Modular Table Football Figure with Interchangeable Shells
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional table football figures lack individualization and realism, making it difficult to customize their appearance quickly and easily, which affects user engagement and identification with the game.
Innovation Solution
A modular design for table football figures, comprising a base element with interchangeable front and rear shells, and a head element, allowing for easy customization without tools, using plug-in, snap, or clamp connections, and optional 3D printed head elements for enhanced personalization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If the table football figure is made as a monolithic component, then the structural integrity is ensured, but the individualization and customization capability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The table football figure is divided into multiple separate components: a base element and interchangeable shell elements (head shell, body shell, leg shell). These segments can be assembled and disassembled to create different figure configurations, enabling customization while maintaining structural integrity through standardized connection interfaces.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the entire table football figure is replaced to achieve customization, then the individualization is achieved, but the production cost and complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The base element is designed as a universal component that can accommodate multiple different shell elements. The standardized connection interfaces allow a single base element to support various head shells, body shells, and leg shells, enabling multiple figure configurations without requiring multiple complete figure sets, thus reducing production complexity.
3Reliability
If traditional screw connections are used to attach the head, then the connection stability is ensured, but the ease of operation and tool-free assembly deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The screw connection mechanism is extracted and replaced with a simplified plug-in connection system. The shell elements feature integrated connection elements that engage with corresponding features on the base element, eliminating the need for separate screws and tools while maintaining adequate connection stability for the application.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a table football figure (1, 101, 201) with a base element (2, 102, 202) that replicates the torso and lower body area of a playing figure, which has a bore (6) penetrating the torso in a transverse direction for receiving an actuating rod (7) and a foot area designed as an impact body (8) for influencing the movement of a playing ball, a front shell (3, 103) attached to the front of the torso of the base element (2, 102, 202), a rear shell (4, 104, 204) attached to the rear of the torso of the base element (2, 102, 202) and a head element (5, 105, 205) arranged on the torso of the base element (2, 102, 202).