Modular Decorative Light Connecting Assembly to Prevent String Tangling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional decorative lighting systems face issues with long light strings that are prone to tangling and knotting during assembly and storage, leading to increased assembly difficulty and reduced usability due to cumbersome storage requirements.
Innovation Solution
A connecting assembly for decorative lights comprising a connecting piece, light string, and sleeve, with modular connectors and anti-slip patterns, allowing for easy assembly, disassembly, and storage, while preventing tangling and knotting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If a single light string is used to continuously thread all positions of decorative patterns, then the decorative light can be assembled, but the light string becomes excessively long, making it prone to tangling and knotting during assembly and storage
Solution Approach 1:
The light string is divided into multiple segments, each connected to a separate connecting piece. Instead of using one continuous long light string, the patent segments the light string into shorter sections (e.g., first light string, second light string) that can be independently managed and stored, eliminating tangling and knotting issues while maintaining the complete decorative effect when assembled.
2Reliability
If a single light string is used to continuously thread all positions, then the decorative pattern can be completed, but the overall reserved length of light strings increases, making the laying process difficult and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The decorative light system is segmented into multiple independent units, each with its own connecting piece and light string segments. This allows parallel assembly of multiple units and reduces the time required for threading and laying compared to managing one extremely long continuous light string.
Solution Approach 2:
The connecting pieces are pre-assembled with light string segments and connectors before the final assembly. This preliminary preparation of modular units speeds up the overall assembly process, as the complex threading operation is broken down into simpler connection steps between pre-prepared modules.
3Area of stationary object
If the light string is made long to cover all decorative positions, then the complete decorative effect is achieved, but the storage volume increases and requires cumbersome winding or folding
Solution Approach 1:
The light string is segmented into multiple shorter sections, each attached to a separate connecting piece. These segmented units can be stored in a compact, organized manner without requiring extensive winding or folding, significantly reducing the storage volume compared to a single long light string while maintaining the ability to cover the same decorative area when assembled.
4Ease of operation
If connectors are added to enable modular assembly, then disassembly and assembly become easier, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Connecting pieces serve as intermediary components between light string segments and decorative elements. These connectors provide standardized interfaces (male/female connectors, snap-fit mechanisms) that simplify the assembly and disassembly process, making the system more operationally convenient despite adding modular components.
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AI summary
The utility model relates to the technical field of household appliances and discloses a connecting assembly for a decorative light, which comprises at least a connecting piece, at least a light string and at least a sleeve, wherein the connecting piece is provided with at least a connecting end, the connecting end is provided with at least a first connector, at least one end of the light string is provided with a second connector, the second connector is electrically connected with the first connector, wherein the sleeve is set on the corresponding light string and at least one end thereof is connected with the connecting end of the connecting piece, and the connecting assembly is assembled into a decorative pattern that can emit light after being powered on by means of assembly of the connecting piece, sleeve, and light string. By utilization of the utility model, the packaging/storage space of components is greatly saved, which is not only beneficial to reducing the packaging volume of products, improving the packing utilization rate during product transportation, but also saves the daily storage space, and is convenient for the storage and storage of users' articles; ensures that the product can be used repeatedly and normally, the product assembly is simpler and smoother, and the disassembly and assembly are easier and more convenient, thereby greatly shortening the time of product installation or disassembly.