Laptop Workstation Leveling and Accessory Socket Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Laptop workstations face issues with variable tilting due to uneven support structures and lack of convenience in adding accessories like tablets, as existing designs struggle to maintain rigidity and accommodate additional devices.
Innovation Solution
A lap top workstation with a rollable base, an upright member, and a cross arm supporting a main platform that allows side-to-side swinging, tilting, and rotation, along with selectively engaged threaded stops to correct leveling and incorporate accessories through sockets and retainer elements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If the support structure is made rigid to prevent tilting, then the stability of the platform is improved, but the weight of the device increases
Solution Approach 1:
The support structure incorporates adjustable leveling feet with threaded mechanisms that allow dynamic adjustment of platform orientation. This enables the platform to be leveled on uneven surfaces without requiring a completely rigid structure, thus avoiding excessive weight while maintaining stability through active adjustment capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The leveling feet feature threaded adjustment mechanisms that change the vertical position parameter of each support point independently. This allows the platform to compensate for surface unevenness by adjusting support heights, achieving stability without needing a heavy rigid structure.
2Weight of moving object
If the support structure is made flexible to reduce weight, then the weight of the device is reduced, but the stability of the platform deteriorates due to variable tilting
Solution Approach 1:
The platform includes active leveling feet with adjustment mechanisms that allow the user to dynamically compensate for tilting caused by flexible support structures. This enables the use of lighter materials while maintaining platform stability through adjustable correction of orientation.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the platform is fixed to prevent tilting, then the stability of the platform is improved, but the adaptability to correct leveling issues worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The platform incorporates adjustable leveling feet with threaded adjustment mechanisms that enable dynamic modification of platform orientation. This provides adaptability to correct leveling issues on various surfaces while maintaining stability once leveled, combining both requirements through adjustability.
Solution Approach 2:
The leveling feet serve multiple functions: they provide structural support, enable adjustment for uneven surfaces, and allow orientation correction. This multi-functionality achieves both stability and adaptability through a single integrated component.
4Adaptability or versatility
If accessories are added to the workstation, then the versatility of the device is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The platform incorporates universal mounting brackets and attachment points that can accommodate various accessories without requiring complex custom mounting solutions. This enables accessory addition while maintaining relatively simple structure through standardized interfaces.
Data Source
AI summary
A lap top work station featuring an adjustable side by side tilting of a main support platform for eliminating a side by side out of level condition caused by a structural deformation and also featuring a pair of accessory mounting sockets, both features are accomplished by a pair of clevis, one clevis assembly attached at the end of a cross arm to provide the out of level condition, and the other fixed to the back of the main support platform and the other clevis assembly supporting the accessory mounting sockets.