Assembly Table with Nested Leg Fasteners to Reduce Scratching Risk
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional assembly tables have a complex assembly and disassembly process due to numerous components, and the protruding screws compromise aesthetics and increase the risk of scratching.
Innovation Solution
The assembly table design features a table plate with inclined legs that intersect and are detachably connected via a first connecting unit, a mounting unit, and a fastening unit, using penetrating fasteners to stabilize the legs without exposing additional components, thereby simplifying assembly and reducing the risk of scratching.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional screws are used to secure table legs, then the table legs are firmly fixed, but the screws protrude out which diminishes aesthetics and increases the risk of scratching
Solution Approach 1:
The connecting components are nested within the table legs themselves. The first connecting component is embedded in the first table leg, while the second connecting component is embedded in the second table leg, with the protruding portion of the second component fitting into the first component. This nesting arrangement secures the table legs firmly while keeping all connecting elements hidden inside the legs, eliminating protruding screws and improving both aesthetics and safety.
2Stability of the object's composition
If multiple connecting components are used to secure table legs, then the table structure is stable, but the number of components increases making assembly and disassembly complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple connecting functions into just two main connecting components. The first connecting component serves both as a structural element in the first table leg and as a receiving feature for the second connecting component. The second connecting component simultaneously provides structural support in the second table leg and acts as the fastening element that engages with the first component. This merging reduces the total number of components needed while maintaining stable table leg connections.
Data Source
AI summary
An assembly table includes a table plate, a table leg unit, a first connecting unit, a first mounting unit and a fastening unit. The table leg unit includes a first leg, a second leg and a third leg that are inclined with respect to the table plate, that intersect one another, and that are detachably mounted to a bottom surface of the table plate. The first connecting unit is detachably connected between the first leg and the second leg. The first mounting unit is detachably connected between the first leg and the third leg. The fastening unit includes a through hole formed through the third leg, and a penetrating fastener removably inserted through the through hole to fix the third leg to the second leg.