Furniture Organizational Frame to Preserve Collaborative Table Space
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Solution Overview
Problem
Desks in school environments often have bulky table top storage that reduces available space, hinders collaborative learning, and leads to messy and unusable desktops due to items being lost or spilled in deep storage slots.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating an organizational frame with coupling members, such as openings, hooks, and containers, between the legs of furniture to provide organized storage solutions for school supplies and other items.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If bulky table top storage is used, then storage capacity is improved, but available table top space decreases and collaborative learning is hindered
Solution Approach 1:
The patent moves storage from the horizontal table top surface to the vertical space between the table legs. Organizational members are positioned vertically between the legs, utilizing the previously underutilized vertical dimension for storage functionality while preserving the entire table top surface for its primary purpose.
2Quantity of substance
If deep storage slots are used, then storage capacity is improved, but items are lost or spilled creating messy desktops
Solution Approach 1:
The organizational members are divided into multiple compartments, sections, and pockets that segment storage space into manageable units. This segmentation prevents items from being lost in deep, undifferentiated storage while maintaining adequate capacity through the combined volume of multiple organized sections.
Solution Approach 2:
Different portions of the organizational members have different structural qualities - some areas have deep pockets for larger items, others have shallow compartments for small items, and some have mesh panels for ventilation. This local differentiation of storage characteristics prevents spilling and loss by providing appropriate containment for each item type.
3Quantity of substance
If table top storage is used, then storage capacity is improved, but collaborative learning and projects are decreased
Solution Approach 1:
By relocating storage to the vertical space between legs rather than the horizontal table top, the invention preserves the collaborative surface area while providing adequate storage capacity in a different spatial dimension that does not interfere with group work and project collaboration.
Data Source
AI summary
In various implementations, furniture, such as a table (e.g., a desk) and/or free-standing board, may include an organizational frame to which other members (e.g., table top, white board, smart board, etc.) may be coupled. The frame may include legs and at least one organizational member disposed between two or more of the legs. The organizational member may include a plurality of openings. The opening(s) in the organizational member may be able to couple with one or more organization tools.