apparatuses are used to extend height, then the plant can grow taller, but the connection elements disengage from the soil and the structure tips over
Solution Approach 1:
The plant support structure is divided into modular sections that can be assembled vertically. Each section includes connection elements with soil engagement features that maintain stability independently while allowing height extension through controlled assembly of discrete modules.
Solution Approach 2:
Different parts of the structure have specialized functions: lower sections feature robust soil engagement mechanisms for stability, while upper sections provide plant support. The connection elements have localized engagement features at specific positions to prevent disengagement while allowing controlled assembly.
2Ease of operation
If connection elements are made detachable for easy assembly, then the structure can be easily assembled and disassembled, but the connection elements may come out unintentionally during use
Solution Approach 1:
The connection elements incorporate flexible arms that can be pressed to engage or disengage connection tips. This dynamic mechanism allows easy assembly through simple pressing actions while maintaining secure attachment during normal use, with the flexible arms providing both ease of operation and reliable connection.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the modular pot is extended to accommodate growing plants, then the plant has space to grow, but the structure becomes more complex and difficult to transport
Solution Approach 1:
The modular pot system is segmented into standardized sections that can be vertically stacked as plants grow. This segmentation allows the structure to adapt to plant growth while maintaining simple, repeatable assembly patterns that reduce overall complexity despite the extendable nature of the system.
4Ease of manufacture
If the pot structure is made monobloc for simplicity, then manufacturing is easier, but the structure cannot be extended as the plant grows
Solution Approach 1:
Rather than a monobloc structure, the pot system uses segmented modular sections that can be manufactured independently using simpler processes and then assembled vertically. This segmentation enables both ease of manufacture for individual components and the ability to extend the overall structure as plants grow.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The design ensures stability and durability during transportation and growth, allowing easy modular extension and disassembly when needed, preventing tipping and breakage.
Implementation Method 1
each connection tip having two pressable flexible arms with an arm opening extending therethrough
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a modular pot (10) having a pot (1) for carrying soil and plant load, in which ivy type plants can be grown. The modular pot (10) comprises a plurality of pot connecting pieces (13) circumferentially arranged around a pot body (11), integrally formed with the pot body (11), and each having a pot connecting slot (14); a plurality of detachable connection elements (2) adapted to extend the height of the modular pot (10) and capable of being removed by the user as desired after attachment, wherein each connection element (2) comprises a cylindrical connection element body (21), two opposing connection tips (22) extending in opposite directions from the connection element body (21), each connection tip (22) having two pressable flexible arms (24) with an arm opening (23) extending therethrough; and a plurality of intermediate connection pieces (3) configured to engage with the connection elements (2) of the same height to form intermediate layers, thereby enabling the modular pot (10) to be raised modularly.