Vertically Adjustable Desk Benching System Using Bracket Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Vertically adjustable desks are challenging to join due to their adjustable support surfaces and legs, making it difficult to combine multiple units without modifying existing hardware.
Innovation Solution
A benching system that includes a main bracket and end brackets to connect multiple vertically adjustable desks, allowing for various configurations such as side-to-side and front-to-front arrangements, without requiring changes to the existing desk hardware, using telescoping legs and optional electric motors for height adjustment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If vertically adjustable desks are joined using traditional benching methods, then the desks can be connected into fixed configurations, but the adjustability and flexibility of individual desks are lost
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket system is divided into multiple independent attachment points distributed across the desk legs, allowing each point to function independently while contributing to overall structural stability. This segmentation enables the joining system to accommodate vertical adjustments at each attachment point without compromising the integrity of the entire bench configuration.
Solution Approach 2:
The bracket system is designed to be dynamically adaptable to the vertical positions of adjustable desk legs. The brackets can be positioned and secured at various heights along the legs, allowing the system to maintain structural stability while accommodating the dynamic vertical adjustments that define vertically adjustable desks.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple vertically adjustable desks are joined together, then workspace flexibility increases, but the complexity of the joining system increases
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket system is designed as a universal joining mechanism that can accommodate multiple desk configurations (side-by-side, end-to-end, L-shapes, quadrants) using the same basic bracket components. This multi-functionality reduces joining system complexity by eliminating the need for different specialized connectors for each configuration type.
Solution Approach 2:
The brackets serve as intermediary elements that simplify the joining process between vertically adjustable desks. Rather than directly connecting desk legs or frames, the brackets act as mediating components that attach to standardized locations on each desk, providing a simple and consistent interface for various joining configurations.
3Strength
If existing desk hardware is modified to enable joining, then connection stability improves, but the ease of installation and reconfiguration decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket system is pre-designed and pre-configured with attachment mechanisms that interface with standardized locations on vertically adjustable desks. This preliminary preparation of the joining system eliminates the need for modifications to existing desk hardware during installation, maintaining both connection strength and installation ease.
Solution Approach 2:
The bracket system is designed to self-adjust and self-secure to the vertically adjustable desk legs without requiring modifications to the desks themselves. The brackets incorporate attachment features that automatically engage with standardized locations on the desk legs, providing strong connections while simplifying the installation process.
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AI summary
A vertically adjustable desk benching system wherein a plurality of desks may be joined together. The vertically adjustable desks may each have a planar work surface and telescoping support legs which are operable to raise and lower the work surface. The vertically adjustable support legs may be telescoping legs. The benching system may include a main bracket which attaches to a plurality of adjoining vertically adjustable desks while a first and a second end bracket may attached front facing desks on either side of the centrally adjoining main bracket.