Infant Sleep Mat Structure With Chest Pressure and Side Support
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Solution Overview
Problem
Infants often wake up and cry when laid down on traditional mats due to the 'back sensor' issue, where they recognize the surface and become uncomfortable, leading to repeated waking and difficulty in achieving deep sleep.
Innovation Solution
A functional mat with a side supporter and pressure supporter that provides 'comfortable pressure' by gently pressing the infant's chest, preventing rolling and asphyxiation, and is designed to accommodate the infant's body structure for safety and comfort.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If an infant is laid down on a traditional flat mat, then the mat provides basic support and comfort, but the infant experiences the back sensor problem and wakes up crying
Solution Approach 1:
The mat employs a curved surface design where the head portion is elevated relative to the foot portion, creating a gentle incline. This curvature mimics the natural contour of a parent's怀抱, providing tactile comfort that reduces the back sensor problem and helps infants maintain sleep.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions of the mat are designed with distinct functions: the head portion is elevated for comfort and burping, the middle portion provides gentle pressure support, and the foot portion is lower for proper positioning. This localized functional differentiation addresses specific infant needs in different body zones.
2Reliability
If a parent manually presses the infant's chest to provide comfortable pressure, then the infant can sleep comfortably, but the parent becomes tired from repeated handling
Solution Approach 1:
The mat is designed to automatically provide the comforting pressure function without requiring continuous parental intervention. The elevated head portion and structured surface configuration self-regulate to maintain optimal infant positioning and provide gentle pressure, eliminating the need for repeated manual handling.
Solution Approach 2:
The mat's structure is pre-configured with the elevated head portion and pressure-distributing surface that anticipates and prevents the back sensor problem before it occurs. This preliminary structural arrangement eliminates the need for reactive parental intervention.
3Device complexity
If an infant mat provides basic lying support, then the structure is simple, but it cannot prevent rolling and asphyxiation risks
Solution Approach 1:
The elevated and curved head portion creates a natural barrier that prevents the infant from rolling backward onto the pillow or blanket. The gentle slope guides the infant's head forward, reducing asphyxiation risk while maintaining a relatively simple overall mat structure.
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AI summary
The prevent invention relates to a functional mat (1) for assisting deep sleep of an infant. The functional mat (1) for assisting deep sleep of an infant, according to the present invention, comprises: a mat body (10) for supporting an object (100), which is the body of an infant, in the upward direction; a side supporter (30) protruding from the surface of the mat body (10) in the perpendicular direction so as to form an overall shape of a hill, thereby supporting the object (100) in the lateral direction; and a pressurizing supporter (50), which is positioned to intersect or cross in the width direction of the mat body (10), and which is fixed to the mat (1) and is forced against the object (100).