Adjustable Armrest Mouse Pad with Segmented Platform Design
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing armrest mouse pads lack adjustability and durability, often requiring a unitary structure that does not accommodate varying user arm lengths and can be prone to breakage due to rigid plastic materials.
Innovation Solution
An adjustable armrest mouse pad design featuring a separate mouse pad platform, an armrest platform, and an adjustment plate with strap mounts, allowing for customizable spacing and improved attachment strength using wood products for increased rigidity and comfort.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If a unitary structure is used for armrest mouse pad, then manufacturing is simpler, but adaptability to different user arm lengths is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The armrest mouse pad is divided into separate components: an armrest portion, a mouse pad portion, and an adjustment plate. These segments can be independently manufactured and then assembled together, allowing for both manufacturing efficiency and adaptability through selective positioning of the adjustment plate.
2Strength
If rigid plastic materials are used, then structural strength is improved, but durability against breakage is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The invention utilizes composite construction by combining rigid plastic components (armrest and mouse pad portions) with flexible elements (adjustment plate and attachment mechanisms). This composite approach maintains structural strength where needed while introducing flexibility to prevent catastrophic failure and improve overall durability.
3Ease of operation
If adjustable spacing is implemented, then ergonomics is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustment plate is designed to be selectively positionable along the armrest portion, enabling dynamic adjustment of spacing between the armrest and mouse pad. This dynamic positioning capability allows users to customize the configuration for their specific ergonomic needs without requiring complex mechanical systems.
Data Source
AI summary
An assembly includes a mouse pad platform forming an upper mouse pad platform surface suitable for operating a computer mouse, an armrest platform forming an upper armrest platform surface suitable for supporting a forearm of a user while operating the computer mouse, an adjustment plate fixedly coupled to an underside of the mouse pad platform and an underside of the armrest platform, thereby connecting the mouse pad platform and the armrest platform, and strap mounts on at least two of the mouse pad platform, the armrest platform, and the adjustment plate, the strap mounts being suitable to couple straps to the at least two of the mouse pad platform, the armrest platform, and the adjustment plate. The adjustment plate is selectively positionable along the underside of the mouse pad platform and selectively positionable along the underside of the armrest platform allowing adjustable spacing between the mouse pad platform and the armrest platform.