Modular Bed Frame with Adjustable Web Inserts for Portability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional bed frames are heavy and inconvenient for transportation due to their fixed design, which limits their portability and flexibility.
Innovation Solution
A lightweight modular bed design featuring a bed frame unit with adjustable flexibility, comprising a front leading beam, rear trailing beam, retaining units, a supporting web unit with through bores, and detachable reinforcement inserts that allow for adjustable flexibility and ease of assembly/disassembly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If a conventional fixed bed frame design is used, then structural strength and stability are improved, but weight increases and portability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The bed frame is divided into multiple modular components including head frame, foot frame, lateral frames, and support frames that can be detached and reconfigured. This segmentation reduces overall weight while maintaining structural integrity through strategic connection points.
Solution Approach 2:
The bed frame incorporates adjustable and reconfigurable elements that allow dynamic adjustment of frame positions and configurations. The detachable connections enable the frame to be assembled, disassembled, and reconfigured for different usage scenarios, reducing weight for transportation.
2Stability of the object's composition
If a conventional fixed bed frame design is used, then structural stability is improved, but ease of transportation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The bed frame is divided into multiple modular components including head frame, foot frame, lateral frames, and support frames that can be detached and reconfigured. This segmentation reduces overall weight while maintaining structural integrity through strategic connection points.
Solution Approach 2:
The bed frame incorporates adjustable and reconfigurable elements that allow dynamic adjustment of frame positions and configurations. The detachable connections enable the frame to be assembled, disassembled, and reconfigured for different usage scenarios, reducing weight for transportation.
3Weight of moving object
If a modular design with detachable components is used, then portability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The modular components are designed with universal connection interfaces that can be assembled in multiple configurations. The same basic components serve different functions depending on arrangement, reducing the total number of unique parts and simplifying assembly instructions.
Solution Approach 2:
The bed frame incorporates adjustable and reconfigurable elements that allow dynamic adjustment of frame positions and configurations. The detachable connections enable the frame to be assembled, disassembled, and reconfigured for different usage scenarios, reducing weight for transportation.
4Adaptability or versatility
If reinforcement inserts are added to the supporting web unit, then flexibility adjustment capability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Reinforcement inserts are strategically placed at specific locations within the supporting web unit where additional strength or flexibility adjustment is needed. This localized approach provides flexibility adjustment capability without requiring complex modifications throughout the entire structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The bed frame incorporates adjustable and reconfigurable elements that allow dynamic adjustment of frame positions and configurations. The detachable connections enable the frame to be assembled, disassembled, and reconfigured for different usage scenarios, reducing weight for transportation.
Data Source
AI summary
A lightweight modular bed includes a bed frame unit, a first retaining unit, a second retaining unit, a supporting web unit, and at least one reinforcement insert. The supporting web unit can be fully stretched on the bed frame unit by virtue of the first and second retaining units, and has a plurality of through bores. The reinforcement insert is configured to be detachably inserted in each of the through bores for adjusting flexibility of the supporting web unit.