Desk support with stool
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional classroom desk and stool setups are cumbersome and restrictive, requiring separate movements and limiting leg movement due to the presence of desk legs, which can cause discomfort and hinder rearrangement or storage.
Innovation Solution
A combined stool and desk system featuring a stool base with a rocking mechanism and a desk support that elevates, connected via a support member, allowing for easy reconfiguration and increased mobility, with structural ribbing for stability and a pneumatic cylinder for height adjustment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a separate stool and desk setup is used, then the user can have a stable desk surface, but the user's leg movement is restricted and the system is difficult to relocate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the stool and desk support into a single integrated unit where the desk support surface is connected to the stool base through a support member. This merging eliminates the need for separate desk legs that would restrict leg movement, while maintaining structural stability through the integrated design.
2Productivity
If traditional separate desk and stool are used, then each component can be independently designed, but relocation and rearrangement require separate steps and are cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
By integrating the stool base with the desk support surface through a support member, the invention creates a single movable unit. This allows the entire assembly to be relocated and rearranged as one piece, significantly improving efficiency compared to moving separate desk and stool components.
3Adaptability or versatility
If height-adjustable stool is used, then users with longer legs can achieve optimal comfort, but the desk support must also elevate to avoid knee collisions
Solution Approach 1:
The integration of the desk support surface with the stool base through a support member ensures that when the stool height is adjusted, the desk support surface automatically elevates or lowers in coordination. This eliminates the need for separate coordination mechanisms while maintaining adaptability to different user heights.
4Ease of operation
If desk legs are present in traditional setup, then the desk surface is stable, but they interfere with leg movement and cause discomfort
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts and eliminates the traditional desk legs from the system. Instead of having separate legs supporting the desk surface, the support member connects directly to the stool base, removing the obstacle that interferes with leg movement while maintaining structural stability.
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
Enables easy relocation and rearrangement of the system, enhances leg movement by eliminating desk leg interference, and provides comfortable seating with adjustable height to accommodate users of varying leg lengths.
Implementation Method 1
a pneumatic cylinder positioned within the stool base frame and a control mechanism positioned proximate to the pneumatic cylinder such that substantial depression of the control mechanism activates the pneumatic cylinder
Implementation Method 2
The rocker surface is configured to rest against a floor surface and permit rocking of the system with respect to the floor surface
Data Source
AI summary
A stool and desk support system. The system includes a stool base and a desk support surface. A support member may connect the desk support surface to the stool base and support the desk support surface above a floor surface. The stool base may include a stool seat surface and a rocking mechanism opposite the stool seat surface. The desk support surface may be connected to a desk support base by a neck extending from the desk support base. The stool base may include an upper stool base frame and a lower stool base frame. The upper stool base frame may be height adjustable with respect to the lower stool base frame. The desk support base may connect to the upper stool base frame, permitting coinciding height adjustment of the desk support surface and the upper stool base frame.