Stacking Toy System With Perpendicular Alignment Levels
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional stacking toys are limited in how high they can be stacked due to instability as they become unbalanced, leading to frequent collapses.
Innovation Solution
A novel stacking toy system that includes levels indicating horizontal and vertical alignment, allowing for adjustments through concave and convex portions, moldable sections, or leveling posts to ensure each toy body is properly aligned before stacking, enabling higher and more stable structures.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Length of moving object
If conventional stacking toys are stacked higher, then the stacking height increases, but the stability deteriorates and the toys become unbalanced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a new dimension of stabilization by incorporating levels that measure both horizontal and vertical alignment simultaneously. Instead of relying solely on vertical stacking, the system adds a horizontal alignment dimension through perpendicular levels, allowing toys to be positioned with precision in multiple directions to maintain stability at greater heights.
Solution Approach 2:
The levels provide continuous visual feedback to users about the alignment status of each stacked toy. The horizontal and vertical levels indicate whether a toy is properly aligned, allowing users to adjust positioning in real-time. This feedback mechanism enables maintenance of stacking stability even as height increases by allowing continuous correction of alignment deviations.
2Length of moving object
If conventional stacking toys are stacked higher, then the stacking height increases, but the balance deteriorates leading to frequent collapses
Solution Approach 1:
The patent requires that each toy be preliminarily aligned using the horizontal and vertical levels before it is stacked onto the structure. This preliminary alignment action ensures that every component is properly positioned in both horizontal and vertical directions before contributing to the overall stack, preventing misalignment issues from compounding as the structure grows taller and improving overall reliability.
3Manufacturing precision
If alignment adjustment mechanisms are added to stacking toys, then the alignment precision improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The levels serve multiple functions simultaneously: they indicate vertical alignment, horizontal alignment, and provide visual feedback for positioning. By making the levels multi-functional rather than adding separate mechanisms for each alignment task, the patent achieves high alignment precision while minimizing the increase in device complexity. The same simple visual indicator serves multiple alignment purposes.
Data Source
AI summary
According to some embodiments, a first toy body comprises a first level oriented in a first direction, and a second level oriented in a second direction. A second toy body comprises a third level oriented in the first direction, and a fourth level oriented in the second direction, wherein the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction.