Multi-Plane Trampoline Bounce Area with Collapsible Safety Barrier
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional trampolines lack versatility and safety features, offering a limited bouncing experience and inadequate protection for users, particularly in preventing falls onto springs or off the trampoline.
Innovation Solution
A trampoline design featuring a bounce area with multiple portions in different planes, connected by resilient members and a collapsible safety barrier with adjustable support poles and a flexible surround, providing a more engaging bouncing experience while ensuring user safety.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a conventional trampoline with a single-plane bounce area is used, then the structure is simple, but the entertainment value and user experience are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The bounce area transitions from a single-plane configuration to a multi-plane configuration with portions at different heights and angles. This dimensional change creates varied bounce surfaces and trajectories, significantly enhancing entertainment value and user experience while maintaining a manageable structural complexity through modular design
2Reliability
If a fixed safety barrier is provided around the trampoline, then user safety is improved, but storage convenience and ease of setup are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The safety barrier is designed with collapsible and adjustable components, including telescopic support poles and foldable barrier elements. This dynamic design allows the barrier to transition between an expanded protective state during use and a compact stored state for convenient storage and transport, while maintaining reliable safety protection when deployed
Solution Approach 2:
The safety barrier is divided into multiple independent segments or sections that can be individually adjusted, collapsed, or removed. This segmentation enables the barrier to be easily assembled and disassembled, improving storage convenience while maintaining comprehensive safety coverage when in use
3Stability of the object's composition
If support poles are made fixed and non-adjustable, then structural stability is improved, but adaptability to different bounce area configurations is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The support poles incorporate telescopic or adjustable mechanisms that allow them to change length and position dynamically. This enables the poles to adapt to different bounce area configurations and heights while maintaining structural stability through locking mechanisms or friction-based positioning systems
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The trampoline offers a more entertaining and safe bouncing experience by allowing users to bounce on multiple levels and preventing falls, with the collapsible safety barrier simplifying storage and protection from the elements.
Implementation Method 1
The bounce area is connected to the frame by a plurality of resilient members. The resilient members may comprise springs, e.g. coil springs or leaf springs.
Implementation Method 2
a collapsible safety barrier with adjustable support poles and a flexible surround, providing a more engaging bouncing experience while ensuring user safety
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AI summary
A trampoline comprising a bounce area, wherein the bounce area is configured such that a first portion of the bounce area is disposed in a first plane and a second portion of the bounce area is disposed in a second plane, the second plane being different from the first plane.