Modular Stroller With Collapsible Frame for Backpack Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing strollers fail to provide a modular solution that enables a compact size reduction, making travel with infants and children burdensome due to the need to transport multiple items and find suitable vehicle space for car seats.
Innovation Solution
A modular stroller designed to convert between a backpack, car seat configuration, and stroller, featuring adjustable components like U-shaped support braces, wheels, and bases that collapse for compact storage, allowing easy portability and storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If existing strollers are used, then they provide basic mobility for infants, but they fail to reduce to compact size for easy storage and transport
Solution Approach 1:
The stroller is divided into multiple separable components including a frame assembly, seat assembly, storage basket, and parent console that can be detached and stored independently. This segmentation allows each component to be compactly stored when not in use, resolving the contradiction between maintaining full stroller functionality and achieving compact storage size.
Solution Approach 2:
The design incorporates nested storage where the storage basket and parent console can be positioned within or alongside the frame assembly, and the seat assembly can be detached and stored within the frame structure. This nesting approach maximizes space utilization and enables compact storage configuration.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple separate items (stroller, carrying apparatus, seat, supplies) are transported, then each item can be optimized for its specific function, but the overall travel burden increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple previously separate items into an integrated stroller system. The storage basket and parent console are merged with the frame assembly, and the seat assembly interfaces with the same frame. This merging reduces the number of separate items to transport while maintaining all necessary functions.
Solution Approach 2:
The frame assembly serves multiple functions as the structural base for the stroller, the mounting structure for the seat assembly, and the container for the storage basket and parent console. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate carrying apparatus while maintaining all required capabilities.
3Adaptability or versatility
If stroller components are made adjustable for different configurations, then versatility is improved, but the mechanism complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The stroller incorporates dynamic adjustment capabilities where the handlebar height can be adjusted, the storage basket position can be modified, and the parent console can be repositioned. These dynamic features allow the stroller to adapt to different user needs and configurations without requiring complex mechanical systems.
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AI summary
A modular stroller for reducing a traveler's burden. The modular stroller includes a collapsible frame and moves between an expanded configuration and a stored configuration. In the expanded configuration, the modular stroller is usable as a stroller for transporting an infant while also carrying a backpack and a car seat. In the stored position, the modular stroller is contained in a backpack.