Rotating Infant Resting Support With Nested Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current baby changer products, such as stationary changing tables and play yards, are bulky and lack flexibility and storage, limiting their placement options in a room and providing inadequate height adjustment and storage capabilities.
Innovation Solution
A portable infant care apparatus with a support frame and an infant resting support that can rotate between different positions, including a changer table and a bassinet configuration, featuring a latch mechanism for secure locking and a storage basket, allowing for versatile use and easy movement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If a stationary changing table with great storage is used, then storage capability is improved, but device dimensions become large and bulky, limiting placement options
Solution Approach 1:
The storage basket is nested within the play yard structure, specifically utilizing the space between the legs of the play yard. This allows storage capability to be added without increasing the overall footprint of the device, resolving the contradiction between storage quantity and device area.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention transitions from a two-dimensional changing surface to a three-dimensional configuration by adding vertical storage components and enabling the changing support to assume multiple spatial orientations (horizontal, vertical, inclined positions), thereby increasing functionality without expanding horizontal footprint.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a play yard with a top mounted changer station is used, then changing function is added, but the changer station has no convenient storage capabilities and the play yard is large in dimensions
Solution Approach 1:
The invention merges the changing station functionality with the play yard structure by integrating the changing support into the play yard's leg framework. The storage basket is similarly integrated within the same structural space, combining multiple functions (changing, sleeping, storage) into a single unified device without requiring separate components.
Solution Approach 2:
The changing support is designed to be multi-functional, serving as both a changing table when positioned horizontally and a bassinet when positioned vertically. The same structural component performs multiple functions at different orientations, eliminating the need for separate dedicated devices for each function.
3Quantity of substance
If a stationary changing table is used, then storage is provided, but height adjustment is not available and placement options are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The changing support is designed with dynamic positioning capabilities, allowing it to be adjusted between multiple fixed positions (horizontal, vertical, and inclined orientations) at different heights. This dynamic adaptability enables the same device to accommodate various user needs and placement scenarios while maintaining storage functionality.
4Adaptability or versatility
If a removable diaper changing station is purchased with a play yard, then changing function is added, but the station has no convenient storage capabilities
Solution Approach 1:
The invention merges the changing station functionality with the play yard structure by integrating the changing support into the play yard's leg framework. The storage basket is similarly integrated within the same structural space, combining multiple functions (changing, sleeping, storage) into a single unified device without requiring separate components.
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AI summary
An infant care apparatus includes a support frame and an infant resting support rotationally connected with each other, and a first and a second latch. The infant resting support is provided with a first and a second bearing surface oriented in different directions, and has an angular position between a first and a second position, the first bearing surface facing upward in the first position, and the second bearing surface facing upward in the second position. The first latch can lock the infant resting support in the first and second positions. The second latch is switchable from a disengaged to an engaged state to stop the infant resting support in the angular position.