Portable folding outdoor table
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing outdoor tables are bulky and inconvenient to transport due to their large storage space requirements, and they lack ease of assembly and disassembly, which affects their portability and usability.
Innovation Solution
A portable folding outdoor table design featuring a table board assembly with hinged boards and torsional springs for easy folding and unfolding, combined with a supporting leg assembly using snap fasteners and locking handles for stable assembly and disassembly, allowing for compact storage and expandable use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If the outdoor table is designed with a fixed structure to ensure stability, then the stability is improved, but the table occupies a large space and is inconvenient to transport
Solution Approach 1:
The table is divided into multiple independent components including table board assemblies and supporting leg assemblies that can be detached from each other. Each table board assembly can be further folded into compact configurations. This segmentation allows the table to maintain structural stability when assembled while reducing to minimal storage space when disassembled and folded.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the outdoor table uses a complex assembly mechanism to ensure stable splicing of multiple table board assemblies, then the usability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The locating mechanism integrates multiple functions into a unified structure combining hinged boards, locating boards, and torsional springs. The first and second locating hinged boards work together with the first and second planar hinged boards to provide both connection and positioning functions. This merging allows multiple table board assemblies to be stably spliced while keeping the assembly mechanism relatively simple and intuitive.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The design enables convenient transportation and storage by minimizing space occupation while providing stable and expandable use, enhancing the usability experience through efficient folding and assembly mechanisms.
Implementation Method 1
a first torsional spring and a first hinged shaft are arranged between the first planar hinged board and the first locating hinged board, the first planar hinged board is hinged with the first locating hinged board through the first hinged shaft, the first torsional spring is sleeved on the first hinged shaft, and the first torsional spring is used to drive the first locating hinged board to turn toward one side of the first planar hinged board
Implementation Method 2
a first planar hinged board, a second planar hinged board, a first locating hinged board and a second locating hinged board; the first planar hinged board is fixedly connected to the first table board; the second planar hinged board is fixedly connected to the second table board; the second planar hinged board is hinged with the first planar hinged board
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates to the field of outdoor tables and discloses a portable folding outdoor table, which including a table board assembly, and a supporting leg assembly detachably connected to the table board assembly. The table board assembly includes a first table board, a second table board hinged with the first table board. A hinged locating mechanism is arranged between the first table board and the second table board. The hinged locating mechanism includes a first planar hinged board, a second planar hinged board, a first locating hinged board and a second locating hinged board. The present disclosure makes the table board assembly and the supporting leg assembly convenient to disassemble and assemble. The table board assembly can be turned and folded when the portable folding outdoor table is stored, so that the portable folding outdoor table occupies a small space and is convenient to transport and carry.