Slatted Bed Base Pivot Layout for Low-Height Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing slatted bed bases require powerful and expensive adjustment units due to unfavorable geometric conditions, resulting in high construction height and inability to operate on an even surface.
Innovation Solution
The slatted bed base design features an adjustment unit with a first pivot point arranged between the pivot axis and second pivot point, allowing for a compact and cost-efficient configuration with a low construction height, enabling operation on an even surface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Power
If a powerful adjustment unit is used to achieve sufficient stability and power, then the adjustment performance is improved, but the construction height increases and the device becomes more expensive
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the geometric parameters of the adjustment unit by repositioning the first pivot point between the pivot axis and the second pivot point. This parameter change optimizes the force triangle geometry, allowing a more compact adjustment unit design that achieves the required power with reduced construction height
Solution Approach 2:
The patent optimizes the spatial arrangement of the adjustment unit by configuring it in a folded state during transportation and operation. This dimensional optimization allows the adjustment unit to achieve sufficient power while maintaining a compact construction height through clever spatial arrangement rather than increasing power component size
2Ease of manufacture
If the adjustment unit is arranged on the side of the outer frame opposite the reclining surface, then the structural configuration is simplified, but the device cannot operate on an even base or floor
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the conventional arrangement by positioning the adjustment unit on the side of the outer frame facing the reclining surface rather than the opposite side. This inversion allows the adjustment unit to be arranged in a folded state that enables operation on even surfaces while maintaining structural simplicity through the optimized pivot point configuration
3Length of stationary object
If the first pivot point is arranged between the pivot axis and second pivot point, then the construction height is reduced and operability on even surface is enabled, but the geometric configuration becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by precisely positioning the first pivot point between the pivot axis and the second pivot point. This specific geometric parameter change creates an optimized force triangle that achieves compact construction height and even-surface operability. The complexity is managed through this focused parameter optimization rather than overall design complexity
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AI summary
A slatted bed base having an outer frame as well as a reclining surface which surface comprises at least two parts and is arranged at the outer frame, wherein at least one part is configured as a pivotable part, which is pivotable around a pivot axis relative to the outer frame by an adjustment unit from a flat position into at least one adjusted position, wherein the adjustment unit is pivotable relative to the outer frame about a first pivot point and relative to the pivotable part about a second pivot point. In order to provide a slatted bed base that can be produced in a particularly cost-efficient manner and at the same time has a compact construction mode as well as a low construction height, the first pivot point for arranging the adjustment unit relative to the outer frame is arranged between the pivot axis of the pivotable part and the second pivot point of the adjustment unit.