Mattress Foundation with Tool-Free Spring Button Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional mattress foundations require extra tools and components for assembly, complicating packaging, storage, and shipping, and often compromise structural stability and user experience.
Innovation Solution
The use of spring buttons and uniform side frames with end and middle connectors allows for easy assembly and disassembly without tools, enabling compact packaging and stable deployment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional mattress foundations use screws and screwdrivers for assembly, then structural stability is achieved, but assembly complexity and user burden increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and eliminates the need for external assembly tools (screwdrivers) and fastening components (screws) by integrating the fastening function directly into the frame structure through spring buttons that snap into recesses, thereby simplifying assembly while maintaining structural stability
Solution Approach 2:
The frame components are designed with self-fastening capabilities where spring buttons on one component automatically engage with recesses on another component without requiring external tools, enabling the structure to assemble itself through simple manual insertion
2Volume of moving object
If mattress foundation frames are divided into multiple components, then packaging and storage efficiency improve, but assembly requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The mattress foundation is segmented into multiple separable frame components that can be independently packaged in compact forms, yet these segments are designed with complementary spring buttons and recesses that enable straightforward reassembly into the complete structure
Solution Approach 2:
Each frame component is equipped with self-fastening spring buttons that automatically engage with corresponding recesses on other components during assembly, eliminating the need for external tools and making the reassembly process as simple as the initial packaging
3Ease of operation
If spring buttons are used to connect side frames and end connectors, then tool-free assembly is achieved, but connection strength may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The spring buttons utilize elastic deformation and curved spring geometry to create a flexible yet strong mechanical connection that can withstand structural loads while maintaining the ability to be manually inserted and removed without tools
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
This solution simplifies the assembly process, reduces manufacturing costs, and ensures structural stability and compact packaging without the need for additional tools, enhancing user experience and transportability.
Implementation Method 1
the side frames comprise one or more spring buttons
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure provides a mattress foundation. The mattress foundation comprises one or more side frames, wherein the side frames comprise one or more spring buttons; and one or more end connectors, wherein the end connectors comprise a receiving opening and an aperture; wherein the end connectors are configured to removably couple to one or more side frames by inserting the side frames into the receiving opening and allow the spring buttons to be released into the apertures to form a coupled state of the side frame and the end connector; and wherein the side frames are uniform in dimension along a cross-section direction of the side frames.