X-Shaped Light Cover for Photography with Elastic Rods
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional light covers for photography are cumbersome to assemble and disassemble, often unstable, and require complex installation processes, making them inconvenient for use and storage.
Innovation Solution
A light cover with an X-shaped structure featuring two elastic supporting rods that cross at the center, allowing for easy folding into a flattened form and quick reconfiguration into a tent-like shape, reducing assembly time and enhancing mobility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If conventional light covers use fasteners, latches, or jointing structures for assembly, then structural stability is improved, but assembly time and complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The light cover is divided into a base, a cover body, and four independent support rods. Each support rod can be independently inserted into corresponding holes on the base, allowing for modular assembly without complex fasteners or latches. This segmentation enables quick assembly while maintaining structural stability through the distributed support structure.
2Ease of operation
If light covers use folding structures with supporting rods engaged in grooves, then ease of disassembly is improved, but assembly complexity and time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The support rods are designed as separate, extractable components that can be independently removed from the base. Each rod has a simple insertion/extraction mechanism without complex engagement features. This extraction design allows for easy disassembly by simply removing rods one by one, while assembly remains straightforward by inserting rods into predetermined holes.
3Productivity
If light covers are directly placed over light holders without support structures, then assembly speed is improved, but structural stability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The four support rods are positioned asymmetrically at the corners of the rectangular base, providing distributed structural support. This asymmetric corner placement creates a stable rectangular framework that prevents collapse while allowing quick assembly. The asymmetric positioning of supports optimizes structural integrity without requiring symmetric complex jointing mechanisms.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The X-shaped light cover simplifies assembly and disassembly, provides stability, and facilitates easy storage and transportation, offering improved convenience and applicability compared to conventional designs.
Implementation Method 1
two elastic supporting rods which intersect with each at the center thereof. The light cover of the present invention can be folded from a tent-like form into an easy-to-carry flattened form
Data Source
AI summary
A lighting assembly used in photographing or video recording has a light cover with X-shaped structure, which includes a main body and two elastic supporting rods. The main body has a light holder fitting opening at a center thereof. The two elastic supporting rods are fixed along four edges of the main body in such a way that they cross each other at the center thereof at the light holder fitting opening. The light cover can be folded from a tent-like form to an easy-to-carry flattened form.