Disassemblable Table

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing tables with welded table legs incur high transportation costs due to their large size and lack of disassembly capability, compromising structural stability.

Innovation Solution

A disassemblable table design featuring a ringlike connecting frame and U-shaped connecting clips that allow table legs and a fixing frame to be separated for compact storage, with fasteners ensuring structural integrity during assembly.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Stability of the object's composition

If table legs are welded to the table board to ensure structural stability, then the structural stability is improved, but the transportation cost increases due to larger space occupation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestructural stabilityVSAvoidspace occupied
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSVolume of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The table is divided into separable components: table legs with connecting frames and a table board with a fixing frame. The connecting frames on the table legs can be clamped together and bolted to form a stable support structure, while the table board is separately fixed to this structure. This segmentation allows the table to be disassembled for compact transportation and reassembled for stable use, resolving the contradiction between structural stability and transportation space occupation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Stability of the object's composition

If table legs are welded to the table board, then the structural stability is improved, but the transportation cost increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestructural stabilityVSAvoidtransportation cost
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The table structure is segmented into detachable parts (table legs with connecting frames and table board with fixing frame) that can be separated for transportation and reassembled for use. This eliminates the need for welded connections during transportation, reducing the space occupied and thereby lowering transportation costs while maintaining structural stability when assembled.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The table design transitions from a static welded structure to a dynamic assembly-disassembly system. The connecting frames with clamps and bolts allow the table to be dynamically configured: assembled into a stable structure for use, and disassembled into compact components for transportation, optimizing both structural stability and transportation efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Stability of the object's composition

If the table board directly connects to table legs, then the connecting stability is achieved, but the table board structure may be destroyed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconnecting stabilityVSAvoidtable board structure strength
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSStrength

Solution Approach 1:

A fixing frame is introduced as an intermediary component between the table board and the table legs. The fixing frame is attached to the bottom face of the table board and connects to the connecting frames of the table legs. This intermediary structure distributes the connection forces and protects the table board from direct stress that could cause damage, while still achieving stable connection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS20250228356A1Disassemblable Table
Publication Date: 2025.07.17 LI LE
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AI summary

A disassemblable table is provided, which belongs to the technical field of furniture. The problem of reducing the transportation cost of the table while ensuring the structural stability of the table is solved. The disassemblable table includes a table board and a plurality of table legs, where the disassemblable table further includes a ringlike connecting frame, the connecting frame is located below the table board and disposed among the plurality of table legs, a side wall of each of the table legs is provided with a U-shaped connecting clip, the connecting clips are clamped with an outer side wall of the connecting frame and bolted and locked through fasteners, a bottom face of the table board is provided with a ringlike fixing frame, and an upper end of each of the table legs is joined with an outer wall of the fixing frame and bolted and locked through the fasteners.