Rotating Puzzle Platform with Border Wall for Piece Accessibility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing puzzles require a large playing surface due to their size, making it difficult for players to reach all pieces without moving around, and there is a risk of losing or misplacing pieces during assembly.
Innovation Solution
A movable puzzle platform with a rotating assembly that allows the puzzle board to self-rotate 360 degrees and slide on a surface, featuring a surrounding border wall to contain pieces and optional drawers for storage, enabling players to assemble pieces from different angles without physically moving around.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If the puzzle board size is increased to accommodate more pieces, then the puzzle complexity and piece count increase, but the playing surface area required increases making it difficult for players to reach all pieces
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by making the puzzle board rotatable around a central axis. This allows the board to change its orientation dynamically, enabling players to access different sections of the puzzle without moving their bodies across the entire playing surface. The rotatable mechanism transforms a static large surface into a dynamically accessible compact form.
2Quantity of substance
If the puzzle board size is increased to accommodate more pieces, then the puzzle complexity increases, but the player's ability to reach all pieces deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The rotatable puzzle board enables dynamic repositioning of puzzle sections, allowing players to rotate the board to bring distant pieces within reaching distance. This dynamic adjustment maintains ease of operation while supporting higher piece counts.
3Quantity of substance
If the puzzle board is made larger for higher piece counts, then the puzzle difficulty increases, but the time required to complete the puzzle increases
Solution Approach 1:
The rotatable board allows players to efficiently access different puzzle sections by rotating rather than physically moving around the board, potentially reducing the time required to assemble high-piece-count puzzles.
Solution Approach 2:
The puzzle board is effectively segmented into multiple accessible zones around the central axis. Players can focus on one section at a time and rotate to access the next, organizing the assembly process into manageable segments that reduce overall completion time.
4Quantity of substance
If the puzzle board size is increased, then more pieces can be assembled, but the risk of losing or misplacing pieces increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the puzzle board with integrated storage compartments or containers that are part of the same assembly. This combination ensures that pieces remain contained within the puzzle system throughout the assembly process, preventing loss or misplacement while supporting higher piece counts.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure provides a movable puzzle platform, the movable puzzle platform includes a puzzle board assembly including a puzzle board and a surrounding border wall, the puzzle board includes a top surface for placing a plurality of puzzle pieces thereon, the surrounding border wall is configured to surround edges of the top surface and protrude upward beyond the top surface, and the surrounding border wall is configured as an integral structure; the movable puzzle platform further includes a rotating assembly arranged on the rotating assembly, the puzzle board assembly is configured to self-rotate 360 degrees along with the rotation assembly.