Pool Cover Lid Bracket Assembly for Adjustable Deck Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing pool cover systems face challenges in optimizing the connection between the lid and the pool cover housing, particularly in adjusting the angle of the lid relative to the container for a seamless integration with the surrounding deck, and in providing a simple and secure attachment mechanism that allows for easy installation and maintenance.
Innovation Solution
A bracket arm assembly with a base and support arm that allows for angular adjustment of the lid relative to the container, utilizing a free-floating cantilevered configuration without fasteners, and an adjustment fastener to adjust the angle, ensuring a seamless deck integration and easy assembly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed connection between lid and housing is used, then structural simplicity is maintained, but adaptability for different deck integrations is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The connection mechanism transitions from a fixed static connection to a dynamic adjustable connection. The bracket arm assembly allows the lid to be positioned at multiple angular orientations relative to the housing, enabling adaptation to different deck integration requirements while maintaining a relatively simple mechanical structure through controlled movement rather than fixed rigidity.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection system is divided into separate functional components: a base portion attached to the housing, a movable bracket arm, and a lid mounting interface. This segmentation allows independent adjustment of the bracket arm's angular position while maintaining secure connections at each interface, resolving the contradiction between adjustability and overall system complexity.
2Ease of operation
If traditional fastened attachment is used, then connection stability is achieved, but ease of assembly and maintenance is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The traditional fastener elements (screws, bolts, clips) are extracted from the connection mechanism. Instead of multiple fastening components, the design employs a simplified bracket arm assembly that achieves stable connection through geometric constraints and friction-based retention, eliminating the need for disassembling fasteners during maintenance while maintaining connection reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The bracket arm assembly is designed to be self-retaining through its geometric configuration and friction-based contact surfaces. The movable bracket arm naturally maintains its position through gravity and friction without requiring active fastening mechanisms, allowing for tool-free assembly and maintenance while ensuring stable connection during operation.
3Strength
If heavier load bearing is required, then structural strength must be increased, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket arm and base are constructed from composite or high-strength materials that provide enhanced load bearing capacity without proportionally increasing structural complexity. The material composition is optimized to deliver high strength-to-weight ratio, allowing the simplified geometric design to support heavier loads without requiring additional structural elements or complex reinforcement.
Data Source
AI summary
A pool cover assembly may include a cover housing configured to store a pool cover, where the cover housing may include a container and a lid, and a bracket arm assembly positioned in the cover housing. The bracket arm assembly also may include a base, a support arm associated with the base, and an adjustment fastener movably received in the base and positioned between the base and the support arm. The base of the bracket arm assembly may be removably coupled to the container and the lid is supported on the support arm. and the adjustment fastener may be displaceable into, or out of, a receiving element of the base for adjusting a relative angle between the support arm and the base.