Lampshade with Soft Reinforcing Ribs for Compact Packaging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing lampshades have structure-defective designs, particularly with hard materials at the bottom and top, making them difficult to package efficiently, resulting in large packaging volumes and high transportation costs, and aesthetic issues due to fastener placement.
Innovation Solution
The lampshade features soft band-shaped reinforcing ribs at the bottom and top, integrated with flexible fasteners and support frames forming a hollow barrel structure, allowing easy packaging and improved aesthetics by folding the extending parts over the fasteners.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If hard materials are used for the bottom and top of the lampshade body, then the structural strength is improved, but the packaging volume increases and transportation costs rise
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional hard materials with flexible soft materials for the lampshade body, bottom, and top. These flexible materials can be folded and compressed, significantly reducing packaging volume while maintaining sufficient structural strength through the integrated reinforcing ribs design.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses composite material construction by integrating soft materials with reinforcing ribs. The reinforcing ribs provide the necessary structural strength while the soft material matrix enables flexibility and compact packaging, creating a composite structure that balances strength and packability.
2Strength
If hard materials are used for the bottom and top of the lampshade body, then the structural strength is improved, but the ease of packaging deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The flexible soft materials used in the lampshade body, bottom, and top can be easily folded and bundled, making packaging simple and efficient. This flexibility directly improves ease of packaging while the reinforcing ribs maintain structural integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces dynamic flexibility to the lampshade structure through soft materials that can adapt during packaging. The material can be compressed and folded for packaging, then expanded to its original shape during use, enabling easy packaging operations.
3Reliability
If edge strips are designed at the position of the lampshade cloth passing through the fastener holder, then the fasteners are fixed and wind is kept out, but the overall aesthetic feeling is affected
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the unsightly edge strips from the visible exterior of the lampshade. The fastening function is retained through the reinforcing ribs structure that integrates with the fasteners, while the aesthetic surface is preserved by eliminating the protruding edge strips that previously marred the appearance.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the fastening function with the structural reinforcing ribs. The reinforcing ribs both strengthen the lampshade and serve as the mounting structure for fasteners, eliminating the need for separate edge strips and creating a more aesthetically pleasing integrated design.
Data Source
AI summary
The present utility model discloses a lampshade comprising fasteners, a lampshade body and support frames; the lampshade body comprises a light transmitting sheet and a piece of lampshade cloth; the bottom and/or top of the lampshade body are/is designed with soft band-shaped reinforcing ribs which extend in the length direction of the side wall surface and cover the lampshade body and prop up against at least one fastener; in the present utility model, the bottom and/or top of the lampshade body are/is designed with soft band-shaped reinforcing ribs which extend in the length direction of the side wall surface, the integration of the reinforcing ribs and the matching fasteners with the flexibility of the soft material makes the lampshade easy to be packaged and reduce the volume of its package and finally lower the transportation cost.