Lounge chair with cover
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing chaise lounge covers lack a convenient means for quick deployment, removal, and storage, as they are typically designed to cover the entire chair frame and cushions, making them cumbersome to use and store.
Innovation Solution
A weather-resistant cover with end flaps that can be selectively engaged with the lounge chair's frame using magnets or other fasteners, allowing for easy attachment and detachment, and can be folded for compact storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If the cover is designed to cover the entire chaise frame and cushions, then the protection coverage is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The cover is divided into a main body portion and separate end flaps. The main body covers the seat and backrest, while the end flaps are designed to wrap around and secure to the lateral frame members. This segmentation allows the cover to be easily deployed and removed while still providing comprehensive protection when assembled.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If the cover is designed to cover the entire chaise frame, then the protection coverage is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The cover is divided into a main body portion and separate end flaps. The main body covers the seat and backrest, while the end flaps are designed to wrap around and secure to the lateral frame members. This segmentation allows the cover to be easily deployed and removed while still providing comprehensive protection when assembled.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If the cover is designed to cover the entire chaise frame, then the protection coverage is improved, but the ease of storage deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The cover is divided into a main body portion and separate end flaps. The main body covers the seat and backrest, while the end flaps are designed to wrap around and secure to the lateral frame members. This segmentation allows the cover to be easily deployed and removed while still providing comprehensive protection when assembled.
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 solution enables quick and easy application and removal of the cover, providing protection to the lounge chair's surface while allowing for efficient storage, enhancing user convenience and maintaining the chair's appearance.
Implementation Method 1
A magnet is provided on an inner surface of the lateral frame member and a strip of ferromagnetic material is secured to the end flap so that the magnet engages the strip when the end flap is wrapped around the lateral frame member to hold the cover to the lateral frame member.
Data Source
AI summary
A lounge chair assembly includes a lounge chair and a cover. The lounge chair includes a frame having longitudinal frame members, lateral frame members extended between the longitudinal frame members, and legs connected to the frame members. A main seat and a backrest are supported by the frame. The main seat and the backrest together define a supporting outer surface of the lounge chair. The cover protects the supporting outer surface. The cover includes a body and at least one flap extended outwardly from the body. The body is made of a weather-resistant material having a perimeter sized and shaped substantially similar to an outer perimeter of the outer surface. The at least one end flap is configured for releasable engagement to the lounge chair for holding the cover to the lounge chair.