Wall-Mounted Faucet Protective Cover with Hook Posts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional protective covers for wall-mounted faucets fail to be firmly fixed, leading to loss of function during construction and become a hindrance during repair or dismantling.
Innovation Solution
A protective cover with protruding posts, abutting posts, and extension posts with hook portions that securely attach to the faucet's location shafts and plates, allowing for firm fixation and easy detachment using tools.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If a conventional protective cover is used on a wall-mounted faucet, then the faucet is protected from damage during construction, but the protective cover fails to be firmly fixed and may fall off
Solution Approach 1:
The protective cover is divided into multiple functional components: protruding posts for inserting into location shafts, abutting posts for abutting against location plates, and extension posts with hook portions for additional securing. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function, ensuring firm fixation while maintaining protection.
Solution Approach 2:
The protruding posts, abutting posts, and extension posts are integrated into the cover plate structure, with the hook portions nesting onto the location plates. This nested arrangement creates a multi-level fixation system that securely attaches the protective cover to the faucet while allowing for controlled detachment.
2Reliability
If a protective cover is firmly fixed on the faucet, then it provides reliable protection during construction, but it becomes a trouble for repair or dismantling
Solution Approach 1:
The fixation system transitions from a static permanent attachment to a dynamic removable attachment. The hook portions can be engaged to secure the protective cover during construction, and later disengaged by pulling to remove it, allowing the system to adapt between fixed and removable states based on operational needs.
Solution Approach 2:
The protective cover is designed to be easily removed and reused. The detachment mechanism allows the cover to be taken off the faucet for repair or dismantling operations, and then reattached when needed, avoiding the need for permanent installation or disposal.
3Ease of manufacture
If a simple protective cover is used, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but it cannot be firmly fixed on the faucet
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple fixation functions are merged into a single integrated cover plate structure. The protruding posts, abutting posts, and extension posts with hook portions are all formed as part of the same component, combining multiple attachment mechanisms into one unified element that maintains structural simplicity while achieving reliable fixation.
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AI summary
A protective cover of the present invention is adapted to be disposed on a wall-mounted faucet. The protective cover includes a cover plate. Two protruding posts, two abutting posts, and two extension posts vertically extend from one surface of the cover plate. Each distal end of the protruding posts is formed with a location hole. Each distal end of the extension posts is formed with a hook portion. Therefore, the protruding posts and the abutting posts can abut against the wall-mounted faucet so as to make the location hole receive the location shafts of the faucet and make the hook portions abut against the faucet. Thereby, the present invention can be firmly disposed on wall-mounted faucets to provide a protective effect.