Ground-Planted Flower Bed Splicing for Fastenerless Stable Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing flower beds have complex structures requiring fasteners, are difficult to assemble, prone to loosening, and limited in application due to straight or corner-joined support plates, making them costly and unstable.
Innovation Solution
A ground-planted flower bed with splicing mechanisms using insert plates and clamping portions between support plates, allowing for flexible assembly without fasteners, ensuring stability and versatility in shape configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional fasteners and complex assembly structures are used, then assembly firmness and structural stability are improved, but device complexity and production cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical fasteners (screws, bolts, clips) with a bending-based mechanical interlocking system. The support plate's bent portion deforms to clamp the connecting rod, creating a fastenerless connection that achieves firm assembly through elastic deformation rather than threaded or clamped fasteners.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts and eliminates the fastener components from the assembly system. By removing screws, bolts, clips, and other fastening hardware, the design achieves firm connections through the intrinsic mechanical interlocking of the bent support plate portion with the connecting rod, simplifying the overall structure.
2Reliability
If traditional fasteners and complex assembly structures are used, then structural stability is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces complex fastener installation procedures with a simple bending operation. The support plate is bent to a specific angle to engage the connecting rod, transforming a multi-step fastening process into a single intuitive deformation action that is easier to perform and ensures stable connections.
Solution Approach 2:
The bent support plate portion automatically clamps the connecting rod through its elastic deformation, creating a self-locking connection that maintains structural stability without requiring additional fasteners or complex assembly procedures. The structure serves its own fastening function.
3Ease of manufacture
If straight or corner-joined support plates are used, then ease of manufacture is improved, but adaptability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces dynamic adaptability to the support plate through the bendable connecting portion. While the main support plate body remains straight for ease of manufacture, the connecting portion can be bent to different angles to accommodate various spatial configurations and flower bed shapes, combining manufacturing simplicity with shape versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the geometric parameter of the support plate by introducing a bendable section that can be deformed to different angles. This allows the same straight support plate component to be adapted into various configurations (straight, corner, curved arrangements) by adjusting the bending angle of the connecting portion, enhancing versatility without complicating manufacturing.
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 solution provides a simple, cost-effective assembly process with stable structures that can be shaped in various configurations, enhancing user experience and reducing production and transportation costs.
Implementation Method 1
The clamping portion is a bendable clamping strip, integrally formed with the second support plate. The clamping portion has an unfolded state when not bent and a folded state when bent.
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AI summary
A ground-planted flower bed includes multiple support plates connected end-to-end, and a splicing mechanism set between adjacent support plates. The support plates include adjacent first support plate and second support plate. The splicing mechanism includes an insert plate set on a front end of the first support plate, an insertion slot set on a rear end of the second support plate for receiving the insert plate, a slot set on the insert plate, a clamping portion corresponding to the slot set on the second support plate, the clamping portion being configurable into an unfolded state having a straight configuration, and a folded state having a bent configuration that protrudes outward from one side of the second support plate, and a limiting plate formed on the rear end of the second support plate, the limiting plate being offset to the same side of the second support plate.