Booth Floor Structure with Removable Panel for Fastener Access

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing floor structures for booths that house desks and chairs lack accessibility for fasteners from within the booth, making it difficult to adjust the installation height and secure the floor surface effectively.

Innovation Solution

A floor structure with a removable portion outside the chair's range of motion, allowing the fasteners to be accessed from inside the booth by dividing the floor surface into smaller and larger boards, enabling adjustment and secure fixation without removing the desk and chair.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Strength

If the floor surface is made as a single solid structure, then the structural strength and stability are improved, but the accessibility of fasteners from inside the booth deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestructural strengthVSAvoidfastener accessibility

Core Design Contradiction:

StrengthVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The floor surface is divided into multiple sections: a removable first floor board portion and a fixed second floor board portion. This segmentation allows the first portion to be removed for fastener access while the second portion remains to maintain structural integrity and support the desk and chair.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Ease of operation

If the fastener is made accessible from inside the booth, then the ease of operation is improved, but the structural stability deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvefastener accessibilityVSAvoidstructural stability

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The floor surface is segmented into a removable first floor board portion for access and a fixed second floor board portion for stability. The fixed portion maintains structural support while the removable portion enables fastener accessibility from inside the booth.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Different portions of the floor surface have different properties: the first floor board portion is designed to be removable for access, while the second floor board portion is fixed to provide structural stability. Each portion serves its specific function locally.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

3Ease of operation

If the removable portion is placed within the chair's range of motion, then the fastener accessibility is improved, but the usability deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvefastener accessibilityVSAvoidusability

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The removable first floor board portion is positioned in a specific location outside the chair's range of motion, while the fixed second floor board portion is positioned where the desk and chair are placed. This local differentiation enables fastener access without interfering with usability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS11274463B2Floor structure

Publication Date: 2022.03.15 FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP

AI summary

There is provided a floor structure for a booth that is installed on an installation surface and that includes a side wall and a door through which a user enters and exits the booth. The floor structure includes a floor surface of a space that is enclosed by the side wall and in which a desk and a chair are placed on the floor surface and a fastener that fastens the floor surface to the installation surface and that is provided so as to be accessible. The floor surface is divided, outside a range of motion of the chair, into portions including a removable portion.