Fixing structure for flower combination
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for forming flower combinations, particularly with orchids, require filling plant pots with materials like Styrofoam to accommodate multiple plants, which is labor-intensive and costly, and fails to securely fix the plants, leading to inefficient and wasteful practices.
Innovation Solution
A fixing structure comprising a container with multiple accommodation grooves and positioning stems that securely hold potted plants in place, eliminating the need for excessive filling materials by using stop tabs, teeth, and adjustable partitions to stabilize the plants within a flower vase, allowing for quick arrangement and aesthetic customization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If stuffing materials (Styrofoam, clothes, etc.) are filled into the plant pot to accommodate orchids, then the orchids can be accommodated in the plant pot, but it causes high labor cost, high material cost, and troublesome operation
Solution Approach 1:
The container is divided into multiple accommodation grooves that can separately receive different potted plants. This segmentation eliminates the need for stuffing materials while providing structured accommodation zones for multiple plants of varying sizes and shapes.
Solution Approach 2:
The container is pre-formed with accommodation grooves and positioning structures before use. This preliminary preparation eliminates the need for on-site stuffing and arrangement, reducing labor cost and operation complexity while maintaining adaptability for various plant combinations.
2Adaptability or versatility
If stuffing materials are used to accommodate orchids in the plant pot, then the orchids can be placed in the pot, but the orchids cannot be fixed securely
Solution Approach 1:
The container includes partition walls that divide the interior into multiple accommodation grooves. These partitions provide structural support and create separate zones for each potted plant, ensuring secure positioning without requiring additional stuffing materials.
Solution Approach 2:
Positioning stems serve as intermediary structures between the container and the potted plants. These stems extend into the accommodation grooves and provide mechanical support to hold the plants securely in place, replacing the function of stuffing materials with a more reliable fixation mechanism.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a large size plant pot is selected to accommodate multiple orchids, then more orchids can be arranged, but it increases material cost and reduces arrangement efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The container is segmented into multiple accommodation grooves that can simultaneously hold multiple potted plants of different sizes. This segmentation allows efficient use of space within a compact container, accommodating more plants than a single large pot would allow while maintaining arrangement efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The container utilizes vertical space by creating multi-level accommodation grooves at different heights. This dimensional approach allows multiple orchids to be arranged in a compact structure without requiring a large horizontal footprint, improving both capacity and arrangement efficiency.
4Adaptability or versatility
If stuffing materials are used to form flower combination, then plants can be accommodated, but it causes waste of materials and increases labor cost
Solution Approach 1:
The container is designed with integrated accommodation grooves that provide structured spaces for multiple potted plants without requiring additional stuffing materials. This eliminates material waste while maintaining the ability to accommodate various plant combinations.
Solution Approach 2:
The container structure itself provides the accommodation and fixation functions through its built-in grooves and partitions. This self-service design eliminates the need for separate stuffing materials, reducing both material waste and labor cost while maintaining adaptability for different plant arrangements.
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AI summary
A fixing structure for a flower combination includes a container accommodated in a top of a flower vase. The container includes multiple stop tabs configured to contact with the container in the opening of the top of the flower pot, multiple spaced partitions formed in the container and having different shapes and sizes, and multiple accommodation grooves defined beside the multiple spaced partitions and having different depths, thus fixing multiple potted plants in different heights. A respective one accommodation groove has multiple cylindrical columns extending from a bottom thereof, and a respective one cylindrical column includes an orifice which has a flat section formed on a distal end of the orifice, such that a respective one of multiple positioning stems is received in the orifice of the respective one cylindrical column of the respective one accommodation groove of the container securely.