Modular Cat Furniture Panels With Foldable Edge Fasteners
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional cat furniture does not adequately meet the needs of house cats, particularly in terms of providing sufficient opportunities for exploration, investigation, stalking, watching, and lying in wait, leading to boredom and damage to alternative fixtures, as it is inflexible and not adaptable to living space conditions.
Innovation Solution
The design of cat furniture featuring modular, three-dimensional structures composed of panel elements connected via foldable fastening means, such as perforations and grooves, allowing for flexible and stable assembly and disassembly, and optionally using adhesive materials for permanent connection, enabling the creation of varied shapes and configurations that can be adapted to different environments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If cat furniture is made with permanently joined components, then structural stability is improved, but adaptability to different living space conditions deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The cat furniture is divided into separate panel elements that can be individually positioned and connected. Each panel element can be independently assembled and disassembled, allowing the overall structure to be reconfigured for different living space conditions while maintaining structural stability through the connection elements.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection elements enable dynamic reconfiguration of the furniture structure. Panels can be moved, added, or removed based on space availability, transforming the furniture from a static to a dynamically adaptable system that responds to changing living conditions.
2Manufacturing precision
If cat furniture components are permanently joined together, then manufacturing precision is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the furniture into modular panel elements with standardized connection interfaces, the system achieves manufacturing precision through repeatable connection mechanisms while simultaneously improving ease of operation through simple assembly and disassembly processes.
Solution Approach 2:
Connection elements act as intermediaries between panel elements, providing a standardized interface that ensures precise alignment and secure joining while enabling easy attachment and detachment without complex tools or procedures.
3Device complexity
If conventional cat furniture is used, then device complexity is reduced, but adaptability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The furniture is segmented into standardized panel elements that maintain simple individual structures while enabling complex adaptable configurations when combined. Each panel remains simple in design but the system as a whole achieves high adaptability through modular assembly.
Solution Approach 2:
The panel elements are designed with universal connection interfaces that allow the same basic components to serve multiple functions and be configured in various arrangements, achieving adaptability without increasing the complexity of individual parts.
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AI summary
Cat furniture having at least one three-dimensional structure is composed of at least two panel elements which are connected together at at least one of their panel edges. One individual panel element is provided on at least one of its panel edges with a fastening means by means of which a connection with the fastening means of an adjacent panel element is to be made. The fastening means is attached in a foldable manner to the panel element via a perforation and via at least one groove extending along the perforation.