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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional sitting apparatuses fail to provide adequate support, safety features, and utility for professionals like traffic police officers, who need to handle equipment and maintain safety lighting while allowing rotational movements, due to their inflexible design and lack of integrated storage solutions.
Innovation Solution
A portable stool with telescopic legs, a rotatable seat, integrated high visibility lights, retention members for equipment, and a power supply with charging ports, designed for angular deployment and user support, enabling rotational movements and equipment handling.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional sitting apparatus are used, then basic sitting function is provided, but they lack integrated storage solutions and safety features for professionals handling equipment
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functions into a single stool structure: the implement retention member integrates storage capability into the stool, the biasing member integrates rotational control, and the light integrates safety signaling. This merging approach provides adaptability and versatility without proportionally increasing structural complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The stool is designed with multi-functionality to serve both sitting purposes and equipment storage needs of traffic direction professionals. The retention member can hold various implements (flags, light bars, paddles), making the apparatus universally applicable to different professional needs beyond just providing a seat.
2Ease of operation
If conventional sitting apparatus are used, then basic support is provided, but they do not facilitate rotational movements required for traffic direction
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the seat rotatable relative to the base, allowing the stool to adapt its orientation as needed for traffic direction. The biasing member provides controlled resistance to rotation, enabling easy rotational movement while maintaining stability when the seat is positioned.
Solution Approach 2:
The biasing member changes the mechanical parameter of rotational resistance, providing controlled movement that balances ease of rotation with seat stability. This parameter adjustment allows the seat to rotate smoothly while maintaining compositional stability during use.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If conventional sitting apparatus are used, then simple design is maintained, but they lack high visibility lights for safety in traffic direction applications
Solution Approach 1:
The light is integrated into the stool structure, merging the safety lighting function with the sitting apparatus. This integration provides high visibility for traffic direction professionals without requiring a separate lighting device, thereby reducing overall system complexity while improving safety.
4Adaptability or versatility
If conventional sitting apparatus are used, then portability is maintained, but they lack telescopic legs for adjusted height and positioning
Solution Approach 1:
The telescopic legs provide dynamic height adjustment capability, allowing the stool to adapt to different ground conditions and user needs. The telescopic mechanism enables portability to be maintained while adding adaptability through height adjustment.
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 portable stool provides ergonomic support, safety through integrated lights, storage solutions, and rotational flexibility, enhancing user comfort and functionality for professionals like traffic police officers.
Implementation Method 1
the seat member includes a biasing members that provide controlled rotation of the upper seat portion
Data Source
AI summary
A portable stool that is configured to provide support for a user in an upright position wherein the present invention further provides controlled rotational movement for the user. The present invention includes a seat member wherein the seat member is supported by leg members. The leg members are adjustable in length and placed at an angle so as to angularly position the seat member at an angle of approximately thirty degrees when the portable stool is in its deployed state. The seat member includes a base member wherein the base member is rotationally coupled to a top portion of the seat member. Movement members are operably coupled to the base member and top portion of the seat member and provide a biased return to a neutral position ensuing the top portion of the seat member being rotatably moved. Light modules are present on the leg members.