Folding Bench Partition Structure for Compact Storage Seating
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing foldable benches are too large in volume and area after folding, making them unsuitable for small household spaces and lacking storage functionality.
Innovation Solution
A multifunctional folding bench design featuring a foldable seat connected with a cap, utilizing main and auxiliary baffle plates with connection buckles to create storage cavities, allowing for compact storage and use as both a seat and shoe cabinet.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If existing foldable benches use hinges to connect bench surfaces and legs, then the bench can be folded, but the folded volume and occupied area become too large for small household spaces
Solution Approach 1:
The bench seat is divided into multiple segments that can be folded relative to each other. The seat includes a first seat plate and a second seat plate connected by a folding connection, allowing the bench to be divided into collapsible sections that reduce overall volume when folded.
Solution Approach 2:
The bench legs and seat plates are designed to nest within each other when folded. The second leg can be inserted into and stored within the first leg, creating a compact nested structure that minimizes the folded volume and occupied space.
2Ease of operation
If existing foldable benches use hinges to connect bench surfaces and legs, then the bench can be folded, but the occupied area in height and length directions becomes too large
Solution Approach 1:
The bench is segmented into collapsible sections with folding connections between seat plates and connection structures between legs, enabling the bench to be folded into a compact configuration that minimizes the occupied area in height and length directions.
Solution Approach 2:
The folding mechanism transforms the bench from a three-dimensional extended structure to a compact folded structure by utilizing dimensional transformation. The seat plates and legs fold along specific axes, changing the spatial arrangement to reduce the footprint and occupied area.
3Ease of operation
If existing foldable benches are designed for portability, then they can be folded, but they lack storage functionality
Solution Approach 1:
The bench is designed with multi-functionality, serving both as a seating surface and a storage container. The hollow connection structure between legs and the internal cavity of the seat plate provide storage space for items such as shoes, while maintaining the portability and foldability of the bench.
Solution Approach 2:
The storage function is merged with the structural components of the bench. The connection structure between legs is designed as a hollow cavity, and the seat plate includes an internal cavity, combining the support function with storage function in a single integrated structure.
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AI summary
Disclosed is a multifunctional folding bench, comprising a foldable bench seat and a bench cap connected to the bench seat, wherein at least one main baffle plate is mounted in the bench seat and is in an inserted connection with a plurality of auxiliary baffle plates, and due to the inserted connection of the main baffle plates and the auxiliary baffle plates, a plurality of storing cavities are separated in the bench seat. The folding bench realizes the separation of the internal space of the bench seat by the inserted connection of the main baffle plates and the auxiliary baffle plates, and male connection of the buckles and female connection buckle are used so that the connections between the main baffle plate, the auxiliary baffle plates and the bench seat are fixing and reliable, and the positioning is accurate. The folding bench is simple in structure, is convenient to use, to carry and store, and has a storing function.