Constructive arrangement applied to a support for reinforcement of furniture legs
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Solution Overview
Problem
Furniture legs can become unstable and wobble or collapse due to weight and usage, posing safety risks and reducing the useful life of the furniture.
Innovation Solution
A U-shaped reinforcement support is fitted to the furniture legs, providing stability by inserting or fastening the legs into fitting sleeves, optionally reinforced with welding, glue, or screws, allowing easy replacement and stacking.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If reinforcement supports are added to furniture legs, then stability and strength are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The reinforcement support is divided into multiple independent components: U-shaped supports for individual legs, fitting sleeves for insertion, and optional fastening elements. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently and simplifies installation by allowing incremental assembly rather than requiring complete disassembly and reassembly of leg structures.
Solution Approach 2:
The fitting sleeves are inserted within the U-shaped support structure, creating a nested configuration where the sleeves fit inside the U-shaped arms. This nesting approach consolidates multiple reinforcement functions into a compact integrated unit that attaches to the furniture leg as a single assembly, reducing overall structural complexity while maintaining reinforcement effectiveness.
2Reliability
If multiple fastening methods are used to secure the support, then reliability is improved, but ease of manufacture deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The fastening system is designed to be adaptive rather than fixed, offering multiple fastening methods (welding, screw fastening, adhesive bonding) that can be selected based on the specific furniture leg material and application requirements. This dynamic approach allows manufacturers to choose the most appropriate method for each case, optimizing both reliability and ease of manufacture without being constrained to a single complex assembly process.
Solution Approach 2:
The fitting sleeves serve as intermediary elements between the U-shaped support and the furniture leg. These sleeves provide a standardized interface that simplifies the attachment process, allowing the same U-shaped support design to be used with different fastening methods by simply changing the fastening approach rather than redesigning the entire support structure.
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AI summary
A reinforcement support for the legs of furniture pieces such as chairs, beds, tables, cabinets, shelves, among others, to provide greater strength to the legs of the piece of furniture, resulting in a longer useful life of the piece and in the reduction of much of the instability, providing greater safety for the user. The constructive arrangement of the present model comprises a support preferably with a U-shaped structure, which is fitted to the legs of the furniture in order to provide reinforcement to the legs and ensure that the same do not wobble when weight is applied to the furniture. The support is fitted to the legs of the piece of furniture preferably by using fastening applied to the fitting sleeves located at the vertices of the structure of the support, which guarantees the stability of the piece of furniture.