Hinged Locker Seat Assembly for Adjustable Back Support
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Solution Overview
Problem
Modern athletic and sporting facility lockers lack innovative seating solutions that balance functionality and aesthetics, failing to provide comfortable and luxurious seating options within the locker rooms.
Innovation Solution
The integration of a seat assembly into lockers, featuring a horizontal bench and a vertically extending seatback with independent hinge mechanisms, allowing for adjustable positions and padded upholstery, enhancing comfort and storage efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a seat assembly is integrated into the locker, then comfort and luxury are enhanced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The seat assembly is integrated directly into the locker structure, merging the seating function with the storage cabinet. The bench and seatback are positioned within the locker confines, utilizing the existing structural space rather than adding separate external elements, thus enhancing comfort while controlling complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The locker structure serves multiple functions: storage for equipment and clothing, and seating for occupants. By making the locker itself provide seating through the integrated bench and seatback, the design achieves multi-functionality, improving comfort without requiring entirely separate seating furniture.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the seatback is made movable with hinge mechanisms, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The seatback is designed with hinge mechanisms that allow it to move between different positions - specifically, it can be tilted backward for seating comfort or folded forward against the locker backwall. This dynamic capability provides adaptability for different user needs while using relatively simple mechanical hinges rather than complex actuation systems.
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AI summary
An improved locker seat includes a pair of spaced-apart upstanding sidewalls having a pair of front edges. A generally horizontal seat extends between and at least partially forward of the front edges of the sidewalls. A lower seatback is connected at a lower extent by a hinge between the sidewalls and extending above the seat, the lower seatback is movable about the hinge between an open position and a closed position. An upper seatback is connected at an upper extent by a hinge between the sidewalls and above the lower seatback, the upper seatback being movable about the hinge between an open and a closed position.