Foam Base Connection Structure with Folding Adhesive Member
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional foam bases are limited in size, making them difficult to transport and store, and existing connection methods either result in uneven surfaces and gaps or are costly and complex.
Innovation Solution
A foam base with a connection structure featuring a connection member that includes an adhesive portion and a folding portion with varying viscosity surfaces, allowing for easy assembly and disassembly by folding and extending for quick connection of multiple foam bases.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the edge of the foam base is provided with an adhesive tape to connect adjacent foam bases, then the foam bases can be connected to become a large-sized foam base, but this connection way easily causes an uneven surface and a gap at the joint of the foam bases, unable to ensure soundproof and heatproof effects
Solution Approach 1:
The connection structure is divided into multiple functional parts: a connection layer with adhesive on one surface that extends from the foam base, and a separate pressing plate. This segmentation allows the connection layer to provide adhesive bonding while the pressing plate ensures uniform pressure distribution, resolving the contradiction between easy connection and joint flatness.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection layer acts as an intermediary element between adjacent foam bases. It provides the adhesive function while the pressing plate serves as a mediator to distribute pressure uniformly during the connection process, ensuring both ease of operation and precise joint flatness without direct adhesive-to-adhesive contact.
2Strength
If the surface of each foam base is provided with a thin connection layer with two-sided adhesive tape, then two foam bases can be connected, but this connection way is complicated and increases the cost
Solution Approach 1:
The adhesive function is extracted from the foam base itself and placed in a separate connection layer. This connection layer has adhesive on only one surface (facing the adjacent foam base), while the other surface is bonded to the first foam base. This extraction simplifies the structure by eliminating the need for two-sided adhesive tape on the foam base surface, reducing complexity while maintaining connection strength.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection layer is pre-bonded to the foam base in the manufacturing process, with the adhesive surface exposed and ready for connection. This preliminary action eliminates the need for complex two-sided adhesive application during installation, reducing both structural complexity and installation complexity while ensuring strong connection.
3Area of stationary object
If a plurality of foam bases is connected together to become a large-sized foam base, then the foam base can cover a large floor area, but this greatly increases difficulty in transportation and storage
Solution Approach 1:
The large foam base system is segmented into multiple smaller, standardized foam base units that can be easily transported and stored individually. The connection structure enables these segmented units to be assembled into large coverage areas when needed, resolving the contradiction between large coverage area and transportation/storage ease.
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 enables efficient, cost-effective, and seamless connection of foam bases, ensuring soundproof, heatproof, and waterproof effects while simplifying storage, transportation, and assembly processes.
Implementation Method 1
The adhesive connection portion is adhered to the foam base and located close to the edge of the foam base
Implementation Method 2
One side of the folding portion, facing the foam base when the folding portion is pulled flat, is provided with viscose
Data Source
AI summary
A foam base with a connection structure includes the foam base and a connection member. The connection member includes an adhesive connection portion and a folding portion. The adhesive connection portion is adhered to the foam base so that the connection member is fixed on the foam base. The folding portion is used to connect another adjacent foam base. Before connection, the folding portion is folded and only has a portion extending out of the foam base for transportation and storage.