Rotatable Rollable Carport with Modular Telescopic Arms
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing collapsible carports lack multi-functionality, shape-shifting capabilities, and efficient conversion between various uses, failing to interlock securely on different surfaces and adapt to multiple locations, while also being unable to save materials, labor, time, and money.
Innovation Solution
A unique 11-device-in-one system featuring a 360-degree rotatable, portable, lockable, collapsible expandable framework with adjustable foldable arms, U-shaped foot-toe connectors, and L-shaped telescopic-arm joints, allowing for transformation into various structures such as carports, greenhouses, tents, workshops, and booths, with interlocking capabilities and adaptable surfaces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a collapsible carport is designed to be portable and easy to assemble, then ease of operation is improved, but structural strength and stability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The carport structure is divided into modular components including telescopic arms, interchangeable panels (canvas, plastic, glass), and standardized connectors. This segmentation allows easy assembly and disassembly while maintaining structural integrity through standardized joining mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The carport employs dynamic elements such as telescopic arms that can extend and retract, and interchangeable panels that can be swapped based on needs. This dynamic design enables the structure to adapt between compact storage state and fully assembled functional state, balancing portability with structural strength.
2Manufacturing precision
If a carport is designed for single-purpose use, then manufacturing precision is improved, but adaptability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The carport is designed as a universal structure that can serve multiple functions through interchangeable panels and configurable arrangements. The same basic frame can accommodate canvas panels for traditional carport use, plastic panels for greenhouses, or glass panels for sunrooms, eliminating the need for multiple specialized structures.
Solution Approach 2:
The structure incorporates dynamic reconfigurability where panels can be interchanged and arms can be adjusted to transform the carport into different functional forms such as greenhouses, sunrooms, or storage structures, maintaining manufacturing precision while achieving versatility.
3Stability of the object's composition
If a carport uses fixed non-rotatable wheels, then stability is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The carport employs rotatable wheels that provide dynamic mobility when needed, allowing the structure to be easily repositioned for different locations or orientations. When positioned, the wheels can be locked to provide stability, thus achieving both ease of operation and position stability through a single dynamic component.
4Strength
If a carport is designed as a permanent structure, then structural strength is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The carport uses segmented telescopic arms and modular panels connected by standardized joints, allowing the structure to be assembled into a stable configuration that provides permanent-structure-level strength, yet can be easily disassembled and collapsed for storage or relocation when needed.
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AI summary
An 11-device-in-one system (which can be used as 360-degree-rotatable rollable portable lockable collapsible expandable carport, green house, gazebo, storage, attic, awnings, tent, workshop, outdoor tables, booth, and RV port) comprises: round bars; square bars releasably attached to the round bars; 360-degree rotatable lockable wheels rotatably attached to the round bars; canvas roof panels; canvas side panels; canvas end panels; canvas gap-covering panels; panel-lifting VELCRO (hook and loop fasteners) sewn to the side and gap-covering panels; panel-sealing zippers sewn to the end panels (for forming doors); panel-sealing grommets attached to the roof, side, and end panels; bungee cords and balls inserted through the grommets (for attaching the roof, side, and end panels together); first telescopic arms foldably and releasably attached to the round bars; second telescopic arms foldably attached to the first telescopic arms; feet welded to the second telescopic arms (for attaching to each other over the roof panels to form the frames for booth signs); and toes welded to the round bars (for releasably locking the feet thereon to form the frames for awnings and tables).