Monitor-Mounted Bird Perch With Removable Inserts for Fast Cleanup
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional bird perches are not portable and cannot be quickly collapsed or assembled, making it inconvenient for users to relocate them between different locations, such as moving from home to office or room-to-room, and they lack easy clean-up features.
Innovation Solution
A bird perch with a rail system that includes an upper rail and outer rails, connected by curved supports, with removable protective inserts made of paper or plastic, allowing for easy assembly and disassembly, and can be mounted using clamps or magnets for versatility and quick installation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional bird perches are permanently affixed to bird houses or cages, then the bird perch is stable and secure, but the bird perch cannot be relocated or moved to different locations
Solution Approach 1:
The bird perch is divided into separate modular components including a base unit with mounting mechanism and extendable perch sections. This segmentation allows the perch to be assembled and disassembled easily for relocation while maintaining stability when assembled, resolving the contradiction between relocatability and permanent attachment stability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If conventional bird perches use free-standing permanent stands, then the bird perch is stable, but the bird perch occupies significant space and cannot be easily collapsed for carrying
Solution Approach 1:
The extendable perch sections are designed to nest within each other when collapsed, similar to nested dolls. This allows the bird perch to be compressed to a minimal carrying size while providing adequate perch length when extended and assembled, resolving the contradiction between portability and collapsed volume.
3Loss of time
If conventional bird perches are permanently affixed, then the structure is stable, but the bird perch cannot be quickly assembled or disassembled for relocation
Solution Approach 1:
The perch components are pre-designed with alignment features and quick-connect mechanisms that guide proper assembly. The base unit includes pre-positioned mounting elements and the perch sections have corresponding alignment features, allowing rapid assembly without requiring complex installation procedures, thus resolving the contradiction between assembly speed and structural stability.
4Ease of operation
If conventional bird perches lack removable components, then the structure is simple, but the bird perch cannot be easily cleaned or maintained
Solution Approach 1:
The perch design includes removable perch sections and detachable mounting components that can be easily separated from the base unit. This extraction of components allows for simple cleaning of the base and individual perch parts, and enables replacement of worn components without affecting the entire structure, resolving the contradiction between cleanability and device complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A bird perch that removably mounts to a panel. The bird perch includes a rail system including an upper rail and two outer rails. Each of the outer rails are connected by first and second curved supports to the upper rail. Two changeable, protective inserts supported in the first and second curved supports and easily removed for fast clean up.