Puzzle board
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional puzzle boards face issues with inefficient storage of puzzle pieces, difficulty in finding specific pieces, and limited multi-angle and multi-scene use, failing to meet players' evolving gaming experience needs.
Innovation Solution
A novel puzzle board design featuring a top board with storage spaces, a frame with fluted slides, and a rotating base with ball retainers, allowing for efficient storage, smooth rotation, and adjustable angles.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If drawers are added to store puzzle pieces, then storage function is improved, but it becomes difficult to quickly find specific pieces and drawers may fall off during movement
Solution Approach 1:
The storage space is divided into multiple compartments through partition boards, with each compartment designated for specific puzzle pieces (e.g., edge pieces, corner pieces). This segmentation allows players to quickly locate desired pieces without searching through the entire storage area, resolving the contradiction between storage capacity and retrieval efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The drawer assembly is designed with a sliding mechanism on the frame, allowing the drawer to move horizontally. The drawer can be easily pulled out for access and pushed back in, providing dynamic accessibility while maintaining stable storage. This resolves the issue of drawers falling off during normal use while keeping pieces organized for quick retrieval.
2Device complexity
If fixed puzzle board design is used, then structure is simple, but it cannot meet multi-angle and multi-scene use needs
Solution Approach 1:
The puzzle board incorporates a rotating mechanism where the top board can rotate relative to the base board around a central axis. This dynamic feature allows the board to be adjusted to different angles and orientations, enabling multi-angle and multi-scene usage while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure. The rotating component includes a rotating board, support column, and base board with a rotating hole, providing versatility without excessive complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The puzzle board is designed with universal functionality by combining storage drawers, rotating capability, and a stable base. The same structure serves multiple purposes: the frame provides both structural support and drawer guidance, the base board serves as both support and rotation pivot, and the top board functions as both playing surface and rotating element. This multi-functionality achieves adaptability while controlling structural complexity.
3Ease of operation
If upper board is made slidable for easy access, then operation convenience is improved, but puzzle pieces may be lost during sliding
Solution Approach 1:
The design prevents the harmful effect of pieces falling during sliding by providing enclosed storage compartments with partition boards before the sliding action occurs. The partitions create containment that counteracts the potential loss, allowing the top board to slide for access while pieces remain securely stored in their designated compartments.
Solution Approach 2:
By dividing the storage area into segmented compartments with partition boards, the design ensures that puzzle pieces are contained in specific zones. When the top board slides, pieces remain in their respective compartments rather than spilling, thus maintaining reliability while enabling operational convenience through the sliding mechanism.
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 design provides efficient storage, convenient piece retrieval, smooth rotation, and adjustable angles, enhancing user experience and game fun.
Implementation Method 1
the second bounding boxes set on an upper side and a lower side each is provided with a fluted slide assembled with the upper board
Implementation Method 2
the rotating component includes a ball retainer, a ball slot set protruding from the ball retainer, and balls embedded in the ball slot... When the frame rotates relative to the base, a bottom surface of the bottom board comes into rolling contact with the balls
Data Source
AI summary
A puzzle board includes a top board, a frame, a bottom board, and a base. The top board includes an upper board, a first bounding box, and limit blocks. The frame includes a border formed by splicing second bounding boxes set on four sides, and the border contains storage spaces for store items. The second bounding boxes set on an upper side and a lower side each is provided with a fluted slide assembled with the upper board, and the limit blocks are placed between the storage spaces and the second bounding boxes to restrict the upper board from slidable opening or closing the storage spaces through an external force. The bottom board is fixedly connected to a bottom surface of the frame. The puzzle board can conveniently store puzzle pieces or other small items, convenient operation and improved usage experience.