Collapsible standing desk

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Solution Overview

Problem

There is a need for a portable and easily storable standing desk that can be used as an alternative to sitting desks, which are often not available in travel settings and take up more space, making them difficult to store permanently.

Innovation Solution

A collapsible standing desk design featuring a top and bottom platform with movable sections, a base with telescopic legs, and a center pole that can be adjusted and disassembled for compact storage, allowing for easy transportation and setup.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Volume of moving object

If a standing desk is designed to be portable and collapsible, then ease of storage and transportation is improved, but structural stability and load-bearing capacity may deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestorage volumeVSAvoidstructural stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Volume of moving objectVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The standing desk is divided into multiple detachable components including telescopic legs, a center pole, top platform, bottom platform, and base. Each component can be independently collapsed or detached, allowing the overall structure to be disassembled into compact segments for storage while maintaining structural integrity during use. The telescopic legs can be extended to provide stability during use and retracted for compact storage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The telescopic legs are designed with nested sections that can slide into each other, allowing the legs to be extended to full length for stable desk operation and collapsed to minimal length for storage. The center pole also features telescopic capability with nested sections that can be extended or retracted. This nesting mechanism enables the desk to transition between a stable expanded state and a compact collapsed state.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

2Adaptability or versatility

If the standing desk includes adjustable and removable components, then adaptability and ease of assembly are improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveadjustabilityVSAvoidassembly complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The standing desk incorporates dynamic components including telescopic legs with adjustable lengths, a center pole that can be extended or retracted, and platforms that can be positioned at different heights. These dynamic features allow the desk to adapt to different user needs and space requirements. The components are designed with simple connection mechanisms that enable easy assembly and disassembly despite the adjustability features.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The desk is segmented into modular components (base, telescopic legs, center pole, platforms, connectors) that can be independently assembled and configured. Each segment has standardized connection points and simple fastening mechanisms, reducing the overall assembly complexity despite the presence of multiple adjustable features. The modular design allows users to assemble only the components needed for their specific situation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS11950690B2Collapsible standing desk
Publication Date: 2024.04.09 WIEDEMAN DERREK
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AI summary

A collapsible standing desk, including a top platform to receive at least one first item thereon, a bottom platform connected to the top platform to receive at least one second item and at least one third item thereon, a base removably connected to the top platform and the bottom platform to support the top platform and the bottom platform thereon while disposed on an external surface, and a center pole removably connected to the base to connect the top platform and the bottom platform to the base.