Hanging Planter Light Assembly with Segmented Posts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing planter and light assemblies lack a hanging design with a plurality of posts extending between a top and bottom plate, where the top plate has a light and the bottom plate is configured for engaging a pot, providing inadequate illumination and hanging functionality.
Innovation Solution
A hanging planter and light assembly comprising a plurality of posts extending between a top and bottom plate, with a chain for hanging, a socket for a bulb, and an orifice for a pot, allowing for illumination and plant growth, and featuring a Victorian-style design with transparent panels for light transmission.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If a hanging planter and light assembly with multiple posts and plates is designed, then illumination effectiveness and hanging functionality are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The structure is divided into multiple posts extending between a top plate and bottom plate, with the top plate containing the light source and the bottom plate configured for pot engagement. This segmentation allows the light to be positioned optimally above the plant while maintaining hanging functionality, resolving the contradiction between illumination effectiveness and device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The top plate serves multiple functions: it holds the light source, provides structural support, and acts as the hanging point via the chain. The bottom plate similarly serves as both the base structure and the engagement point for the pot. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate components, thereby managing device complexity while achieving effective illumination and hanging capabilities.
2Ease of operation
If a chain and mounting hardware are added for hanging functionality, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The chain is integrated directly into the top plate structure, and the mounting hardware is combined with the top plate assembly. This merging of components allows for easy hanging functionality while minimizing the number of separate parts, thereby reducing the increase in device complexity.
3Shape
If transparent panels are added for Victorian-style design, then aesthetic appearance is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Transparent panels are incorporated specifically in the top plate or side portions where they enhance the Victorian aesthetic, while other structural components maintain their traditional designs. This localized application of transparent panels achieves the desired aesthetic appearance without unnecessarily increasing the overall device complexity.
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
The solution provides effective hanging and illumination for plants, enabling plant growth while offering a visually appealing Victorian-style aesthetic, enhancing the functionality and design of existing planter and light assemblies.
Implementation Method 1
A bulb can provide illumination to an area proximate to the hanging planter and light assembly
Implementation Method 2
featuring a Victorian-style design with transparent panels for light transmission
Data Source
AI summary
A hanging planter and light assembly for growing a plant and illumination includes a plurality of a posts, which is engaged to and extends between a bottom plate and a top plate. A chain engaged to and extending from the top plate is engaged to an article of mounting hardware mounted to a surface to hang the hanging planter and light assembly. A bulb can be threadedly inserted into a socket, which is engaged to a lower face of the top plate. A power cord operationally engaged to the socket is used to operationally engage the socket to a source of electrical current. A pot can be inserted into an orifice, which is positioned in the bottom plate. A plant can be grown in the pot and the bulb can provide illumination to an area proximate to the hanging planter and light assembly.