Goal Frame Movable Corner Joint Multi-Directional Folding
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing outdoor portable goals are difficult to fold and unfold efficiently, occupying a large area and being inconvenient to carry, with the goal frame often unstable in a folded state due to resilience recovery forces.
Innovation Solution
The goal frame incorporates connecting rods and movable corner joints, allowing the frame to be folded and unfolded from different directions. Each movable corner joint consists of a first housing and a second housing connected to each other, with the first housing rotatable within a predetermined angle range, enabling the goal frame to switch between unfolded and folded states.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If the goal frame is made with high toughness material to ensure strength, then the strength is improved, but the frame generates resilience recovery force that makes it difficult to stabilize in folded state
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the harmful resilience recovery force by introducing a damping component that absorbs and dissipates the elastic energy generated by the tough frame material, preventing the frame from automatically unfolding while maintaining structural strength
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a damping component as an intermediary element between the frame members, which mediates the interaction by absorbing the resilience recovery force and converting it into heat energy, thereby stabilizing the folded state without compromising the frame's strength
2Device complexity
If the goal frame is folded in a single direction to simplify structure, then the device complexity is reduced, but the occupied area remains large and portability is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from single-direction folding to multi-directional folding by introducing movable corner joints that enable rotation along multiple axes, allowing the frame to collapse into a compact three-dimensional configuration that minimizes occupied area while maintaining structural integrity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the frame into multiple movable sections connected by corner joints, allowing each section to be independently folded and repositioned, which enables compact multi-directional folding while keeping the overall structure relatively simple
3Device complexity
If manual operation is used to fold and store the goal to reduce device complexity, then the device complexity is reduced, but the ease of operation deteriorates and user experience is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service functionality by incorporating a damping component that automatically stabilizes the frame in the folded state without requiring manual intervention, allowing the frame to maintain its folded configuration passively while improving ease of operation and storage
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This design allows the goal frame to be quickly folded from multiple directions, reducing the occupied area, facilitating storage and use, and improving portability, while also enabling automatic unfolding without user operation.
Implementation Method 1
a damping component configured to be pressed between the first frame member and the second frame member, the damping component having a first end and a second end, the first end of the damping component is connected to the first frame member, and the second end of the damping component is connected to the second frame member
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure provides a goal frame and a goal, the goal frame includes connecting rods and movable corner joints, adjacent two of the connecting rods are movably connected through a corresponding one of the movable corner joints, the connecting rods are connected end to end through the movable corner joints to form the goal frame, each of the movable corner joints includes a first housing and a second housing connected to each other, the first housing is rotatable with respect to the second housing within a predetermined angle range, the connecting rods includes first connecting rods and second connecting rods adjacent to each other, an end of each of the first connecting rods is connected to a corresponding first housing, and an end of each of the second connecting rods close to a corresponding first connecting rod is connected to a corresponding second housing.