Secure tablet mount
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing secure tablet mounts for public spaces face challenges in accommodating tablets of varying sizes, requiring multiple designs and complex components, which increases manufacturing costs and inventory complexity due to frequent changes in tablet dimensions.
Innovation Solution
A modular tablet support system featuring adjustable connecting features and spacers that can be customized to fit different tablet thicknesses, widths, and heights, allowing for on-demand manufacturing and reduced part variability, with components such as stamped sheet metal brackets and molded polymer spacers, and adaptable faceplates that can be adjusted via material removal processes like laser cutting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple designs are used to accommodate tablets of varying sizes, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity and inventory complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting system uses universal components (brackets, spacers, connecting features) that can be combined in different configurations to accommodate various tablet sizes. The standardized interface allows a single set of base components to serve multiple tablet dimensions through modular assembly variations.
Solution Approach 2:
The system divides the mounting structure into separable modular components including brackets, spacers, faceplates, and connecting features. This segmentation allows individual components to be selected and combined based on specific tablet requirements without redesigning the entire mounting system.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple designs are created for different tablet dimensions, then adaptability is improved, but manufacturing costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
A single standardized bracket design with universal connecting features can be used across all tablet size variations. The faceplates and spacers serve multiple functions by being adjustable or selectable in different thicknesses, eliminating the need to manufacture entirely different bracket designs for each tablet size.
Solution Approach 2:
The system accommodates different tablet dimensions by changing parameters of existing components (such as spacer thickness, faceplate opening size) rather than creating new component designs. This allows standardization of core manufacturing processes while adapting to varying tablet specifications.
3Adaptability or versatility
If frequent design changes are made to accommodate tablet size changes, then adaptability is improved, but inventory complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The standardized bracket design with universal connecting features serves as a permanent inventory staple that does not need to be redesigned or restocked when tablet dimensions change. Only the auxiliary components (spacers, faceplates) need variation, keeping core inventory simple and stable.
Solution Approach 2:
The system allows dynamic adaptation to tablet size changes through selectable modular components (different spacer thicknesses, faceplate configurations) while maintaining a stable core bracket design. This enables the inventory to remain relatively static in its fundamental components while adapting to changing tablet specifications.
Data Source
AI summary
A tablet support includes a backing member and a faceplate connected to the backing member to at least partially define a housing configured to receive a tablet. A bracket is configured to retain the tablet in the housing. The housing includes a first connecting feature and the bracket includes a second connecting feature configured to mate with the first connecting feature. Adjustment of one of the first connecting feature and the second connecting feature determines the relative position of the tablet in the housing.