The document outlines design ideas for several products, including furniture for rural Indian schools, bedside storage for hospitals, aids for spastic children, and a mini refrigerator. It also proposes an aid to assist elderly patients with defecation using an inflatable pneumatic principle. The furniture for schools is intended to provide support for study materials while being light and compact for carrying. The bedside storage is meant to allow for free movement, easy access, and stacking. The aid for spastic children involves customized rubberwood furniture. The mini refrigerator features a revolving bottle storage and folding trays.

1. Design Ideas_Mayank_M.tech IIT Roorkee(Communication Systems), 9410321979
Topic1- Furniture for school (for primary school kids in rural India)
1. The product should provide adequate support to the study materials at the time
of use and carrying The product should be light and compact enough to carry.
2. To aid easy getting up and getting down while using as worktable. The bag rolls
on the supports to settle in a different orientation.
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3. At the time of carrying the support folds to hold the writing pad tight.
Internal Structure:
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Topic2- Bedside Storage (For Hospitals)
Free movement & orientation, Closed space, Easy to open & close Easy accessibility.
Sufficient visibility,Top surface, Easy to clean & less maintenance, Safety.
Transportation,Easy to manufacture , Stackable , Easy to assemble.
Change in material & design detailing.
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Topic3- Aid for Spastic Children
Indigenously designed furniture for spastics, does not exist in the Indian market. The aim
was to design a system to take care of manufacture as well as issues of customization.
The final product is made up of finger-jointed rubberwood that can be adapted in the
existing manufacturing system of a furniture firm.
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Topic4- Mini refrigerator
The minirefrigerator is designed to serve as a secondary refrigeretor for domestic use.
The basic idea is to use it as a mobile mini bar which can be dragged to various locations
to serve the drinks. A revolving disk storage system for bottles is also designed to ensure
easy access to any desired bottle. The design sports a fresh and unconventional new look.
The design integrates two folding trays to increase the usable surface area on the top.An
attempt has been made to Indianise international trends to suit the preferences of Indian
consumer.
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Now time for Mechanical concept
1. Aid for Elderly:
The project aims at designing an aid to assist an elderly bedridden patient for defecation
process on the bed. The Present metal or plastic bedpans have uncomfortable postures
leading to back pain.
The product designed caters to the present problem in a unique way using inflatable
pneumatic principle that proved the most convenient alternative to existing product.
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