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Solution Overview

Problem

Electric folding beds with large widths face high transportation costs due to fixed size limitations, and consumers cannot adjust the bed size to meet their needs, leading to poor applicability.

Innovation Solution

A bed body design featuring a detachable secondary unit connected to the main unit via L-shaped clamping plates and channel grooves, allowing for size adjustment and reduction, enabling easier transportation and customization.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Volume of moving object

If the bed body width is increased to meet consumer requirements, then the bed size is improved, but the transportation cost increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebed body sizeVSAvoidtransportation cost
Core Design Contradiction:
Volume of moving objectVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The bed body is divided into a main unit and a secondary unit that can be detached from each other. The secondary unit can be removed before transportation, reducing the bed size to only the main unit, thereby lowering transportation costs while maintaining full size functionality when needed

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Loss of energy

If the bed body width is fixed to reduce transportation cost, then the transportation cost is reduced, but the applicability deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransportation costVSAvoidbed size adaptability
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of energyVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The bed body transitions from a fixed width design to a dynamic, adjustable width design. The secondary unit can be attached or detached based on actual needs, allowing the bed width to adapt dynamically between a smaller configuration (main unit only) for cost-effective transportation and a larger configuration (main unit + secondary unit) for enhanced applicability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Loss of energy

If the bed body is made detachable to reduce size, then the transportation cost is reduced, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransportation costVSAvoidconnection structure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of energyVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The bed body is segmented into modular main and secondary units with standardized connection interfaces. This segmentation enables size reduction for transportation while the modular design with simple connectors minimizes the added complexity compared to a fully integrated structure

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS11033112B2Bed body
Publication Date: 2021.06.15 ZENG GUOHONG
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  • US11033112B2 patent drawing
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AI summary

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of electric beds, and in particular to a bed body, which solves a technical problem that the width of a bed body of an electric bed is inconveniently adjusted to cause high transportation cost in the prior art. The bed body comprises a bed body main unit and a bed body secondary unit arranged on one side face of the bed body main unit, the bed body main unit is connected with the bed body secondary unit through connectors, and the bed body secondary unit is detachably clamped to the bed body main unit through the connectors.