Workbench with collapsible pegboard
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional workbenches with additional features require significant assembly steps and large packaging volumes due to separate components, increasing shipping costs and user assembly time.
Innovation Solution
A pivotable and collapsible pegboard panel attached to the workbench frame, which can be easily assembled and disassembled using a single bolt, allowing the workbench to be shipped in a compact stowed configuration and expanded as needed, with removable wheels and handles for enhanced mobility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If additional features (pegboard, drawers, wheels, handles) are added to the workbench, then functionality and versatility are improved, but packaging volume and assembly complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The pegboard is nested within the workbench frame structure, fitting into the same spatial envelope as the frame itself. When collapsed, the pegboard occupies minimal additional volume adjacent to the back side of the frame, allowing the entire assembly to be packaged in a compact configuration without requiring separate storage space for the pegboard.
Solution Approach 2:
The pegboard is designed with pivotable brackets that allow it to transition between a collapsed position (adjacent to the back side of the frame) and an extended position (above the work surface). This dynamic configuration enables the pegboard to provide additional functionality when needed while maintaining a compact form for packaging and shipping.
2Adaptability or versatility
If additional features (pegboard, drawers, wheels, handles) are added to the workbench, then functionality and versatility are improved, but assembly complexity and user effort increase
Solution Approach 1:
The pegboard brackets are merged with the workbench frame structure, eliminating the need for separate mounting hardware or complex assembly steps. The pivotable brackets are integrated into the frame design, and the pegboard attaches directly to these brackets using simple fasteners, reducing assembly complexity while maintaining functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The pegboard assembly is segmented into modular components (pegboard panel, pivotable brackets, fasteners) that can be easily assembled and disassembled. The pivotable brackets are designed as separate elements that attach to the frame and pegboard, allowing for simple assembly without requiring complex joining operations.
3Ease of operation
If the pegboard is made fixed and extended, then storage accessibility is improved, but packaging volume and shipping costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The pegboard is designed with pivotable brackets that allow it to transition between a collapsed position (adjacent to the back side of the frame) and an extended position (above the work surface). This dynamic configuration enables the pegboard to provide additional functionality when needed while maintaining a compact form for packaging and shipping.
Data Source
AI summary
A workbench has a frame disposed on a set of wheels with a plurality of storage solutions, such as drawers, disposed within the frame. The workbench can include a work surface on a top surface of the frame and one or more handles permitting movement of the workbench as desired. The workbench can include a pegboard surface that is pivotable between a deployed configuration, where the pegboard extends upward from a back surface of the workbench, and a stowed configuration, where the pegboard is stored adjacent the back surface of the workbench. Typically, in the stowed configuration, the pegboard surface does not extend beyond either a plane defined by the work surface or a plane defined by a bottom surface, opposite the work surface, of the workbench frame. The workbench may be packaged and shipped in the stowed configuration, allowing the user to easily fully assembly the workbench assembly.