Quick-Connect Modular Attachment System for Furniture Peripherals
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems for attaching accessories and peripherals to office, computer, or gaming furniture require permanent installation, making it difficult and costly to change or remove them, and often lead to accidental movement of devices during use.
Innovation Solution
A removable modular attachment system that uses quick-connect receptacles and adapters to securely attach peripherals like joysticks, keyboards, and VR controllers to furniture without tools, allowing for easy detachment and reconfiguration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If permanent installation systems are used to attach accessories to furniture, then the accessories are securely fixed and cannot move accidentally, but the installation process requires substantial disassembly and lengthy assembly of many components
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment system is divided into separate modular components: a receiver mounted on the furniture and a detachable accessory with a corresponding connector. This segmentation allows the accessory to be quickly attached and removed without disassembling the entire furniture structure, resolving the contradiction between secure fixation and installation time.
2Reliability
If permanent installation systems are used to attach accessories to furniture, then the accessories are securely fixed during use, but removal requires complex disassembly and tools
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment system transitions from a static permanent installation to a dynamic removable connection. The connector and receptacle design allows the accessory to be firmly held during use but easily detached when needed, enabling the system to adapt between secure fixation and ease of removal based on operational needs.
3Adaptability or versatility
If dedicated furniture with permanently attached accessories is purchased, then all required accessories are available for use, but the cost is considerably higher and the accessories cannot be removed or changed
Solution Approach 1:
The receiver is designed as a universal mounting interface that can accommodate multiple different accessory types through standardized connectors. This allows a single furniture piece to serve multiple functions by simply changing accessories, providing the versatility of dedicated furniture without the cost and inflexibility, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and system complexity.
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AI summary
A modular attachment system may be provided with the ability to rapidly interchange different peripherals and accessories at different points where modular receivers have been installed. One or more modular receivers may include one or more quick-connect receptacles adapted to receive corresponding one or more quick connectors of one or more peripheral adapters to quickly connect and disconnect the modular peripheral adapters to facilitate rapid reconfiguration of chairs, desks, tables, or other furniture for different applications. A variety of peripherals and accessories can be attached to one or more modular peripheral adapters to create peripheral assemblies that can be rapidly interchanged by rapid connection to or disconnection from any installed modular housings to reconfigure furniture for different applications. The modular receivers may be attached to a desk, table, or other furnishings or manufactured as a part of office, computer, or gaming chairs, desks, tables, or other furnishings.