Foldable Bedside Crib with Adjustable Gap Control for Infant Safety
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional wooden cribs are bulky, heavy, and non-portable, making them inconvenient for travel, and their high fences obstruct parental observation of infants, potentially leading to safety issues and distress for both parents and children.
Innovation Solution
A foldable crib design that can be adjusted in height, securely attached to a bed for bedside use, and features a foldable side to reduce gaps and allow parental observation, while also being compact for transport.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a traditional wooden crib with high fences is used to ensure infant safety, then infant safety is improved, but parental observation of the infant is obstructed
Solution Approach 1:
The crib is divided into multiple sections: a first crib portion with traditional high fences for safety, and a second crib portion with a foldable side wall that can be opened to allow parental observation. This segmentation allows different parts of the crib to serve different functions - safety and observation simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The side wall of the second crib portion is designed to be foldable rather than fixed, allowing it to dynamically change between a closed position (providing safety) and an open position (allowing observation). This dynamic structure resolves the contradiction between safety and observation.
2Stability of the object's composition
If a traditional wooden crib with large volume is used to provide sufficient activity space and stability, then infant activity space and stability are improved, but portability is deteriorated
Solution Approach 1:
The crib is segmented into multiple detachable components including a first crib portion, a second crib portion, and a mattress. This segmentation allows the crib to be disassembled into smaller parts for easy transport while maintaining stability when assembled.
Solution Approach 2:
The crib incorporates foldable elements (side wall and overall structure) that allow it to dynamically transform between an expanded stable configuration for use and a compact folded configuration for transport, resolving the contradiction between stability and portability.
3Ease of operation
If a gap exists between the crib and bed for easy positioning, then ease of placement is improved, but infant safety is deteriorated due to risk of getting stuck
Solution Approach 1:
A supporting unit acts as an intermediary element between the crib and the bed. This supporting unit can be adjusted to fill gaps and prevent the crib from being positioned too close to the bed, thereby eliminating the safety hazard while still allowing easy positioning.
Solution Approach 2:
The supporting unit's position and height can be adjusted to change the distance between the crib and bed, allowing the system to adapt to different placement scenarios while maintaining safety by preventing excessive gaps.
Data Source
AI summary
A crib adapted for using alongside with a bed includes a frame body which has an upper frame, a lower frame adapted for standing on a ground, a plurality of supporters coupled between the upper frame and the lower frame, and a supporting frame which is supported on the supporters; a bed cover detachably coupled to the upper frame and supported by the supporting frame for defining a receiving cavity above the supporting frame; and a supporting unit coupled to the frame body for abutting a side of the bed to avoid or reduce a gap between the crib and the bed.