Sauna Door Handle Groove for Supporting Phones and Books
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Solution Overview
Problem
Individuals find it challenging to fully enjoy sauna sessions due to the inability to multitask, such as watching a movie or reading, while also experiencing the benefits of the sauna.
Innovation Solution
A sauna device holder with a horizontally oriented elongate handle featuring a groove along its upper surface, designed to support electronic devices or print materials, allowing users to engage with content during their sauna experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users focus solely on sauna experience without additional activities, then they can fully enjoy the sauna benefits, but they cannot multitask such as watching movies or reading
Solution Approach 1:
The door handle is designed to serve multiple functions: it acts as both a functional door handle and a support structure for electronic devices and reading materials. The groove integrated into the handle allows it to universally support smartphones, tablets, books, and other flat objects, enabling multitasking during sauna sessions without adding separate dedicated devices.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a separate device support structure is added to enable multitasking, then users can watch movies or read during sauna sessions, but the device complexity and space requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The device support functionality is merged with the existing door handle structure. The groove is integrated directly into the handle, combining two functions (door operation and device support) into a single component. This eliminates the need for separate device holders or mounting structures that would consume additional sauna interior space.
Solution Approach 2:
The door handle serves dual purposes: as a functional handle for opening/closing the door and as a support structure for electronic devices and reading materials. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for dedicated device support structures, thereby preserving limited sauna interior space.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a groove is added to the door handle to support devices, then device support functionality is enabled, but the manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The groove is designed as a simple linear or curved channel that can be easily formed during handle manufacturing. This segmented, simplified geometry allows the groove to be created using standard manufacturing processes such as molding, machining, or routing, minimizing the impact on manufacturing complexity while providing effective device support functionality.
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AI summary
A sauna comprises a heating unit configured to generate heat, an enclosure configured to enclose at least one user and the heat, at least one seat located inside the enclosure; and a door. The door comprises an elongate handle having a groove running substantially along an upper surface of the elongated handle. The elongate handle is oriented horizontally on the exit side of the door and viewable by the at least one user when the at least one user is seated on the at least one seat. The groove of the elongate handle has a depth, width and length sufficient to engage an edge of an object such that the object is supported by the elongate handle. The object may be an electronic device including a display that faces the user.