Foldable Underwater Mobility Device Snorkel Breathing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing submersible personal mobility devices require full diving equipment and specialized training, limiting their use and flexibility, and often necessitate a sealed chamber with limited breathable air supply.
Innovation Solution
A foldable underwater personal mobility device with a rotatable superstructure, allowing users to breathe through a snorkel without full diving gear, powered by renewable energy sources, and enabling easy transportation and operation by a wider range of users without extensive training.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a sealed chamber with onboard air supply is used, then users can breathe underwater, but the device complexity and limited air supply restrict usage duration and flexibility
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the breathing function from a sealed chamber system and implements it through an external snorkel that connects to the water surface. This allows users to breathe underwater without requiring a complex sealed chamber structure, thereby maintaining reliability while reducing device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The snorkel acts as an intermediary component that bridges the underwater environment and the atmospheric air supply. It provides a simple conduit for breathable air without requiring the user to be inside a sealed chamber, thus solving the contradiction between breathing capability and device complexity.
2Reliability
If full diving equipment and sealed chambers are required, then breathing is enabled, but specialized training and certifications are necessary
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs simple, lightweight components such as a basic snorkel and open chamber design instead of complex, expensive diving equipment. This simplifies the system to a point where specialized training is no longer required, thereby improving ease of operation while maintaining adequate breathing safety for shallow water use.
Solution Approach 2:
The device segments the breathing function into a separate, simple snorkel component rather than integrating it into a complex sealed chamber system. This modular approach reduces the overall complexity and training requirements while preserving the essential breathing capability.
3Ease of operation
If the device is designed for transportation and storage flexibility, then it can be easily moved, but structural stability may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The superstructure is designed to be rotatable and adjustable, allowing it to adapt between different configurations for transportation and for use. This dynamic design enables the device to maintain structural integrity when needed while providing flexibility for easy transport and storage.
Solution Approach 2:
The device is divided into separable components including the superstructure and main body, which can be adjusted or detached for transportation. This segmentation allows the device to be compact for storage while maintaining full structural integrity when assembled for use.
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AI summary
An underwater personal mobility device is provided. The underwater personal mobility device can include a superstructure rotatably connected to a main body comprised of an observation chamber, a transport handle and at least one wheel. The superstructure may further comprise an air conduit and snorkel to provide breathable air to a user. The device may have at least two configurations, including a folded configuration, to enable ease of transport and storage of the device.