Adjustable Bedside Book Support Frame for Comfortable Reading
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Solution Overview
Problem
Portable tables designed to hold books or viewable materials face challenges in providing sufficient adjustability to accommodate varying user positions and preferences over time.
Innovation Solution
A portable table assembly with a base, legs, and a frame that includes adjustable mechanisms such as pivotal connections, swivel connections, and horizontally arcing extension arms to position a book at a comfortable reading height and orientation, allowing for spatial and angular adjustments to support reading in different positions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If portable tables include adjustable surfaces to accommodate varying user positions, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic adjustability through a telescoping leg mechanism that allows the table height to be continuously adjusted by extending or retracting the legs. This dynamic structure enables the table to adapt to different user positions and preferences without requiring a complex multi-component adjustment system, thereby achieving adaptability while controlling complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If portable tables are designed with multiple adjustment mechanisms, then adaptability is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustment mechanism is segmented into simple, independent components: a telescoping leg structure with separate extension segments that can be independently adjusted. This segmentation allows each part to perform a specific adjustment function (height, angle) simply, making the overall operation easier despite providing multiple adjustment capabilities for adaptability.
Data Source
AI summary
A portable table for supporting a book above a user lying in a bed includes a base that may be positioned on a support surface. The base is positioned proximate the bed. A pair of legs is coupled to and extends upwardly from the base. A frame is coupled to the legs. The frame may be positioned above the user lying in the bed. A plurality of rods is movably coupled to the frame. The rods are positionable in a selected configuration so the rods may support the book. The user may read the book.