Modular Raised Flooring Support Grid for Rapid Assembly and Repair
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing raised flooring systems with wooden boards are laborious and slow to assemble, and when a support base breaks, the entire section of flooring must be removed to repair it, as the boards are longer than individual modular elements.
Innovation Solution
A support system featuring a treading plate with a quadrangular grid structure, where wooden boards are fixed to cover the entire surface of the grid without protruding, allowing for easy assembly and repair by treating each plate as a single modular element, with additional rigidity provided by embedded strips and pre-formed holes for nail positioning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If wooden boards are fixed individually to the support base, then the flooring can be assembled, but the assembly process becomes laborious and slow
Solution Approach 1:
The support base is divided into multiple modular elements arranged in rows and columns. Each modular element can be independently assembled and connected to adjacent elements, allowing the flooring to be constructed in manageable sections rather than as a single large structure. This segmentation enables parallel assembly operations and simplifies handling during installation.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple wooden boards are combined into a single assembled wooden board structure that spans across multiple modular elements. This merging allows the wooden flooring surface to be installed as integrated units rather than individual boards, significantly reducing the number of fastening operations required and improving assembly efficiency.
2Ease of repair
If a support base breaks, then repair is needed, but the entire section of flooring must be removed to access the broken portion
Solution Approach 1:
The support base is segmented into multiple independent modular elements. When a breakage occurs in one modular element, only that specific element needs to be accessed and repaired, while the rest of the flooring remains intact. This segmentation eliminates the need to remove entire sections of flooring for localized repairs.
Solution Approach 2:
Each modular element is designed as an independent structural unit with its own load-bearing capacity. This local structural autonomy allows repairs to be confined to the specific location of the breakage without compromising the integrity of adjacent flooring sections, enabling localized repair operations.
3Stability of the object's composition
If wooden boards are longer than individual modular elements, then continuous flooring surface is achieved, but repair operations affect greater area than necessary
Solution Approach 1:
The support base is segmented into modular elements while the wooden boards span across multiple elements to maintain visual continuity. This creates a hierarchical structure where the support system is divided for ease of repair, but the flooring surface appears continuous from above.
Solution Approach 2:
The wooden boards are effectively decoupled from the modular elements in terms of repair operations. Although the boards are physically present and provide continuous surface coverage, the modular nature of the support base allows individual elements to be accessed and repaired independently, extracting the repair operation from the visual continuity of the flooring surface.
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AI summary
The present invention refers to a support system for raised flooring made with wooden boards and to the relative flooring obtained by this system. The supporting system is used for obtaining a floor with boards made of wood or similar material wherein the floor is elevated with respect to the reference ground. The supporting system includes a trampling plate and at least three supporting feet fixed to the plate in order to support the plate with respect to the reference ground.