Convertible Floor Panel Assembly for Theater Stages
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing floor solutions fail to provide a convertible and sound-permeable structure that can efficiently support increased load capacity while maintaining acoustic integrity, especially in applications like theater stages where flexibility and safety are crucial.
Innovation Solution
A convertible floor panel assembly comprising a metal wire mesh subfloor and a polymer deck with alignment heads and panel retainers, allowing the structure to switch between an open-surface and solid-surface configuration, enhancing load capacity and acoustic properties.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If a solid floor structure is used to increase load capacity, then floor load capacity is improved, but sound permeability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The floor structure is segmented into discrete panels with open frameworks rather than a continuous solid surface. Each panel consists of a deck supported by legs and crossmembers, creating gaps that allow sound transmission while maintaining structural load capacity through the distributed framework design.
2Object-generated harmful factors
If an open-surface floor structure is used to maintain sound permeability, then sound permeability is improved, but floor load capacity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The floor panel combines a deck material (such as plywood or composite decking) with a structural framework of legs and crossmembers. This composite construction allows the deck to provide surface continuity for load distribution while the open framework beneath maintains sound permeability, achieving both strength and acoustic transparency.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a convertible floor structure is implemented to switch between open and solid configurations, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The floor panel incorporates movable or removable components such as adjustable legs, detachable crossmembers, or reconfigurable deck sections. These dynamic elements allow the structure to transition between open and solid configurations through mechanical adjustment or assembly/disassembly, providing adaptability without requiring complex automated systems.
Data Source
AI summary
A convertible floor panel assembly incorporates a metal wire mesh subfloor and a polymer deck overlying the wire mesh subfloor. A plurality of alignment heads project from an underside of the polymer deck, and are designed to extend through respective mesh openings defined by the wire mesh subfloor. A plurality of panel retainers engage respective alignment heads, and are adapted for removably attaching the wire mesh subfloor and the polymer deck together. The floor panel assembly is thereby convertible between a substantially open-surface sound permeable safety structure and a continuous solid-surface structure for increased floor load capacity.