Portable Segmented Platform for Stable Support Between Trusses
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Solution Overview
Problem
In construction and maintenance scenarios, workers often face uncomfortable and risky conditions when kneeling on narrow structural elements like trusses without a structural floor deck, leading to unsteady support and reduced productivity.
Innovation Solution
A portable support platform comprising elongate segments that can be arranged parallel to each other and secured with a tying portion, allowing it to span between structural supports, providing a stable and comfortable working surface that can be easily transported and deployed in a collapsed position for use between trusses.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If workers kneel on narrow structural elements like trusses, then they can access difficult areas, but the support becomes unsteady and unsafe
Solution Approach 1:
The platform is divided into multiple elongate segments that can be arranged parallel to each other and secured together with a tying portion. This segmentation allows the platform to span between structural supports while maintaining flexibility for transport and storage, and provides a stable distributed support surface when deployed.
2Reliability
If a structural floor deck is installed, then workers have full foot support, but the device complexity and installation time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The platform transitions from a static structural floor deck to a dynamic, portable solution that can be quickly deployed and removed. The flexible tying portion allows the platform to be easily assembled and disassembled, providing temporary foot support without permanent installation.
3Productivity
If workers use narrow structural elements for support, then no additional equipment is needed, but productivity decreases due to discomfort and safety risks
Solution Approach 1:
The platform acts as an intermediary between the worker and the narrow structural elements. It distributes the worker's weight across multiple support points and provides a comfortable kneeling or standing surface, eliminating the discomfort and safety risks of direct contact with narrow trusses while maintaining portability and ease of deployment.
Data Source
AI summary
A portable support platform may include a plurality of elongate segments arranged substantially parallel and adjacent to one another. The segments may be configured for spanning a space between two support points to support a user. The platform may also include a tying portion configured for flexibly securing the plurality of segments together. The platform may be arranged in a substantially flat open position for supporting a user and a substantially rolled up closed position for convenient transport and storage.