Modular Game Apparatus With Wavy Slot And Inverted Hook Connections
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional game apparatuses have a limited design structure, preventing them from being combined for use, which hinders the creation of interactive and engaging experiences that stimulate children's learning and gaming behavior by integrating different modes.
Innovation Solution
A multipurpose game apparatus composed of foundations, combining slabs, and shackles, where slabs can be locked onto the foundations and foundations can be connected via inverted hooks, allowing for various assembly configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If conventional game apparatuses use a monotonic design structure, then the device complexity is reduced and ease of manufacture is improved, but the adaptability and versatility are worsened as they cannot be combined with one another for use
Solution Approach 1:
The game apparatus is divided into separate modular components (foundations, slabs, shackles) that can be independently manufactured and then combined. Each component has standardized connection features (wavy slots, inverted hooks, locking elements) that enable versatile assembly configurations while maintaining simple individual manufacturing processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The modular components are designed with universal connection mechanisms that allow the same foundation, slab, or shackle to be used in multiple different configurations and combinations. The standardized interfaces (wavy slots, inverted hooks, locking elements) enable each component to serve multiple functions across different game apparatus arrangements.
2Device complexity
If conventional game apparatuses use a fixed design structure, then the device complexity is reduced, but the adaptability is worsened as they cannot be combined in various configurations to stimulate children's learning and gaming behavior
Solution Approach 1:
The game apparatus is divided into separate modular components (foundations, slabs, shackles) that can be independently manufactured and then combined. Each component has standardized connection features (wavy slots, inverted hooks, locking elements) that enable versatile assembly configurations while maintaining simple individual manufacturing processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The game apparatus transitions from a fixed design to a dynamic, reconfigurable structure. The modular components with standardized connection mechanisms allow the apparatus to be easily assembled, disassembled, and reconfigured into different arrangements, providing adaptability while keeping each individual component relatively simple in design.
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AI summary
A multipurpose game apparatus disclosed by the present invention includes at least a foundation, at least a combining slab and at least a shackle. The combining slab is provided with a wavy edge to facilitate installing the combining slab on a wavy slot of the foundation. When two foundations are connected together, two inverted hooks at an end of the shackle are hooked respectively in a snap hole on a left side or a right side of the foundation for positioning. Therefore, by combining the abovementioned elements, a game apparatus in all kinds of combinatorial change in routes can be formed.