Modular Monitor Arm Assembly With Rotation Limits and Lateral Slide Tracks
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing ergonomic devices fail to accommodate the evolving needs of active workforces that encourage both sitting and standing positions, and lack flexibility and modularity to adapt to various user preferences and tasks.
Innovation Solution
A multi-positional articulating ergonomic device with modular features, featuring a base, articulating armature assembly, and interchangeable top platforms, allowing for adjustable height, angle, and pivotable surfaces to support footrests, writing surfaces, and laptop/monitor risers, with mechanisms for dynamic movement and user-adjustable settings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If ergonomic devices are designed with multiple adjustment points to accommodate different positions and tasks, then adaptability and versatility are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal articulating arm mechanism that can support multiple functions (footrest, writing surface, laptop/monitor riser) through interchangeable top platforms. The base assembly and articulating armature assembly serve as common components across all configurations, eliminating the need for separate devices for each function and reducing overall system complexity while maintaining high adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The device is divided into modular segments: a base assembly, an articulating armature assembly, and interchangeable top platforms. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently and enables users to configure the device for different tasks by simply swapping the top platform, thereby achieving versatility without proportionally increasing complexity.
2Ease of operation
If ergonomic devices include numerous adjustment mechanisms for height, angle, and position, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple adjustment functions (height adjustment, angle adjustment, position positioning) into a single integrated articulating arm mechanism. This unified mechanism allows users to achieve various configurations through coordinated movement of the arm segments, simplifying the user experience compared to operating separate adjustment mechanisms for each function while maintaining comprehensive adjustability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If ergonomic devices are designed to accommodate both sitting and standing positions with dynamic movement features, then adaptability is improved, but manufacturing cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal base assembly and articulating armature assembly that can support multiple top platforms for different functions (footrest, writing surface, laptop/monitor riser). This modular universal design allows manufacturers to produce a single core mechanism that serves multiple purposes, reducing per-unit manufacturing costs compared to producing separate specialized devices for each function while maintaining high adaptability for both sitting and standing positions.
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AI summary
The invention is a monitor arm assembly including a rotation limiter that includes movable tabs to set the rotation limits of the arms with respect to each other or other assemblies. The rotation limiter may include exterior ring activators and outer visual references for the set limitations. The monitor arm assembly also includes a plurality of slide tracks to allow the monitor attached the arm to take a plurality of lateral positions. The assembly may further include a connector to join adjacent slide tracks.