Modular Attachment Frame Desk with Reconfigurable Component Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional desks are single-configuration, making them inflexible and costly to reconfigure, as they often require multiple models to meet changing needs and space constraints, leading to increased manufacturing costs and limited user customization.
Innovation Solution
A modular component desk system featuring a modular attachment frame with a two-directional matrix of openings, allowing various components such as leg assemblies, table tops, and storage compartments to be easily connected and reconfigured using nut and bolt connections or magnets, enabling customizable desk configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If desks are designed as single-configuration units, then manufacturing and inventory management are simplified, but user flexibility and adaptability to changing needs are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The desk is divided into separate modular components including leg assemblies, table tops, and storage compartments that can be independently manufactured and then assembled in various configurations. Each component has standardized attachment interfaces that enable flexible reconfiguration without requiring complex custom manufacturing.
Solution Approach 2:
The attachment frame incorporates a two-directional matrix of openings that can accommodate multiple types of components (legs, storage units, table tops) in various positions and orientations. This universal interface allows a single base unit to support numerous configuration possibilities, eliminating the need for multiple specialized desk models.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple desk models are produced to meet different configuration needs, then user customization options increase, but manufacturing costs and inventory complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the desk into standardized modules, the system reduces the number of unique parts that need to be manufactured. Each module can be produced in high volumes using the same manufacturing processes, then assembled into different configurations, thereby maintaining customization options while lowering per-unit manufacturing costs.
Solution Approach 2:
The system allows configuration variation through parameter changes in assembly rather than through different manufacturing processes. The same components can be assembled with different spacings, orientations, and combinations to create various desk configurations, eliminating the need to manufacture multiple model variants.
3Ease of operation
If desks are designed with fixed configurations, then structural stability is maintained, but ease of reconfiguration and relocation are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment frame and component interfaces are designed to transition between stable assembled states and easily separable states. The standardized openings and attachment mechanisms provide secure connections during use while allowing straightforward disassembly and reassembly, enabling the desk to be dynamically reconfigured without compromising structural integrity during each configuration state.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables users to individually configure desks according to changing needs and space constraints, reducing the need for multiple desk models and allowing for easy customization, such as adding storage or changing leg types, thereby reducing manufacturing costs and increasing user flexibility.
Implementation Method 1
Embodiments of the present disclosure may also include an attachment frame with a plurality of magnets in the frame and a desktop surface with a plurality of corresponding magnets in the desktop. The magnets allow the desktop surface to be removably installed on the frame quickly and easily in a level orientation.
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AI summary
Disclosed is a modular component desk which is customizable and capable of being modified by individual end users. The desk may include a modular attachment frame with a plurality of threaded holes and magnets spaced apart as to allow for the attachment of various components of the desk at various locations on the frame. The desk may include different desk components to be used in the construction of a custom desk including drawers of various size, storage compartments of various size, various leg supports, and various desktop finishing surfaces which may removably attach to the fame using magnets. There may also be attachment frames and desktop surfaces of varying size, which can optionally be linked together to build desks of T and L shapes, among many numerous possibilities.