Foldable Bedside Crib with Gap Elimination and Height Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wooden cribs are cumbersome and obstructive, making it difficult for parents to monitor infants at night and are not portable, posing safety risks due to their size and weight, and there is a need for a safer, more convenient solution for infant sleeping arrangements.
Innovation Solution
A foldable crib design that can be adjusted in height, converted for bedside use, and securely attached to a bed to prevent gaps, featuring a frame with retractable supporters and a detachable bed cover for easy assembly and transportation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a traditional wooden crib with high fences is used to ensure infant safety, then safety is improved, but parents cannot observe infants at night and infants cannot observe parents, causing crying and distress
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies transparency changes (analogous to color/optical property changes) by using a transparent or translucent panel instead of an opaque fence. This allows visual observation to pass through the barrier while maintaining the protective function, resolving the contradiction between safety and observation capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The transparent panel acts as an intermediary element between the infant and the external environment. It mediates the conflict by allowing light and visual information to pass through while still providing a physical barrier for safety, enabling both protection and observation simultaneously.
2Stability of the object's composition
If a traditional wooden crib with large volume and weight is used to provide sufficient activity space and stability, then stability and activity space are improved, but the crib cannot be carried for travel
Solution Approach 1:
The crib is divided into multiple detachable components including the frame, mattress, and panel sections. This segmentation allows the crib to be disassembled into smaller, lighter parts that can be easily carried for travel, while reassembled to provide sufficient activity space and stability when in use.
Solution Approach 2:
The crib transitions from a static, fixed structure to a dynamic, reconfigurable system. The detachable and foldable design allows the crib to adapt between a stable, spacious configuration for use and a compact, portable configuration for travel, resolving the contradiction between stability and portability.
3Ease of operation
If a foldable crib design is used to reduce space occupation and improve portability, then ease of transportation is improved, but the crib may become unstable or unsafe during use
Solution Approach 1:
The foldable design segments the crib into modular components that can be easily assembled and disassembled. When assembled correctly, these segments form a stable structure with proper support distribution, maintaining safety while enabling portability.
Solution Approach 2:
The crib employs dynamic structural elements such as foldable frames and adjustable supports that provide stability during use but allow for compact folding when not in use. The design ensures that when assembled, the dynamic components lock into stable positions that maintain safety standards.
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.