Folding Board Game Table with Gas-Spring Support for Compact Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Chess and card tables occupy significant indoor space when not in use and are cumbersome to move.
Innovation Solution
A folding board game table with a compact structure, featuring two hinged board bodies, support legs with gas springs, and a hinge seat assembly that allows for easy folding and unfolding, reducing space occupation and facilitating transportation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the table uses a fixed solid structure, then it provides stability and durability, but it occupies significant indoor space and is cumbersome to move
Solution Approach 1:
The table is divided into multiple independent components: the table top can be folded into two halves, and the support legs can be folded against the table top. This segmentation allows the table to reduce its footprint when not in use while maintaining structural integrity during gameplay.
Solution Approach 2:
The table incorporates dynamic elements including hinges for folding the table top, gas springs for automatic leg deployment, and foldable support legs. These dynamic mechanisms enable the table to transition between expanded (stable) and collapsed (compact) states, resolving the contradiction between stability and space occupation.
2Reliability
If the table uses heavy materials for stability, then it provides durability, but it becomes difficult to move and carry
Solution Approach 1:
The support legs are designed to fold against the table top and are equipped with gas springs for automatic deployment. This dynamic design eliminates the need for heavy fixed legs, making the table lightweight yet stable when assembled, thus improving ease of movement while maintaining durability.
3Area of stationary object
If the table uses a compact folding structure, then it reduces space occupation, but it may compromise structural stability
Solution Approach 1:
Gas springs are pre-installed on the support legs to automatically deploy them when the table is unfolded. This preliminary action ensures that the legs are quickly and reliably positioned to provide structural stability, eliminating the compromise between compactness and stability.
Solution Approach 2:
Gas springs use pneumatic pressure to automatically extend the support legs when the table is unfolded, providing rapid and reliable structural stability. This pneumatic mechanism ensures that the compact folding structure does not compromise the table's stability during use.
4Reliability
If the table uses traditional fixed legs, then it provides placement stability, but it is inconvenient to store and transport
Solution Approach 1:
The support legs are segmented to fold against the table top, and the table top itself is divided into two foldable halves. This segmentation allows the table to be collapsed into a compact form for easy storage and transport while maintaining placement stability when assembled.
Solution Approach 2:
The support legs incorporate hinges and gas springs that enable them to dynamically fold against the table top for storage and automatically deploy for use. This dynamic mechanism provides placement stability during gameplay while greatly improving convenience of storage and transport.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The table can be easily stored and carried due to its compact design, with quick unfolding and folding capabilities, enhancing convenience and stability through the use of gas springs and optimized leg structures.
Implementation Method 1
an end portion of the cylinder body 41 is hinged on the corresponding second hinge seat 5, and an end portion of the piston rod 42 is hinged on the corresponding first hinge seat 35
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AI summary
Provided is a folding board game table, including a table board, support legs, a hinge seat assembly, and gas springs. The table board is formed by two mutually hinged board bodies. The two support legs are provided and are symmetrically hinged at two ends of a lower surface of the table board. The hinge seat assembly includes first hinge seats fixed on support beams and second hinge seats fixed on bottom surfaces of the board bodies. The gas springs are disposed between the first hinge seats and the second hinge seats. The folding board game table is compact in structure, convenient and labor-saving to fold and unfold, easy to store and carry, good in usage effect, and high in safety.