Adjustable Folding Table Structure for Ergonomic Vehicle Workspaces
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional seating groups in vehicles, such as those found in motor homes or camping vehicles, lack ergonomic adjustability, making them unsuitable for use as a workplace.
Innovation Solution
A folding table with a pivotable table top and a support element that allows height adjustment, featuring a locking mechanism for securing the table in desired positions, and can be part of a modular system for vehicles.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional fixed tables are used in vehicles, then structural simplicity is maintained, but ergonomic adjustability is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The table unit is designed with dynamic characteristics, allowing it to be adjusted between different height positions and folded/unfolded states. The support element can move linearly along the holding element and be locked at various positions, enabling ergonomic adaptation while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure when folded.
Solution Approach 2:
The table is divided into separable components: a table top, a support element, and a holding element. This segmentation allows the support element to be independently adjusted along the holding element, providing height adaptability while keeping each individual component structurally simple.
2Area of moving object
If the table top is made larger to provide more work surface, then workspace area is improved, but space utilization when folded is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The table top is designed to be pivotable between a folded state (parallel to the support element) and an unfolded state (orthogonal to the support element). This dynamic configuration allows the table top to provide a large work surface area when needed while minimizing the space it occupies when folded or stored.
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AI summary
A folding table, in particular for arrangement in a vehicle, comprising a table unit, wherein the table unit comprises a table top which is pivotable about a pivot axis (S′) so that the table top can be transferred from a folded state to an unfolded state and is connected to a support element, and a holding element on which the support element is arranged to be movable in a linear direction (L′), wherein the support element comprises at least one locking element which is designed to fix the table unit in the linear direction (L′) on the holding element.