Pool Storage Basket with Adjustable Spring Spacers

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing storage baskets for above-ground pools are not adjustable and have a rigid design, leading to improper horizontal orientation and potential damage from pool movement, as well as risk of damaging the pool wall due to friction.

Innovation Solution

The storage basket features spring spacers that provide a defined and adjustable distance from the pool wall, ensuring horizontal orientation and damping movement, while being adaptable to different pool sizes and shapes, and made of flexible materials to prevent injury and facilitate easy installation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Stability of the object's composition

If rigid spacers are used to maintain horizontal orientation, then the storage basket remains stable, but the pool wall can be damaged due to friction and movement transmission

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvehorizontal orientation stabilityVSAvoidpool wall damage from friction

Core Design Contradiction:

Stability of the object's compositionVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The spacer is designed with variable hardness parameters - the portion contacting the pool wall has lower hardness (softer) to reduce friction and prevent wall damage, while the portion contacting the storage basket has higher hardness to maintain stable horizontal orientation. This parameter change resolves the contradiction between stability and harm prevention.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

Different portions of the spacer have different material properties - the pool wall-contacting end is softer to minimize friction damage, while the storage basket-contacting end is harder to provide stable support. This local quality differentiation allows the single spacer component to simultaneously prevent pool wall damage and maintain orientation stability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

2Manufacturing precision

If fixed spacers are used to maintain distance, then the storage basket orientation is controlled, but the spacers are not adjustable for different pool designs

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvehorizontal orientation precisionVSAvoidadaptability to different pool designs

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The spacer is designed as an adjustable component with a first portion and a second portion that can be positioned at different distances from each other. This dynamic adjustability allows the same spacer design to accommodate various pool wall positions and distances, maintaining horizontal orientation precision across different pool designs while improving versatility.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

3Manufacturing precision

If rigid spacers are used to maintain distance from pool wall, then the storage basket position is fixed, but movement from water turbulence is transmitted directly to the basket

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestorage basket position stabilityVSAvoiditem damage from transmitted movement

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The spacer's material hardness is selectively changed - the portion contacting the pool wall is softer to absorb movement and prevent transmission to the storage basket, while maintaining sufficient rigidity to keep the basket in a fixed horizontal position. This parameter change allows the spacer to act as both a position stabilizer and a movement buffer.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The softer first portion of the spacer acts as a cushioning element that absorbs and dampens movement from water turbulence before it can be transmitted to the storage basket. This beforehand cushioning protects items in the basket from damage while maintaining the basket's horizontal position stability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #11Beforehand cushioning (Prior cushioning)

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 solution ensures the storage basket remains stable and horizontal during pool use, preventing item damage and reducing friction-related pool wall damage, while being adaptable to various pool sizes and shapes, and allowing for cost-effective production and easy storage.

Implementation Method 1

the spacers are spring means. The spring means provide a defined and adjustable distance between the pool wall and the storage basket so that the storage basket is hung in a substantially horizontal orientation

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectSpring: Spring

Implementation Method 2

The force transmitted from the outer pool wall to the storage basket is dampened by the spring means when the pool is used with the accompanying movement of the outer pool wall and the peripheral edge

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectDamping: Damping

Data Source

PatentUS12116802B2Pool storage basket

Publication Date: 2024.10.15 CA SA PROD GMBH

AI summary

A storage basket for hanging on a peripheral edge of an above-ground pool is disclosed having hanging brackets. The hanging brackets include spacers, the spacers are spring, and the spacers are adjustable to any distance between the pool wall and the storage basket.