Toileting device for children
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing toileting devices for children are bulky, inconvenient to store and carry, and have single functions, often causing discomfort and safety issues due to size mismatch and lack of versatility.
Innovation Solution
A modular toileting device comprising a base with a detachable potty, toilet rim, and a cover plate that converts into a stool, allowing for multiple functions and compact storage by integrating the toilet rim and stools into the base when not in use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the toileting device is made large to accommodate children's body conditions, then children's comfort is improved, but the device becomes bulky and takes up a lot of space
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements nesting by placing the potty inside the base's first receiving cavity, and storing the toilet rim and stools within the base structure. This allows the device components to be nested within each other, reducing the overall volume during storage while maintaining adequate size for children's comfort during use.
Solution Approach 2:
The device is divided into detachable segments including the potty, toilet rim, and stools that can be separately stored in the base. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized for its function while enabling compact storage by disassembling and nesting the segments within the base structure.
2Device complexity
If the toileting device is designed with single function, then the structure is simple, but it is not versatile and cannot adapt to different uses
Solution Approach 1:
The base structure serves multiple functions: it acts as the main support structure, provides a receiving cavity for the potty, functions as a storage container for the toilet rim and stools, and forms a stool assembly when the cover plate is installed. This multi-functionality allows a single device to adapt to different uses including toileting and seating, while maintaining relatively simple overall structure.
3Ease of operation
If the device components are made detachable for compact storage, then storage convenience is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the storage function with the base structure by incorporating a receiving cavity within the base. This allows the potty, toilet rim, and stools to be stored within the base itself, combining the support structure and storage container into a single integrated component, thereby reducing overall device complexity while improving storage convenience.
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AI summary
A retractable toileting device for children includes a base, a second stool, a toilet rim, a potty and a cover plate which are detachably provided on the base, the base is provided with a first receiving cavity with a first opening at the bottom. The toilet rim is detachably provided on the base, when in using state, the toilet rim is assembled to the base to form a toliting device with the base. The cover plate is assembled to the top of the base and forms a first stool with the base, when a second stool in the using state, which is placed above the first stool and forms a step with the first stool, to allow the product to be used as a toilet, stool and step for multi-functionality.