Spring-Loaded Retractable Shade Frame for UV Protection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Outdoor workers in various industries face heat-related illnesses due to excessive sun exposure and high temperatures, leading to decreased productivity and safety, as existing solutions fail to provide effective sun and UV protection in portable and efficient manners.
Innovation Solution
A portable shade assembly with a collapsible and spring-loaded frame, featuring a retractable shade screen and tension winch system, allowing easy setup and transportation, providing UV protection and cooler working conditions by extending and retracting the shade screen as needed.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a portable shade assembly is designed to be collapsible and spring-loaded for easy transport and setup, then ease of operation is improved, but structural stability may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The frame members are designed to be collapsible and spring-loaded, allowing the structure to dynamically transition between extended and retracted states. The spring mechanism enables automatic expansion when deployed and automatic contraction when collapsed, making the structure adaptable to both transport and operational requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The frame is divided into multiple collapsible segments connected by hinges and spring mechanisms. This segmentation allows each section to be independently compressed and stored, while still forming a stable structure when assembled and deployed.
2Ease of operation
If the shade screen is made retractable to improve portability, then ease of operation is improved, but the ability to provide continuous shade coverage may be worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The shade screen is designed as a retractable component that can dynamically adjust between extended and retracted positions. When deployed, the screen extends to provide full shade coverage; when not in use, it retracts to minimize obstruction and facilitate portability.
Solution Approach 2:
A reel mechanism serves as an intermediary device between the shade screen and the frame structure. The reel allows the screen to be smoothly extended and retracted while maintaining tension and alignment, ensuring continuous coverage when deployed and easy storage when retracted.
3Ease of operation
If the frame members are made collapsible for portability, then ease of operation is improved, but the strength and impact resistance may be worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The collapsible frame members incorporate spring-loaded mechanisms that provide dynamic response to external forces. When impacted, the springs allow controlled compression and energy absorption, then automatically return the structure to its original position, maintaining both portability and impact resistance.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The portable shade assembly creates a comfortable and cooler outdoor environment, reducing worker fatigue and increasing safety performance by offering efficient sun and UV protection, while being easy to set up and transport.
Implementation Method 1
The portable shade assembly of the present invention comprises a collapsible and spring-loaded frame that is able to easily absorb wind gusts and light impact, and therefore, can readjust and return to an original, set position on its own
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AI summary
A portable shade assembly for use in providing shade and sun protection, and thus substantially cooler temperatures, to an outdoor environment. More particularly, a shade assembly for use in providing sun and Ultraviolet (UV) protection for a variety of different industrial uses and for use in being transported to a variety of different locations. More particularly still, a portable shade assembly comprising a spring-loaded frame, a shade screen, and a continuous cable, wherein said cable is run throughout said frame, thereby being able to extend and retract said shade screen, as needed.