Portable Escape Room Structure Using Segmented Panels

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing escape room setups are limited to permanent physical structures, lacking a portable solution that can be easily transported and assembled for recreation and entertainment purposes.

Innovation Solution

A portable structure composed of lightweight, flexible panels made from materials like plastic, canvas, or nylon, which can be easily assembled and disassembled for transport, featuring customizable interior designs and projection capabilities to create immersive escape room scenarios.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If permanent physical structures are used for escape rooms, then the entertainment experience is stable and reliable, but the structure cannot be easily transported or relocated

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveportabilityVSAvoidstructural stability

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The escape room structure is divided into multiple modular panels that can be independently assembled and disassembled. Each panel contains structural support elements and can be connected to adjacent panels through joining mechanisms, enabling the structure to be transported in manageable sections and reassembled at different locations while maintaining structural integrity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent employs flexible panel materials that can be easily folded, rolled, or disassembled for transport. These panels maintain their structural form when assembled but can be collapsed or broken down into compact configurations for relocation, resolving the contradiction between maintaining structural stability during use and enabling easy transport

Inventive Principle:

Principle #30Flexible shells and thin films

2Weight of moving object

If lightweight materials are used for portable panels, then the structure is easy to transport, but the structural strength and stability may be compromised

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepanel weightVSAvoidstructural strength

Core Design Contradiction:

Weight of moving objectVSStrength

Solution Approach 1:

The panels are constructed using composite materials that combine lightweight properties with enhanced structural strength. This allows the panels to remain easy to transport while providing sufficient structural integrity to support the escape room setup and withstand use conditions

Inventive Principle:

Principle #40Composite materials

Solution Approach 2:

The structural load is distributed across multiple connected panels rather than concentrated in single heavy components. The joining mechanisms between panels are designed to effectively transfer and distribute forces, allowing lightweight individual panels to collectively provide sufficient structural strength when assembled

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS20210062534A1Portable Structure For Entertainment And Recreation

Publication Date: 2021.03.04 CUTLER HOWARD A

AI summary

A portable structure for use as an escape room is disclosed. The structure include a plurality of portable side walls defining an interior space with an entrance way and an exit. The interior space is adapted for hosting a plurality of escape room challenges and allowing an escape room participant to exit said interior space when said challenges have all been meet.