Baby Stroller Seat Cover Assembly with Pivot-Controlled Inward Folding
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional foldable baby strollers face issues with seat covers folding incorrectly, leading to protrusion from the frame, affecting appearance and folding/unfolding convenience.
Innovation Solution
A seat cover assembly with a support structure featuring movably connected plate members and a pivot portion, allowing controlled folding direction, ensuring the seat cover folds inwardly and preventing outward protrusion.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the seat cover is made of soft material for comfort, then the comfort and flexibility of the seat cover is improved, but the control over folding direction becomes difficult and the seat cover may protrude from the frame
Solution Approach 1:
A support structure with rigid plate members is introduced as an intermediary between the soft seat cover and the frame. This support structure acts as a mediator that transmits folding force and maintains structural integrity, allowing the soft seat cover to be properly folded inward without protruding, while preserving the comfort and flexibility of the soft material.
2Ease of manufacture
If the seat cover is made of soft material for comfort, then the comfort is improved, but the appearance when folded deteriorates due to protrusion
Solution Approach 1:
The support structure is divided into multiple plate members (first plate member and second plate member) that are movably connected. This segmentation allows the structure to flex and fold in a controlled manner, enabling the soft seat cover to be properly contained within the frame boundaries during folding, thus achieving both comfort from the soft material and proper appearance when folded.
3Ease of operation
If the seat cover folds correspondingly with the frame, then the folding action is simplified, but the seat cover may protrude from the frame affecting appearance and functionality
Solution Approach 1:
The support structure serves as a mediator between the frame and the soft seat cover. It receives the folding action from the frame and translates it into controlled movement of the plate members, which then properly contain the soft seat cover within the frame boundaries, ensuring reliable and correct folding while maintaining ease of operation.
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AI summary
The present disclosure relates to a seat cover assembly of a baby stroller including a seat cover, a support structure and a pivot portion. The support structure is disposed in the seat cover and includes a first plate member and a second plate member that are movably connected. A seam is formed between the first plate member and the second plate member, and a width of the seam is less than a sum of a thickness of the first plate member and a thickness of the second plate member. The pivot portion is opposite the seam and close to a surface of the first plate member and a surface of the second plate member.