Design of a soothing device for babies

Design of a soothing device for babies

Lamers, K.

Kuipers, H. (mentor)
Ruiter, I.A. (mentor)

Industrial Design Engineering

Industrial Design

2010-08-19

The initial assignment, as formulated by Corners and Curves for this graduation project was to improve the rocking add-on for a baby’s stroller, focusing on the clamping mechanism. During the first phase became clear that also the movement could use improvement, and so an exploration started from off the beginning of the soothing methods and motion in particular. The existing rocking stroller add-ons are all big and supposed to put under the entire stroller. Since half a year one more modest stroller rocker is on the market, so a market potential is present. The clamping was a problem because of the variety of strollers it has to fit on. The new design eliminated this problem by a mechanism that does not need clamping, but mountening/tightening instead. By means of a webbing, it fits on the five types of most sold big-framed strollers, and probably on more. The current market for baby products is overwhelmed by large colourful and shiny plastic products, where as the parents lifestyle gets more sober and natural. The style of this product is a mix of designer toy and natural materials, combined with the safety needed for babies. It works by a crankshaft variation called scotch yoke: instead of an attached connecting rod to the turning crank, the crank-end is guided in a horizontal slot, causing an up and down motion with no risk of getting stuck in its top and bottom dead centers.

baby
rocking
soothing
hand-held
stroller

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Campus only

Student theses

master thesis

(c) 2010 Lamers, K.