Rotating Puzzle Platform Layout for Stable Large-Board Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional puzzle platforms lack sufficient stability, making it difficult for players to access and observe larger puzzles without tilting the game area, which increases the risk of instability and diminishes the gaming experience.
Innovation Solution
A puzzle platform design featuring a puzzle board with a kickstand and a rotating device, allowing the board to be inclined for support when the kickstand is engaged, and enabling rotation for easier access when the kickstand is not in use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If the puzzle board is made large to accommodate higher piece counts, then the puzzle difficulty and challenge increase, but the playing surface area required increases making it difficult for players to reach all sides
Solution Approach 1:
The puzzle board is made rotatable on the playing surface, allowing players to dynamically adjust the board's orientation to access different sides and portions of the puzzle without moving their position. This dynamic adjustment resolves the contradiction by maintaining large puzzle dimensions while improving player accessibility.
2Ease of operation
If the puzzle board is tilted towards the player for better access and observation, then the player's access and viewing angle improve, but the stability of the game area decreases due to increased risk of overturning
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of tilting the board, the invention provides rotational movement that allows the board to remain stable on the playing surface while enabling players to access and observe the entire game area by rotating the board to different orientations. This resolves the contradiction by maintaining stability while improving accessibility through a different mechanical approach.
3Quantity of substance
If the puzzle board is made large to accommodate higher piece counts, then the puzzle difficulty increases, but the viewing angle range required increases making it difficult for players to observe the entire game area
Solution Approach 1:
The rotatable puzzle board allows players to rotate the board to bring different portions into their optimal viewing range, effectively managing the viewing angle requirement for large puzzles without compromising the piece count or difficulty level.
4Device complexity
If conventional puzzle platforms are used without rotation capability, then the structure remains simple, but players must move around the playing surface to access different sides, reducing ease of operation
Solution Approach 1:
The addition of a rotating mechanism to the puzzle board provides a relatively simple structural enhancement that dramatically improves ease of operation by allowing players to access all sides of the puzzle from a single position, resolving the contradiction between structural simplicity and operational ease.
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AI summary
A puzzle platform, for placing on a playing place, includes a puzzle board having a puzzle plate for placing a plurality of puzzle pieces thereon and at least one puzzle drawer located below the puzzle plate, a kickstand for supporting the puzzle board on the playing surface, a rotating device coupled to the puzzle board and spaced apart from the kickstand. When the kickstand supports the puzzle board, the puzzle plate, the rotating device and the puzzle drawer are respectively inclined relative to the playing place, and the rotating device is in a non-working state. When the kickstand does not support the puzzle board, the puzzle board can be rotated on the playing place via the rotating device, and the kickstand is in a non-working state. The puzzle platform allows the player to conveniently play puzzle pieces.