Foldable small dining chair

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing small dining chairs for children require large storage space due to their non-foldable design, making them inconvenient for storage and transportation.

Innovation Solution

A foldable small dining chair design featuring a front support frame and rear support frame that can be folded, with adjustable and detachable components such as armrests, a rotatable seat, and a position-adjustable dining tray, allowing for compact storage.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the small dining chair is designed to be non-foldable for structural stability, then the chair provides reliable support for children, but it requires large storage space

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestructural stabilityVSAvoidstorage space
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSVolume of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The chair is divided into separate modular components including the seat, backrest, armrests, and base that can be detached and stored separately, reducing storage space while maintaining structural integrity during use

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The chair incorporates foldable mechanisms in the base and adjustable components that transition from a stable rigid structure during use to a compact folded configuration for storage, resolving the contradiction between stability and storage requirements

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Ease of manufacture

If the small dining chair is made fixed and non-adjustable for simplicity, then the manufacturing cost is reduced, but it cannot adapt to different children's growth stages

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemanufacturing simplicityVSAvoidadaptability to growth stages
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The chair features adjustable armrests, backrest angles, and seat positions that can be modified as children grow, while using simple mechanical adjustment mechanisms that maintain ease of manufacture without complex electronics or controls

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The chair is designed to serve multiple functions and accommodate children of different ages and sizes through its adjustable components, making a single chair design universal enough to replace multiple fixed-size chairs

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Adaptability or versatility

If the small dining chair includes multiple adjustable components for versatility, then it adapts to different needs, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveadjustabilityVSAvoidstructural complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The adjustment mechanisms are segmented into independent simple modules for each function (armrest adjustment, backrest angle, seat position), where each module uses basic mechanical components rather than integrated complex systems

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The chair uses simple mechanical linkages and pivot points to provide dynamic adjustability, avoiding complex motors, sensors, or electronic controls while achieving versatile positioning capabilities

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS12075924B2Foldable small dining chair
Publication Date: 2024.09.03 TJ(FUJIAN) IND CO LTD
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AI summary

A foldable small dining chair includes a front support frame and a rear support frame which are arranged in a foldable manner. The front support frame is provided with a left sleeve member and a right sleeve member. The front support frame is provided with a left armrest connecting rod and a right armrest connecting rod. A top front end of the left armrest connecting rod is provided with a foldable left armrest, and a top front end of the right armrest connecting rod is provided with a foldable right armrest. A rotatable seat is provided between the left sleeve member and the right sleeve member. A dining tray being detachable and movable forwards and backwards is provided between the left armrest and the right armrest. A detachable backrest is provided between the left armrest connecting rod and the right armrest connecting rod.