Modular Skill Game Device with Reversible Segmented Housing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing skill game devices, such as football cages, are bulky, difficult to transport, and lack modularity, allowing only one configuration for playing different games, which restricts gameplay variety and portability.
Innovation Solution
A modular device comprising partially annular modules that can be assembled in reversible configurations to form open concave housings with varying orientations, enabling different game setups and easy transportation by allowing modules to be easily disassembled and reassembled.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If traditional football cages are made small, then they are more portable, but they have poor ground resistance and fragility
Solution Approach 1:
The football cage is divided into multiple modular elements that can be assembled together. Each module is a compact unit with standardized connection interfaces, allowing the cage to be built in different sizes while maintaining structural integrity through the modular assembly approach.
Solution Approach 2:
The modular elements are designed with universal connection features that allow them to be used in various configurations. The same modules can form different cage sizes and shapes, providing both portability when disassembled and structural integrity when assembled, eliminating the trade-off between size reduction and strength.
2Stability of the object's composition
If skill game devices are made bulky, then they offer stable gameplay, but they are difficult to transport
Solution Approach 1:
The device is segmented into modular components that can be easily transported separately and assembled into stable configurations when needed. The modular design allows the structure to be compact during transport but expand into a stable, rigid form during gameplay.
Solution Approach 2:
The device transitions between dynamic (disassembled/transportable) and static (assembled/stable) states. The modular connection system enables quick assembly and disassembly, allowing the device to adapt between being easy to transport and providing stable gameplay conditions.
3Device complexity
If devices are designed with fixed configuration, then they are structurally simple, but they lack gameplay variety
Solution Approach 1:
The device uses standardized modular elements with uniform connection interfaces. This segmentation allows simple individual components to be combined in multiple configurations, creating structural simplicity at the component level while enabling gameplay variety at the system level.
Solution Approach 2:
The modular elements are designed with universal compatibility, allowing the same components to serve multiple functions and be arranged in various configurations. This enables a single set of simple modules to support diverse gameplay scenarios without increasing individual component complexity.
4Ease of manufacture
If modules are made identical, then assembly is facilitated, but configuration flexibility is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The device is divided into identical modular units with standardized connection points. These uniform modules simplify manufacturing and assembly procedures while their repetitive nature allows them to be combined in numerous patterns and configurations, actually enhancing rather than limiting flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
While the modules themselves remain identical, their arrangement parameters (number of modules, connection patterns, spatial orientation) can be varied to create different configurations. This separates the module design (simple and identical) from the system configuration (flexible and varied).
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AI summary
Modular device for skill game comprising a plurality of partially annular modules (1) capable of being assembled together reversibly to form an open concave housing (15, 18, 23) delimiting a target area.