Multifunctional desk

Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional desks require cumbersome transitions between gaming and office work setups, involving detachment and reconnection of controllers, keyboards, and mice, making switching between these activities inefficient.

Innovation Solution

A multifunctional desk with a rotating plate and slide plate system that allows the controller to be fixed and rotated between gaming and office modes without detachment, using fixtures to restrict movement and secure the plate in place, enabling seamless transitions between gaming and office work.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If the controller is detached and reconnected during transitions between gaming and office work, then the desk can accommodate different functions, but the transition process becomes cumbersome and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvefunction switching capabilityVSAvoidtransition time

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the controller and keyboard into a single integrated plate structure that can be rotated between gaming and office positions. This combination eliminates the need to separately handle and reconnect multiple devices during transitions, directly reducing transition time while maintaining adaptability between different work modes

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements a dynamic rotating plate mechanism that allows the integrated controller-keyboard assembly to move between fixed positions. This dynamic structure enables quick transitions without detachment, as the plate can be rotated to the required position and fixed in place, addressing both the need for versatility and the desire to minimize transition time

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

2Adaptability or versatility

If the controller is detached and reconnected during transitions between gaming and office work, then the desk can accommodate different functions, but the operation process becomes complex

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvefunction switching capabilityVSAvoidtransition operation simplicity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the controller and keyboard into a single integrated plate structure that can be rotated between gaming and office positions. This combination eliminates the need to separately handle and reconnect multiple devices during transitions, directly reducing transition time and simplifying the operation

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements a dynamic rotating plate mechanism that allows the integrated controller-keyboard assembly to move between fixed positions. This dynamic structure enables quick transitions without detachment, as the plate can be rotated to the required position and fixed in place, addressing both the need for versatility and the desire to minimize transition time

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS11369193B2Multifunctional desk

Publication Date: 2022.06.28 WILLOW INC(JP)

AI summary

A multifunctional desk includes a top plate, a leg portion that supports the top plate in air, a rotating shaft provided below and parallel to the top plate, a rotating plate provided below the top plate, a first fixture, a second fixture, and a slide plate provided below the top plate and above the rotating plate. The first fixture fixes the rotating plate to the top plate or releases the rotating plate from being fixed to the top plate in a state of protruding in front of the top plat. The second fixture fixes the rotating plate to the top plate or releases the rotating plate from being fixed to the top plate in a state of being retreated below the top plate. The slide plate protrudes in front of the top plate or is retreated below the top plate by sliding in parallel to the top plate.