Jigsaw puzzle table
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional jigsaw puzzle tables are integrally formed with large specifications, making them inconvenient to carry and affecting user experience.
Innovation Solution
A jigsaw puzzle table design featuring three groups of table boards with latch grooves and support frames that allow for easy disassembly and assembly, providing stability and preventing puzzle pieces from sliding off, while allowing for compact storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional jigsaw puzzle tables are made as one-piece with large specifications to ensure stability and playability, then the playing surface is sufficient and stable, but the table becomes inconvenient to carry and store
Solution Approach 1:
The puzzle table is divided into multiple detachable table boards that can be separated into different modules. Each module contains table boards connected by latches, allowing the entire table to be disassembled into compact units for easy carrying and storage, while maintaining a large playing surface when assembled
2Ease of operation
If the puzzle table is divided into multiple detachable parts to improve portability, then the convenience of carrying is improved, but the structural complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple table boards are combined into groups where each group contains an upper table board and a lower table board connected by latches. This merging reduces the number of separate components while maintaining the detachable feature for portability
Solution Approach 2:
The latches serve multiple functions: they connect table boards within a group, provide limiting blocks for positioning, and enable easy detachment. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate connection mechanisms, simplifying the overall structure despite the modular design
3Stability of the object's composition
If support frames are added to improve stability and playing angle, then the table boards form an optimal angle with the ground, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The support frames use asymmetric design with front support rods shorter than back support rods, and the front rods inclined at specific angles. This asymmetric configuration naturally creates the optimal playing angle between table boards and ground while maintaining structural stability without requiring additional adjustment mechanisms
4Reliability
If side guards are added to prevent puzzle pieces from sliding off, then the functionality is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The side guards are integrated with the table board edges rather than being separate attachment components. This merging approach provides the necessary containment function while minimizing additional parts and structural complexity
Data Source
AI summary
A jigsaw puzzle table includes three groups of table boards, each group of the table boards having an upper table board and a lower table board; the left, right and bottom sides of the upper table boards are all provided with latch grooves, the left, right and upper sides of the lower table boards are all provided with latch grooves, a latch is disposed in every two opposite latch grooves, a limiting block is fixedly connected in each latch groove, two limiting grooves are provided on the top of each latch, a plurality of concave grooves are evenly provided on the bottom of each latch, two support frames are installed on the bottom of each group of the upper table board and the lower table board, and each support frame is provided in an irregular quadrilateral structure.