Playard Enclosure Pillar Structure for Easy Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional playards face difficulties in easy assembly and disassembly due to fixed enclosures, which can lead to stretching and breaking of fixing junctions during use, folding, or expansion.
Innovation Solution
A playard design featuring a pillar with a width larger than the gap between standing posts, allowing the enclosure to be connected and supported by the pillar, which is abutted by the posts, and using corner junctions and foot stands to maintain the relative position of the standing posts and pillar, facilitating easy assembly and preventing enclosure movement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If the enclosure is fixed on the frame by screws or other fixing manners at a point, then the enclosure can be securely attached to the standing posts, but the enclosure stretches during use, folding, or expansion, causing the fixing junction to break easily
Solution Approach 1:
The enclosure is divided into multiple sections, each fixed to adjacent standing posts independently. This segmentation distributes the stress and movement across multiple fixing points rather than concentrating it at a single point, preventing stretching and breaking of the fixing junctions during use, folding, or expansion.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple standing posts are combined to support a single enclosure section. By having two or more adjacent standing posts work together to support the same enclosure, the structure gains stability and resistance to stretching forces while maintaining secure attachment.
2Shape
If the enclosure is abutted between or disposed in gaps between engaged standing posts, then the enclosure can be positioned, but it is not easy to assemble or take apart from the frame
Solution Approach 1:
The fixing mechanism transitions from a static, permanent attachment to a dynamic, adjustable system. The enclosure can be easily assembled and disassembled by adjusting the position of standing posts or the enclosure itself, allowing for flexible reconfiguration while maintaining stable positioning during use.
Solution Approach 2:
An intermediary mechanism or structure is introduced between the enclosure and standing posts to facilitate easy assembly and disassembly. This intermediary component allows the enclosure to be securely positioned while enabling simple attachment and detachment operations.
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AI summary
A playard includes standing posts. The standing posts are substantially arranged in parallel, and a gap is formed between two adjacent standing posts. The playard further includes a pillar disposed between the two adjacent standing posts, and a width of the pillar is larger than the gap formed between the two adjacent standing posts. The playard further includes an enclosure connected to the pillar. Two ends of the enclosure are pulled along directions away from the two adjacent standing posts respectively so that the pillar is abutted on the two adjacent standing posts.