Paddle Board Double Space Sheet Wedge Design

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional paddle boards are bulky, difficult to store and transfer, and lack a design that enhances speed feeling due to their material composition and configuration, which complicates usage and durability.

Innovation Solution

A paddle board with a body formed from a double space sheet that accommodates air, featuring a wedge part protruding from the lower side of the front end, formed by injecting air into the board body, which reduces water resistance and enhances speed feeling through a simplified configuration.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Strength

If a conventional surfing board is made of wooden material, then it has sufficient strength and durability, but it becomes heavy (about 50kg) and hard to store and transfer

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovestrengthVSAvoidweight
Core Design Contradiction:
StrengthVSWeight of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses a double space sheet structure with fiber threads to create a flexible yet strong board body. The thin film-like space sheets provide sufficient strength while dramatically reducing weight compared to traditional wooden boards. The fiber threads reinforce the structure without adding significant weight.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #30Flexible shells and thin films

Solution Approach 2:

The patent combines space sheets with fiber threads to create a composite structure that achieves both light weight and sufficient strength. This composite approach replaces traditional solid wooden material with a lightweight yet durable combination of thin sheets and reinforcing fibers.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

2Adaptability or versatility

If a paddle board is made with multiple components (front side member, rear side member, molding member, sheet member, Velcro tape), then it can be assembled, but the configuration becomes complicated and durability decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveassembly capabilityVSAvoidconfiguration complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the front side member, rear side member, and connecting components into a single integrated double space sheet structure. The fiber threads are embedded within the space sheets themselves, eliminating the need for separate molding members and connection components, thereby simplifying the overall configuration.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The double space sheet structure serves multiple functions simultaneously: it provides the board's structural framework, contains the air cushioning, provides the connecting elements through embedded fiber threads, and forms the surface geometry. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate specialized components.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Device complexity

If the lower surface of the front side of the board is formed in a plane shape, then the structure is simple, but the user cannot feel speed feeling when using the board

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestructural simplicityVSAvoidspeed feeling
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies a wedge-shaped lower surface specifically at the front end of the board where it interacts with water during movement. This localized geometric modification creates the necessary hydrodynamic interaction to generate speed feeling, while the rest of the board maintains its simple planar structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The wedge shape creates a curved, angled surface at the front lower portion of the board that interacts with water flow. This curved geometry guides water away from the board surface, creating a hydrodynamic effect that enhances speed perception without requiring complex overall structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #14Spheroidality (Curvature)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The paddle board achieves a light structure for easier storage and transfer, improved durability, and enhanced speed feeling by guiding water current, making it suitable for users of all ages.

Implementation Method 1

a body unit (110) made of a double space sheet, wherein a wedge unit (120) is formed protruding from a lower surface of the body unit (110)

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectBuoyancy: Archimedes' Principle (Buoyancy)

Implementation Method 2

a wedge unit (120) formed protruding from a lower surface of the body unit (110) so as to guide the current of water

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectHydrodynamic flow guidance: Flow Separation

Data Source

PatentEP3190041B1Paddle board and manufacturing method therefor
Publication Date: 2020.09.30 AIR BOX CO LTD
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AI summary

Disclosed herein is a paddle board and a manufacturing method thereof, and in particular a paddle board and a manufacturing method thereof wherein a board body is formed of a double space sheet to accommodate air therein, thus obtaining a light structure and an easier storage and transfer, and a wedge part is formed at a lower side of a front end of a board so as to guide the current of water, thus enhancing speed feeling when in use.