Modular Pressurized Gate Barrier Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing pressurized gate barriers for homes are typically integral and one-piece, limiting their modularity, assembly complexity, and storage size, while also being costly and heavy.
Innovation Solution
A modular pressurized gate barrier with a frame assembled from multiple pieces using pins, featuring a two-piece lower member and adjustable gate standards, allowing for both pressurized and nonpressurized configurations, and incorporating a lock pin mechanism for secure assembly and disassembly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If the frame is assembled from multiple pieces, then assembly complexity and storage size are reduced, but structural strength may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The frame is divided into multiple separate pieces that can be assembled together using pins. This segmentation allows the barrier to be easier to assemble, store, and transport while maintaining structural integrity through proper connection mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
Pins serve as intermediary elements that join the separate frame pieces together. These pins act as mediators that transfer loads between components while allowing for easy assembly and disassembly without permanent fasteners.
2Strength
If the barrier is made from a single piece, then structural strength is maximized, but manufacturing cost and weight increase
Solution Approach 1:
Rather than manufacturing a single monolithic barrier, the structure is segmented into multiple components that can be produced separately through more cost-effective manufacturing processes. This reduces overall manufacturing complexity and cost while allowing for modular assembly.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the lower member is made as one piece, then structural integrity is maximized, but assembly ease and storage compactness are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The lower member is divided into two separate pieces that can be easily assembled and disassembled. This segmentation maintains structural integrity when assembled while significantly improving ease of assembly and storage compactness when disassembled.
Solution Approach 2:
The lower member transitions from a static one-piece structure to a dynamic two-piece configuration that can be assembled and disassembled. This allows the barrier to adapt between a stable assembled state during use and a compact disassembled state for storage.
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AI summary
A barrier that is pressurized after being assembled from multiple pieces. The barrier include a first end frame, a second end frame, and a gate engaged between the end frames. The first and second end frames are engaged at their lower members such that the first end frame and second end frame are not integral and not one-piece with each other, and such that the first and second end frames still provide for a pressurized barrier, that is a barrier that is resiliently mounted between two locations so as to be self-supporting between two locations even if spaced from the floor. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the first end frame, second end frame, and gate have generally the same length so as to minimize the storage area needed to store the barrier prior to assembly.