Telescopic Canopy Frame With X-Arm Geometry
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing portable canopy frames lack a compact and efficient design that allows for easy transportation and rapid deployment, as they often require complex assembly and storage, limiting their portability and usability.
Innovation Solution
A foldable portable frame with telescoping posts and X-shaped arms that can be extended and retracted to form a geometric footprint for deployment and compactly bundled for storage, featuring extension frames for increased coverage and stability, and a system of brackets and pins for secure locking and easy folding.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the canopy frame uses fixed-length rigid posts and traditional assembly methods, then structural stability is achieved, but assembly complexity and storage space requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The posts are divided into multiple telescopic segments that can slide relative to each other, allowing the frame to be disassembled into compact components for easy storage and rapid assembly without complex fastening procedures
Solution Approach 2:
The telescopic posts utilize a nested structure where inner segments slide within outer segments, enabling the frame to collapse into a compact bundled configuration for storage while maintaining full structural dimensions when deployed
2Volume of moving object
If the canopy frame uses extendable telescopic posts, then portability and storage efficiency improve, but structural stability during deployment may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The frame transitions from a static rigid structure to a dynamic telescopic structure that can adapt between compact storage configuration and fully extended stable configuration, with locking mechanisms ensuring stability when deployed
Solution Approach 2:
The telescopic posts are segmented into multiple sections with locking mechanisms at each segment interface, providing multiple stabilization points that maintain structural integrity while allowing compact folding for storage
3Adaptability or versatility
If the canopy frame includes extension frames for increased coverage, then functional versatility improves, but device complexity and assembly difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The extension frames use the same telescopic post and arm design as the main frame, allowing a single standardized component system to provide both basic canopy coverage and extended coverage configurations for different application needs
Solution Approach 2:
The extension frames are designed as separate modular segments that can be independently attached to the main frame using standardized connections, allowing users to configure only the necessary extension level without managing unnecessary components
Data Source
AI summary
A foldable frame for a portable canopy, comprises first, second, third and fourth posts. The posts are extendable and retractable in length and defines a geometric footprint on the ground. At least one arm is operably attached to and between adjacent posts of the first, second, third and fourth posts, the at least one arm forming a main frame within the geometric footprint. At least another arm extends outwardly from each of the posts to form at least first and second extension frames extending beyond the geometric footprint. The foldable frame includes a deployed position wherein the posts are extended and the at least one arm is transverse to the respective posts; and a folded position wherein the posts are retracted and bunched together with the at least one arm and oriented in a general same direction.