Modular Tiny Home Trailer Bed for Lowboy Width Constraints
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current lowboy trailer systems for tiny homes face limitations in maximizing design options and on-site delivery processes due to constraints in width and height, often requiring sacrifices in the dimensions of the tiny home that can be transported.
Innovation Solution
A modular trailer system with a front hitch assembly and rear axle assembly that secures to a tiny home foundation using peg and channel pairings, allowing for adjustable configurations to accommodate different dimensions and enabling the transportation of tiny homes up to 8 feet wide and 25 feet long, with options for partial or fully built homes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Length of stationary object
If a lowboy trailer system is used to transport tiny homes, then the height off the ground is reduced, but the width of the tiny home that can be transported is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The trailer system is divided into separate modular components: a lowboy trailer bed, a dolly member with axle assembly, and connection mechanisms. This segmentation allows the system to be configured in different arrangements, enabling both reduced height and increased width capacity by optimizing the spatial relationship between components.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates adjustable and removable connection elements that allow dynamic reconfiguration. The dolly member can be positioned at different locations along the trailer bed, and connection points can be adjusted to accommodate varying tiny home dimensions, thus resolving the fixed trade-off between height and width.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a modular trailer system with peg and channel pairings is used, then design flexibility and adaptability are enhanced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The peg and channel connection system serves multiple functions: it connects the dolly member to the trailer bed, secures the tiny home to the trailer, and allows for adjustable positioning. This universal connection mechanism reduces the need for multiple specialized components, thereby maintaining adaptability while managing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system allows for parameter adjustments in position, orientation, and configuration of components through the peg-channel mechanism. By changing the arrangement and positioning parameters rather than the fundamental structure, the system achieves design flexibility without proportionally increasing complexity.
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AI summary
A trailer system with a modular design is provided for the transport of tiny homes. The system comprises a front hitch assembly to connect to a suitable towing or transport vehicle, and a rear axle assembly designed to carry the weight of a tiny home. The trailer bed portion of the trailer system is the tiny house foundation adapted to connect with the front hitch and rear axle assemblies in a lowboy configuration. Each of the front hitch and rear axle assemblies have pegs that can be secured into channels formed into the end walls (e.g. slots/cavities) or alongside walls (e.g. grooves) of the foundation. Once inserted into the channels, the pegs can be secured to the foundation using a securing means (e.g. locking pins). After transport of the tiny home, the front hitch and rear axle assemblies can be connected to each for transport to another location.