Post engageable table
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing outdoor patio shade structures with vertical support posts lack easy and adjustable table solutions that can be securely engaged and disengaged without tools, limiting user flexibility in terms of table height and configuration.
Innovation Solution
A table device designed for easy engagement and disengagement on upright support posts, utilizing compressive fasteners for adjustable and removable attachment, allowing for both half-round and full-round configurations around H-shaped or rectangular posts, enabling height adjustment without tools.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional patio shade structures with vertical support posts are used, then structural support is provided, but easy and adjustable table engagement is not achieved
Solution Approach 1:
The table device incorporates adjustable height mechanisms with movable components that can be dynamically repositioned along the vertical support posts. The height adjustment feature allows the table to transition between fixed and movable states, enabling users to change table height and configuration as needed while maintaining secure engagement during use.
Solution Approach 2:
The table device is designed to engage with various types of vertical support posts (different shapes and sizes) through universal engagement features. The same device can be configured for different table heights and arrangements (single table or multiple tables), providing multi-functionality that addresses both ease of operation and adaptability requirements.
2Reliability
If secure engagement to vertical posts is achieved, then stability is improved, but tool-free removable engagement is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The engagement mechanism is designed to be self-servicing, allowing users to engage and disengage the table device without requiring external tools. The mechanism incorporates self-locking features that automatically secure the table to the post when engaged, while also allowing easy release through a simple user action such as releasing a latch or lever, thereby achieving both secure attachment and tool-free removability.
Solution Approach 2:
The engagement mechanism creates a balanced state where the table is securely held at the engaged position through symmetric locking features on both sides of the post. This equipotential design ensures equal security from multiple engagement points while maintaining the ability to easily disengage by overcoming the same balanced locking mechanism.
3Stability of the object's composition
If fixed table configuration is used, then structural stability is improved, but user flexibility in height and configuration is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The table device incorporates adjustable height mechanisms with movable components that can be dynamically repositioned along the vertical support posts. The height adjustment feature allows the table to transition between fixed and movable states, enabling users to change table height and configuration as needed while maintaining secure engagement during use.
Data Source
AI summary
A post engageable table system is provided where one or two half sections of a table are removably engageable to one or both sides of an upright support post. Compressive fasteners adjacent recesses on a contact edge of each table half section are positionable to a compressive engagement with a second side of the post wherein they can be engaged, removed, or adjusted for height in such an engagement.