Detachable Stroller Basket Mounting for Easier Item Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional stroller baskets are fixed at the bottom, making it difficult for caregivers to access and retrieve items, limiting convenience and flexibility.
Innovation Solution
A detachable basket with a mounting structure that includes a body portion, inserting portion, and mounting portion, allowing the infant car seat to be suspended on the basket body, with a latch mechanism for secure attachment and easy detachment from the stroller's mounts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the basket is fixed at the bottom area of the stroller, then the basket provides stable storage space, but the caregiver finds it difficult to access and retrieve items, greatly limiting convenience
Solution Approach 1:
The basket is designed to be detachable and repositionable rather than fixed, allowing it to be moved between different mounting positions (front, rear, or removed entirely) to improve caregiver access convenience while maintaining stable storage when mounted
2Adaptability or versatility
If the basket is fixed in a bottom area of the stroller, then the basket structure is simple, but the installation flexibility is greatly limited
Solution Approach 1:
The basket incorporates a universal mounting structure with inserting portions that can engage with mounting slots at multiple positions (front and rear mounts) on the stroller, allowing the same basket to be installed in different locations or removed entirely, providing multi-position adaptability without requiring different basket designs
3Adaptability or versatility
If the basket is made detachable with mounting structures, then the installation flexibility is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The basket mounting system is segmented into separate functional components: the basket body, inserting portions attached to the basket, mounting slots on the stroller, and latch mechanisms. This segmentation allows each component to be independently designed and manufactured, simplifying production while enabling flexible assembly and disassembly
Data Source
AI summary
A basket is detachably mounted on a first mount of a carrier for allowing an infant car seat to be mounted on the carrier. The first mount has a first mounting slot. The basket includes a basket body and a mounting structure. The mounting structure is connected to a side of the basket body. The mounting structure has a body portion, an inserting portion and a mounting portion. The body portion is connected between the mounting portion and the inserting portion. The infant car seat is suspended on a storage space of the basket body when the inserting portion is inserted into the first mounting slot and the infant car seat is mounted on the mounting portion.