Puzzle platform
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing puzzle platforms face challenges in efficiently storing and classifying unfinished puzzle pieces, leading to potential loss and complex manufacturing processes due to intricate structures.
Innovation Solution
A puzzle platform with integrated puzzle drawers and a support assembly that allows for easy sliding and storage of puzzle pieces, featuring a monolithic structure with extending members and reinforcing elements to simplify assembly and reduce material costs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If puzzle pieces are stored in separate containers or complex structures, then classification and storage capability is improved, but device complexity and manufacturing cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the storage function with the puzzle board itself by creating integrated drawers within the board structure. The board serves dual purposes: as the playing surface and as the container for unfinished pieces, eliminating the need for separate storage containers and reducing overall device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The puzzle board is designed with multi-functionality, serving both as the playing surface and as storage container. The integrated drawers allow the board to simultaneously support puzzle pieces during assembly and store unfinished pieces, reducing the need for additional separate components.
2Adaptability or versatility
If integrated drawers are added to the puzzle board, then storage functionality is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The board is segmented into functional zones with integrated drawers that can be manufactured as separate components and then assembled. This segmentation allows for simplified manufacturing of individual parts that are later combined, reducing overall manufacturing complexity while maintaining storage functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The drawers are nested within the board structure, with storage compartments integrated into the board's framework. This nesting approach allows storage functionality to be added without requiring a completely separate storage system, simplifying the manufacturing process by combining functions into a unified structure.
3Strength
If multiple assembly steps are required for the board structure, then structural strength is improved, but assembly time and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The supporting members and extending members are designed to be integrally formed or pre-assembled as unified components. This merging of structural elements reduces the number of separate assembly steps required while maintaining the necessary structural strength through optimized integral designs.
Solution Approach 2:
The supporting members and extending members are designed with pre-configured connection features that facilitate quick assembly. Structural reinforcement is built into the design of these components beforehand, allowing them to be assembled in fewer steps while still achieving the required structural strength.
Data Source
AI summary
A puzzle platform includes two puzzle drawers, a puzzle board and a support assembly configured to support the puzzle board and having a receiving space cooperatively with the puzzle board. The support assembly includes a supporting member having a top wall, a partition wall configured to forming a pair of openings communicated with the receiving space cooperatively with the top wall. Each of the puzzle drawers is actuated to slide in-and-out of the receiving space through the openings. The partition wall is integral with the top wall, so that the manufacture of the puzzle platform is simple and low-cost.