Modular Hoop Plant Cover for Quick Relocation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional plant protection structures are often permanent, difficult to relocate, and cannot be quickly reconfigured to adapt to changing weather conditions or pest infestations, limiting their effectiveness in providing comprehensive protection to plants.
Innovation Solution
A hooped-shaped agricultural protective cover system that can be easily erected and disassembled by a single person, using bendable PVC arch tubes, stabilizing tubes, and a protective covering sheet with clamping mechanisms, which can be configured to protect plants from various adverse conditions including wind, frost, insects, and unauthorized access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional greenhouses and framed enclosures are used to protect plants, then plant protection from adverse conditions is improved, but ease of relocation and reconfiguration deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The greenhouse structure is divided into separate modular components: hoop sections, covering sheets, support poles, and anchoring elements. Each component can be independently handled, moved, and reconfigured. The hoop sections can be detached from covers and repositioned to different locations, enabling easy relocation while maintaining protective function.
Solution Approach 2:
The structure transitions from static permanent installations to dynamic temporary enclosures. The hoops can be bent and repositioned, the covers can be detached and reattached, and the entire structure can be quickly assembled and disassembled. This dynamic capability allows adaptation to changing weather conditions and locations.
2Stability of the object's composition
If permanent or fixed greenhouse structures are installed, then structural stability is improved, but adaptability to changing conditions deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The structure is designed to be temporarily stable rather than permanently fixed. Hoops can be quickly assembled and disassembled, and the entire enclosure can be relocated. This temporary stability provides sufficient protection during use while enabling rapid adaptation to changing conditions through reconfiguration or relocation.
Solution Approach 2:
The structure allows for changes in spatial parameters (location, size, configuration) while maintaining protective function. Hoop sections can be arranged in different configurations, covers can be adjusted, and the structure can be positioned at different locations. This parameter flexibility enables adaptation to various weather and pest conditions.
3Ease of operation
If quickly erectable structures are used, then ease of setup is improved, but structural strength and stability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The structure uses segmented hoops connected by joints that can be quickly assembled. Each hoop section is a separate component that can be independently positioned and connected, enabling rapid setup while maintaining sufficient structural strength through proper joint construction and anchoring.
Solution Approach 2:
The covering sheets are designed to be flexible and easily attached to the hoop structure. The hoops themselves are made from flexible materials that can be bent and shaped. This flexibility allows for quick assembly and adaptation while providing adequate protection when properly constructed and secured.
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AI summary
An agriculture protective cover for plants that can be easily assembled and disassembled by a single person. The cover includes a plurality of spaced apart base pairs interconnected by arch tubes over which a protective sheet is strung. The bases have a receiver at one end mounted over a stake and an aperture on an opposite end configured for receipt of a spike. The receiver includes upwardly bendable tabs on which the arch tubes are mounted. The arches may be interconnected with stabilizing tubes.