Foldable Luggage Desktop With Clamp Support for Stable Travel Use
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing travel accessories fail to provide a stable, portable desktop solution that can be easily attached to and transferred between different suitcases, often relying on friction mounts that cannot hold sufficient weight or are integrally formed, limiting their versatility.
Innovation Solution
A portable table surface with a desktop platform and support platform connected via a hinge, featuring handle engagement slots and a support strut with a C-hinge, allowing the table to be securely attached to the upright handle of a rollaway carrier and easily transitioned between stowed and deployed positions, ensuring stability and portability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If friction mount is used for attaching the desktop to the suitcase handle, then the attachment method is simple, but the weight holding capacity is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary attachment mechanism consisting of a clamp assembly with a C-shaped clamp that engages with the suitcase handle. This intermediary structure transfers the load from the desktop platform to the handle through mechanical clamping force, rather than relying on friction alone. The clamp assembly acts as a mediator that converts simple attachment into secure mechanical fastening.
Solution Approach 2:
The attachment mechanism incorporates dynamic elements including a movable clamp with spring-loaded or adjustable fastening components that can adapt to different handle diameters. The hinge connection allows the desktop platform to transition between stowed and deployed positions dynamically, maintaining stability during use while enabling easy attachment and detachment.
2Stability of the object's composition
If the desktop is integrally formed to a specific suitcase, then the structural stability is high, but the versatility and transferability between suitcases is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The desktop system is divided into separate modular components: a desktop platform, a support platform, a hinge connection, and an independent clamp assembly. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized for its specific function while enabling the entire assembly to be detached and transferred between different suitcases. The clamp assembly is designed as a universal attachment device that can secure to various handle types.
Solution Approach 2:
The clamp assembly is designed with universal adaptability to attach to different suitcase handle types and diameters. The C-shaped clamp can accommodate various handle sizes, and the adjustable fastening mechanism provides a universal solution for attaching the desktop to different suitcase models, thereby achieving multi-functionality and transferability.
3Area of stationary object
If the desktop platform is made large and stable, then the working surface area is sufficient, but the portability and ease of storage is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The hinge connection enables the desktop platform to dynamically transition between a deployed horizontal position providing maximum working surface area and a stowed position where it folds against the support platform for compact storage. This dynamic transformation allows the system to provide both large working area when needed and compact portability when traveling.
Solution Approach 2:
The desktop platform utilizes three-dimensional space efficiently by folding vertically against the support platform during storage, transforming from a two-dimensional horizontal surface into a compact vertical configuration. This dimensional transformation allows the large working surface to be stored in a small space without compromising either the working area or portability.
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 stable and portable desktop solution that can be easily attached to various suitcases, offering a horizontal working surface while allowing for convenient storage and transfer, enhancing user convenience during travel.
Implementation Method 1
a hinge at the second end for interconnection with the second end of the desktop platform and operable between a stowed position and a deployed position
Implementation Method 2
A support strut has a hinged connection to a lower surface of the top platform and is operable between a stowed position and a supporting position. The hinged connection may include a C-hinge.
Data Source
AI summary
A desktop accessory for luggage includes a desktop platform and a support platform that may be conveniently hooked to the upright telescopic carrying handles of a carrier, such as a rollaway suitcase. The portable table is operable between a deployed condition for attachment to the carrier handles and a low profile stowed condition which may be conveniently stored in the luggage. This device can be applied to almost any existing suitcase and can be transferred from one to another.