Although time consuming making the full scale model proved very interesting and helpful, I can now see exactly where in my design the aesthetics are lacking. Straight away I can see the cogs are too big and also how they clearly extend further out than the seat, looking back at all the traps I researched they all have one thing in common - they keep the mechanism of the trap hidden and as discrete as possible as to not deter the victim, here is a sketch of an improved design -
As you can see from my annotations, I first halved the width of the central column because it doesn't need to be that big and also reduce weight. I also decreased the size of the cogs so that they 'look' right and so they don't extend outside the width of the seat (staying at 400mm by 400mm) as this is the standard dimensions for a seat
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