Sink Splashguard with Adjustable Height and Suction Attachment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current splashguard technologies for sinks are not easily removable, adjustable in height, or accessible for users, failing to provide adequate protection against water splashes effectively.
Innovation Solution
A splashguard with an adjustable attachment holder and suction cups that allows for easy installation, removal, and height adjustment, coupled with a semi-flexible body that contours to the sink's shape, ensuring effective splash protection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a splashguard is designed to be firmly attached to the sink, then protection reliability is improved, but ease of removal and adjustment deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The splashguard employs a dynamic attachment system using suction cups that can be easily attached and detached from the sink surface. The attachment holder allows the splashguard to be repositioned vertically along the sink wall, providing adjustability while maintaining secure attachment during use through the suction mechanism
Solution Approach 2:
The invention replaces traditional mechanical fastening systems (screws, clips, or adhesives) with a suction-based attachment mechanism. This substitution enables easy removal and repositioning while maintaining reliable attachment during operation, resolving the contradiction between firm attachment and ease of removal
2Manufacturing precision
If a splashguard is designed to be fixed at a specific height, then manufacturing precision is improved, but adaptability to different users and tasks deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment holder is designed with a vertical rail or guide structure that allows the splashguard to be moved to different heights along the sink wall. The suction cup mechanism maintains secure attachment at any positioned height, enabling continuous adjustability while preserving manufacturing precision of individual components
Solution Approach 2:
The adjustable height design makes the splashguard universal for different users of varying heights and for different sink tasks. The same device can be positioned low for hand washing or high for filling large containers, providing multi-functionality while maintaining precise component manufacturing
3Manufacturing precision
If a splashguard uses a rigid structure, then manufacturing precision and stability are improved, but ease of installation on curved sink surfaces deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The splashguard employs a flexible or semi-rigid body structure that can conform to curved sink surfaces. This flexible construction allows the device to adapt to various sink geometries while maintaining sufficient structural rigidity to provide effective splash protection and manufacturing precision
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The splashguard provides customizable protection against water splashes, accommodating users of varying heights and tasks, ensuring safety and convenience by being easily adjustable and removable.
Implementation Method 1
The adjustable attachment holder includes a rail, and one or more than one tab coupled to the rail. In some embodiments each of the one or more than one tab is configured to hold a splash guard coupling device. In some embodiments the splash guard coupling device is a suction cup.
Data Source
AI summary
A sink splashguard is provided and can be mounted to a sink such that it protrudes a height above a counter surface. The sink splashguard protects the user of the sink from splashes. The height of the sink splashguard above the counter surface can be easily and quickly adjusted while the sink splashguard is in use. The sink splashguard include a base with one or more than one side, and an adjustable attachment holder coupled to the base. The adjustable attachment holder adjustably couples to a splash guard coupling device, which can be a suction cup to be used to couple the splash guard within a sink. A splash guard include a curve body portion that is semi-flexible with coupling devices coupled in fixed positions to the body portion. The body portion contours to an inner wall of a sink.