Modular Tower House Assembly for Rapid, Stable Reconfiguration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing role-playing game physical scenarios are either too loosely connected, leading to instability during player exuberance, or too solidly connected, making them difficult to quickly adapt to new situations.
Innovation Solution
A modular tower house assembly system using biscuits and connectors that allow for reconfiguration of floors, walls, and roofs, enabling easy assembly and disassembly to create a variety of configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If physical scenarios are loosely connected, then ease of assembly and reconfiguration is improved, but stability during player interaction deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The physical scenario is divided into modular components (floors, walls, roofs, doors, windows) that can be independently assembled and disassembled. Each component connects through standardized biscuit joints and connector mechanisms, enabling the scenario to be reconfigured while maintaining structural integrity through the segmented design.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection system incorporates dynamic characteristics through biscuits that allow controlled movement and adjustment. The connectors enable the structure to adapt to player interactions by providing a degree of flexibility while maintaining overall stability, allowing the scenario to transition between rigid and adaptable states.
2Reliability
If physical scenarios are solidly connected, then structural stability is improved, but ease of reconfiguration deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The scenario is segmented into standardized modules that can be quickly assembled and disassembled through the biscuit and connector system. This segmentation allows the structure to maintain stability when connected while enabling rapid reconfiguration when needed, as each module can be independently manipulated.
Solution Approach 2:
The biscuit and connector act as intermediary elements between structural components. These intermediaries provide a controlled connection mechanism that maintains structural integrity during play while allowing for easy separation and reconfiguration, mediating between the need for stability and adaptability.
3Ease of operation
If connection mechanisms are simple, then ease of assembly is improved, but connection strength deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The connection system is segmented into distinct components (biscuits and connectors) that work together to provide both simplicity and strength. The biscuits provide a simple insertion mechanism while the connectors add structural reinforcement, creating a balanced connection system that is both easy to assemble and sufficiently strong.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection mechanism combines multiple elements (biscuit and connector) to create a composite connection system. This composite approach allows the simple biscuit insertion to be enhanced by the connector's structural properties, achieving both ease of assembly and adequate connection strength through the combination of simple and reinforcing elements.
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AI summary
An apparatus and method provide a tower house assembly that may be reconfigured to provide essentially an infinite number of configurations. Floors may be reshaped. Interior and exterior walls may be added or removed, including sections with doors and windows. Multiple-story assemblies may be constructed with each additional story supported by the one below. Complex roofs may be constructed and placed atop each story. Such roofs and stories are easily removable to view the interior scene. However, when removed, the roofs and underlying stories retain their shape due to roofs and floors being joined together by biscuits. Floor sections may be further connected by edge connectors about the perimeter of a floor section.