Desktop shield system
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current desktop shield systems fail to provide effective modular protection against splashes and sprays, as they cannot be easily combined to form desired lengths and angles, and often require table connections, limiting flexibility and ease of assembly.
Innovation Solution
A modular desktop shield system comprising interlocking supporting rods with magnet elements and recesses/protrusions, allowing multiple units to be connected at specific angles without gaps, enabling flexible assembly on flat surfaces and creating a stable, adjustable barrier with a tilting panel for optimal protection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional desktop shield systems are used, then protection against splashes and sprays is provided, but the systems cannot be easily combined to form desired lengths and angles
Solution Approach 1:
The desktop shield system is divided into multiple identical modular units, each comprising a panel, right supporting rod, and left supporting rod. These segmented units can be independently manufactured and then combined together to form shields of various lengths and angles, enabling customization without increasing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
Each modular unit is designed with universal connection features - protrusions on one base and corresponding recesses on the other base, along with magnet elements. This universal design allows any unit to connect with any other unit in various configurations, providing multi-functional adaptability for different protection needs while maintaining simple, standardized components.
2Ease of operation
If traditional desktop shield systems are used, then protection is provided, but table connections are required, limiting flexibility
Solution Approach 1:
The connection mechanism is extracted from the table surface and integrated into the shield units themselves. The bases include protrusions and recesses that enable inter-unit connection independent of the table, removing the dependency on table connections and allowing flexible placement on any flat surface.
Solution Approach 2:
Magnet elements are introduced as intermediary components between the protrusion and recess interfaces. These magnets facilitate easy attachment and detachment of modular units by providing magnetic attraction, enabling simple assembly and reconfiguration without complex mechanical fasteners or table-mounted fixtures.
3Adaptability or versatility
If modular units are combined to form desired configurations, then adaptability is improved, but gaps may appear between adjacent units
Solution Approach 1:
The shield is segmented into modular units with standardized connection interfaces. Each unit maintains its structural integrity while allowing seamless connection to adjacent units through the protrusion-recess-magnet interface, ensuring continuous protection without gaps while preserving configuration flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The magnetic connection system replaces traditional mechanical fastening methods. The magnet elements provide strong holding force to keep adjacent units firmly connected, eliminating gaps and ensuring reliable, continuous protection while allowing easy assembly and disassembly compared to permanent mechanical connections.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The system effectively protects personnel by allowing easy assembly and adjustment to various lengths and angles, ensuring a stable and gap-free barrier that can be placed on any flat surface, enhancing protection against splashes and sprays without the need for table connections.
Implementation Method 1
at least one magnet element (26) that is connected to the right side (27) of the right supporting rod at a zero height
Data Source
AI summary
A desktop shield system for splashes protection that has a right rod, a left rod and a panel shield. The lower end of the right rod is connected to a base that its first side has a protrusion that corresponds with a recess at its second side. The right rod also includes magnet elements that are connected to its right side at a zero height. The left rod is designed in the same way as the right one but in reverse as a mirror view. The system can be connected with a another identical system, in a way that the recess of the left rod of the another system is assembled with the protrusion of the right rod of the system and the magnet elements of the left rod of the another system magnetically connected with the magnet elements of the right rod of the system.