Laptop shade and platform system
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing devices fail to effectively protect laptops and tablet devices from sun exposure, which causes glare and overheating, and lack functionality for privacy and portability, including the ability to collapse and store within a carrying case or attach to a tripod.
Innovation Solution
A foldable and variably deployable shade enclosure with arced brackets and a flexible textile material that can be extended to create a canopy, integrated with a platform case that supports the device and folds into a portable case, providing shade, reducing glare, and offering privacy, while allowing optional use with a tripod.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If a shade device is provided to protect from sun exposure and glare, then the device can be used outdoors effectively, but the device becomes more cumbersome and less portable
Solution Approach 1:
The shade device is divided into multiple panels that can be folded together, allowing the structure to provide adequate sun protection when deployed but collapse into a compact form for portability. The segmented design enables the shade to maintain its protective function while reducing bulk during transport.
Solution Approach 2:
The shade panels are designed to nest within each other when folded, with each panel containing or holding the next panel. This nesting arrangement allows the extended shade structure to be collapsed into a compact bundle that fits within a carrying case, resolving the contradiction between providing adequate shade coverage and maintaining portability.
2Temperature
If a shade structure is extended to provide adequate coverage, then protection from overheating is improved, but the structure becomes too large to store in a compact case
Solution Approach 1:
The shade structure employs dynamic folding mechanisms that allow it to expand to a large volume when deployed for overheating protection, then collapse to a minimal volume for storage. The flexible joints and articulated connections enable the structure to transition between extended and compact states, providing adequate temperature protection while fitting in a portable case.
3Reliability
If the shade is permanently attached to the laptop, then protection is consistently available, but the device lacks flexibility for different usage scenarios
Solution Approach 1:
The carrying case is pre-configured with attachment mechanisms and positioning features that enable the shade to be quickly and reliably attached or detached as needed. The case includes integrated attachment points and the shade has corresponding connection elements, allowing users to set up protection before outdoor use and store the shade in the case when protection is not needed, providing both consistent protection when required and flexibility for different scenarios.
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AI summary
A shade and platform device configured to support and partially enclose and shelter a laptop, notebook computer, or other electronic or non-electronic item from sun exposure, allowing users to use their laptop, notebook computer or other electronic or non-electronic item outdoors while reducing screen glare and risk of the sheltered item overheating due to direct sun exposure. The platform component may contain functionality that enables it to fold into a carrying case for the shade, awning, canopy, or hood component. The shade, awning, canopy, or hood component may be collapsed, optionally detached from the platform component, and folded so that it can be compactly secured and stored within the platform case. Furthermore, the platform case may include an attachment element for a stand, such as a tripod, on which the platform case may be supported.