Chair Guide with Multi-Path Switch for Versatile Positioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing chair guides lack flexibility to accommodate varied chair positions and space utilization in different environments, such as boardrooms, motorhomes, and boats, as they typically have only one guide link that can move towards or away from a table, limiting their adaptability.
Innovation Solution
The device features at least two guide link paths with an adjustable switch to transition between them, allowing the chair to be moved in different directions and aligned at angles for versatile positioning, enabling multiple configurations such as side-by-side or angled arrangements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a single guide link path is used, then the device structure is simple, but the adaptability and versatility of chair positioning is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The guide link is divided into multiple independent guide link paths (first guide link path and second guide link path), each capable of providing different movement trajectories. This segmentation allows the chair to access multiple positioning configurations while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure, as each path can be independently designed and implemented.
Solution Approach 2:
The guide link structure is designed to provide multiple functions through its multiple paths: it can guide the chair along a first path for standard positioning, along a second path for alternative positioning, and includes a switch mechanism for transitioning between paths. This multi-functionality increases adaptability without proportionally increasing complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If only one guide link path is provided, then the device is easy to operate, but the chair cannot be moved in different directions or locked in multiple positions
Solution Approach 1:
The guide link structure incorporates a dynamic switch mechanism that can change the active guide link path based on operational needs. This dynamic capability allows the chair to be moved along different paths and locked in multiple positions, enhancing position variety while maintaining ease of operation through a unified control interface for path selection.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple guide link paths are added, then the chair can be positioned in more configurations, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple guide link paths are merged into a single integrated guide link structure that shares common components such as the switch mechanism and mounting arrangements. This merging approach allows the chair to access multiple configurations through different paths while avoiding the complexity of completely separate positioning systems, as the paths are coordinated through a unified control mechanism.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a device (5) for supporting and for movably guiding a chair (6) in a slotted guide (8, 8.1, 8.2), which is provided in a housing (7) and is designed as an elongated hole guide, having a carriage (10) that can be moved in the slotted guide (8, 8.1, 8.2) and supports a chair receptacle (9) of the chair (6). In order to be able to use this device in a more varied manner, according to the invention, the slotted guide (8, 8.1, 8.2) has at least two slotted guide tracks (13, 14), between which an adjustable track switch (12) is provided in order to transfer the chair (6) out of the one slotted guide track (13) into the other slotted guide track (14), and vice versa.