Juvenile Support Assembly with Resilient Wire for Vibration Absorption

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional child stroller seat constructions fail to provide a comfortable environment for children due to insufficient support and vibration absorption during use.

Innovation Solution

A child support apparatus featuring a juvenile support assembly with a resilient wire that is elastically deformable along the upward-downward direction, providing cushioned support and dissipating vibrations and shock energy, integrated with a U-shaped frame and guard member for enhanced stability and comfort.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If a conventional fabric seat is used in child stroller, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but the vibration absorption and comfort support are insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of manufactureVSAvoidvibration transmission
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies beforehand cushioning by incorporating a resilient wire into the seat support structure before the child is placed in the stroller. This resilient wire is pre-configured to elastically deform and absorb vibrations and shocks that will occur during use, providing comfort support in advance rather than relying on simple fabric that cannot cushion impacts

Inventive Principle:
Principle #11Beforehand cushioning (Prior cushioning)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the physical parameter of the support structure by replacing conventional rigid or fabric-only support with a resilient wire that has elastic deformation capability. This parameter change allows the support structure to dynamically adapt to vibrations and shocks through elastic deformation, transforming the static support into a dynamic vibration-absorbing system

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Object-affected harmful factors

If a resilient wire is added to the juvenile support assembly, then vibration absorption and comfort are improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevibration absorptionVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies flexible elements by using a resilient wire that can elastically deform under load. This flexible wire is integrated into the seat support structure, allowing it to absorb vibrations and shocks through elastic deformation while maintaining structural integrity, providing complex vibration absorption functionality without requiring multiple rigid components

Inventive Principle:
Principle #30Flexible shells and thin films

Solution Approach 2:

The patent employs composite construction by combining the resilient wire with the rigid frame structure of the juvenile support assembly. This composite approach integrates materials with different mechanical properties - the rigid frame provides structural support while the resilient wire provides vibration absorption - creating a unified system that achieves both simplicity and effectiveness

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

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 apparatus offers improved comfort and support for children by effectively absorbing vibrations and shock energy, ensuring a more secure and comfortable experience during use.

Implementation Method 1

a resilient wire disposed below the guard member and having two opposite ends respectively attached fixedly to the two side coupling parts, the resilient wire forming a bearing support for a child that is elastically deformable along an upward-downward direction of the juvenile support assembly

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElastic deformation: Elasticity

Data Source

PatentEP3831693B1Child support apparatus and juvenile support assembly
Publication Date: 2023.10.18 WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG
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AI summary

A juvenile support assembly (706) adapted to be installed on and removed from a child support apparatus (700) includes two side coupling parts (718) respectively disposed at a left and a right side of the juvenile support assembly (706), a frame portion (720, 722) respectively connected with the two side coupling parts (718), and a resilient wire (158) having two ends (162) respectively anchored to the left and right sides of the juvenile support assembly (706), the resilient wire (158) forming a bearing support for a child that is elastically deformable along an upward-downward direction of the juvenile support assembly (706).