Rotating Puzzle Board With Kickstand for Large-Piece Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional puzzle platforms lack stability and convenience for playing large-scale puzzles, requiring players to move around the playing surface and risking piece loss due to insufficient arm length and viewing angle issues.
Innovation Solution
A puzzle platform with a kickstand and rotating device that allows the puzzle board to be inclined for stable support and rotated for improved access, featuring a puzzle plate and drawers for storing unfinished pieces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If the puzzle board is made large to accommodate high piece counts, then the puzzle difficulty and challenge increase, but the player cannot reach all sides of the puzzle board and must move around the playing surface
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a rotating device that allows the puzzle board to rotate horizontally, adding a rotational dimension to the otherwise static playing surface. This enables players to access different portions of the large puzzle board by rotating it toward them, eliminating the need to move around the table while maintaining the large playing area required for high piece counts.
Solution Approach 2:
The puzzle board is transformed from a static configuration to a dynamic one through the rotating device. The board can now change its orientation and position relative to the player, allowing the playing surface to adapt to the player's needs while maintaining the large area required for high piece count puzzles.
2Quantity of substance
If the puzzle board is made large to accommodate high piece counts, then the puzzle difficulty increases, but the player's viewing angle is insufficient to observe the entire game area
Solution Approach 1:
The rotating device adds a rotational dimension that allows the puzzle board to orient different portions toward the player. This enables the player to maintain a comfortable viewing angle while observing large portions of the puzzle board by rotating it into the player's field of view, rather than requiring the player to strain to see the entire large surface at once.
3Ease of operation
If the player tilts the game area toward themselves for better access and observation, then access and viewing improve, but the game area becomes unstable and may overturn
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of tilting the puzzle board in the vertical dimension (which compromises stability), the patent implements rotation in the horizontal dimension. This allows the board to orient toward the player for better access and viewing while maintaining a stable, level playing surface that won't overturn.
4Ease of operation
If the player moves around the playing surface to access different portions, then all areas become accessible, but the player may accidentally lose puzzle pieces
Solution Approach 1:
The rotating device enables the puzzle board to dynamically reorient itself toward the player, providing universal access to all portions of the board without requiring the player to move around. The player can remain seated in one position while the board rotates to bring any desired area within reach, eliminating the risk of dropping pieces during movement.
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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.