Sliding Folding Reading Desk With Braked Concealed Worktop
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional seating arrangements in congress halls and conference rooms, such as folding boards on armrests or backrests, are uncomfortable and inefficient due to movement limitations and uneven seating configurations, which hinder effective use of reading desks.
Innovation Solution
A reading desk with a support structure featuring two legs, facing boards, and a sliding worktop board with a braking system, allowing for vertical concealment and horizontal or inclined deployment, independent of seat arrangement, ensuring easy installation and aesthetic appeal.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If boards are arranged on backrests, then reading functionality is provided for rear seats, but misalignment occurs due to staggered seat arrangements
Solution Approach 1:
The reading desk is designed as a standalone unit with a support structure that can be positioned independently of seat arrangements. It serves multiple functions: providing reading surfaces for various seat configurations, maintaining aesthetic appearance when retracted, and adapting to different hall layouts without requiring specific seat positioning.
2Ease of operation
If the worktop board is completely extracted, then reading functionality is maximized, but aesthetic appearance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The reading desk utilizes a sliding mechanism that enables the worktop board to transition smoothly between retracted and extended positions. When retracted, the board disappears into the support structure maintaining clean lines and aesthetic appearance. When extended, it provides full reading functionality. This dynamic positioning resolves the contradiction between aesthetics and functionality.
3Ease of operation
If the worktop board slides without braking, then movement freedom is maximized, but abrupt stopping and collision occur
Solution Approach 1:
The reading desk incorporates a braking system with a rack and pinion mechanism that engages before the worktop board reaches the end of its travel. This beforehand cushioning prevents abrupt stopping and potential collision by gradually slowing the board as it approaches the retracted position, ensuring both movement freedom and reliable controlled deceleration.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution provides a practical, comfortable, and aesthetically pleasing reading desk that can be easily installed and used without disrupting seat arrangements, offering flexible use and preventing abrupt movements or collisions.
Implementation Method 1
the braking system exerting a retention of the movement in the sliding towards the inside of the cavity of the support structure, such that it prevents a fall with an abrupt stop blow in said movement
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AI summary
A folding reading desk formed by a support structure with two boards, with an intermediate cavity in-between wherein a worktop board can be introduced and extracted, wherein said worktop board is coupled, in a sliding assembly with a braking system, to a board arranged in the mentioned intermediate cavity between the facing boards.