Floorboard with Separable Edge Strips for Custom Sizing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional floor panels with standard dimensions lack flexibility during installation, making it complex and expensive to use non-standard sized panels, particularly at the edges of installation areas.
Innovation Solution
A floor panel design with a rectangular or square main body featuring anchors bent towards the underside and edge strips that are separated from the main body, allowing for edge-ledge-free sections that enable easy separation along designated areas, enabling flexible installation without the need for precise alignment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If standardized identical size floor panels are used, then manufacturing is simplified and cost is reduced, but installation flexibility is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The floor panel is segmented into a main body and separable edge strips. The edge strips can be removed at installation locations requiring non-standard dimensions, allowing standardized panels to be adapted to custom sizes without increasing manufacturing complexity. The segmentation enables the same standardized panel design to serve multiple installation scenarios.
2Adaptability or versatility
If custom-sized floor panels are manufactured to achieve installation flexibility, then adaptability is improved, but manufacturing complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of manufacturing custom-sized panels, the invention segments the panel into a main body and edge strips. This allows a single standardized panel design to be used for all installations, with edge strips removed as needed. The manufacturing process remains standardized and simple, while installation flexibility is achieved through the separable design.
Solution Approach 2:
The edge strips are designed to be extractable from the main body at installation time. This extraction capability allows the panel to be adapted to non-standard dimensions without requiring custom manufacturing. The same standardized panel can serve multiple size requirements by selectively removing edge strips.
3Stability of the object's composition
If edge strips are integrated throughout the entire perimeter, then structural stability is improved, but ease of separation for customization is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The connection between edge strips and main body is segmented into discrete connection points rather than continuous integration. This allows edge strips to be easily separated at desired locations while maintaining structural stability during normal use. The segmented connection enables selective removal without compromising the overall panel integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection between edge strips and main body has different properties at different locations: strong connection at attachment points for stability, and easily separable connections at separation lines for customization. This local differentiation of connection quality allows simultaneous achievement of structural stability and ease of separation.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a base plate comprising a main plate body and anchors cut out from the main plate body, which are bent towards the underside of the main plate body so that they project from the underside. Edge strips are arranged on the circumferential sides of the main plate body, which are connected to the main plate body and extend transversely to the planar extent of the main plate body towards the underside of the main plate body. The main plate body has at least one edge-strip-free section on at least two opposite circumferential sides, so that at least one plate separation area is formed between the edge-strip-free sections of the opposite circumferential sides.