Modular Chair and Table Assemblies for Rapid Venue Installation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing chair and table assemblies in venues require lengthy manufacturing and assembly times, are resource-intensive, and often necessitate skilled labor, while also posing challenges in space optimization and compliance with building codes, particularly when incorporating pivoting seats and reorientable trays.

Innovation Solution

The development of modular chair and table assemblies with integrated electrical components and actuators, allowing for remote pre-assembly and quick on-site installation, along with control systems that manage reorientation based on electrical pulses and motor activation times, enabling efficient space use and reduced labor requirements.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If traditional chair and table assemblies are manufactured and assembled on-site, then customization and adaptability are achieved, but manufacturing and assembly times become lengthy and resource-intensive

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemanufacturing and assembly timeVSAvoidinstallation efficiency

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-assembling chair and table assemblies in a controlled manufacturing environment before delivery to the venue. Complete chair assemblies including seats, backrests, armrests, and base structures are pre-manufactured and pre-assembled, eliminating time-consuming on-site assembly operations and reducing installation complexity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent segments the chair and table systems into modular components that can be independently manufactured and then quickly assembled. Chair assemblies are divided into separable modules (seat, backrest, base, tray) that can be independently produced and then rapidly configured on-site, significantly reducing installation time and resource requirements

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Manufacturing precision

If skilled labor is used for assembly, then assembly quality and precision are improved, but labor costs and complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveassembly precisionVSAvoidlabor skill requirements

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements self-service through self-aligning and self-locking modular components that automatically guide proper assembly without requiring skilled operators. The modular sections are designed with intuitive connection mechanisms that ensure correct positioning and secure attachment through inherent mechanical features, enabling unskilled workers to achieve precise assembly

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

3Area of stationary object

If pivoting seats and reorientable trays are incorporated, then space optimization is achieved, but device complexity and manufacturing time increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvespace utilizationVSAvoidstructural complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Area of stationary objectVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies dynamics by incorporating movable and adjustable components into the chair assemblies. Seats are designed to pivot between different orientations, and trays are made reorientable to adapt to various user positions and space configurations. These dynamic features allow the furniture to optimize space utilization while maintaining relatively simple structural designs through standardized moving mechanisms

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

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

This approach minimizes manufacturing and installation time, optimizes space usage, reduces the need for skilled labor, and ensures compliance with venue ingress/egress codes by allowing for efficient reconfiguration of chair and table positions using modular components and controlled actuation systems.

Implementation Method 1

control systems that manage reorientation based on electrical pulses and motor activation times

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectElectrical pulse control:

Implementation Method 2

control systems that manage reorientation based on electrical pulses and motor activation times

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectElectromagnetic conversion:

Data Source

PatentUS11484127B2Chair assemblies, table assemblies, modular components for use within chair assemblies and table assemblies, and parts for use within the modular components

Publication Date: 2022.11.01 JACOBS MATTHEW

AI summary

Chair assemblies (e.g., powered recliner chairs, rocker style chairs, fixed position chairs, chairs with pivoting seats, recliner chairs, a sub-combination thereof, or a combination thereof), tables and trays are provided. More particularly, chair assemblies (e.g., powered recliner chairs, rocker style chairs, fixed position chairs, chairs with pivoting seats, recliner chairs, a sub-combination thereof, or a combination thereof), tables and trays, modular components for use within the chair, table, and tray assemblies, and parts for use within the modular components are provided.