Table Recessed Light-Strip Grooves for Multi-Directional Illumination

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing tables with built-in light strips suffer from single-directional illumination and are prone to dirt and falling off due to inadequate fixation methods.

Innovation Solution

The table design incorporates accommodating grooves that penetrate the table board in a top-down direction, allowing light strip components to be mounted within or bonded to these grooves, eliminating the need for tape and snaps, and enabling stable fixation for multi-directional illumination.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If light strip is stuck on one side of the table board using tape or snaps, then installation is simple, but the light strip is prone to dirt accumulation and falling off, and only provides single-directional illumination

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinstallation simplicityVSAvoidfixation stability

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The table board is segmented by creating an accommodating groove that separates the light strip installation area from the rest of the board. This groove structure allows the light strip to be independently positioned and fixed within the groove, improving both fixation stability and ease of installation while enabling multi-directional light emission.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The accommodating groove acts as an intermediary structure between the table board and the light strip. It provides a dedicated space that facilitates stable fixation through fixing parts or bonding, while also allowing the light strip to emit light in multiple directions (upward, downward, and forward) without being constrained to a single side.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Ease of manufacture

If light strip is stuck on one side of the table board, then installation is simple, but multi-directional illumination cannot be achieved

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinstallation simplicityVSAvoidillumination directionality

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The accommodating groove extends in the top-down direction, creating a three-dimensional space that allows the light strip to emit light in multiple directions simultaneously (upward toward the table surface, downward, and forward). This dimensional approach transforms single-directional illumination into multi-directional illumination while maintaining installation simplicity through the groove structure.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

3Ease of manufacture

If light strip is stuck using tape and snaps, then installation is simple, but the light strip is prone to dirt accumulation

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinstallation simplicityVSAvoiddirt accumulation

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The light strip is extracted from direct contact with the table board surface by placing it within the accommodating groove. This groove structure prevents dirt from accumulating on the light strip while maintaining simple installation through fixing parts or bonding within the groove, eliminating the need for tape and snaps that create dirt-trapping edges.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS12442528B1Table with recessed light strips

Publication Date: 2025.10.14 JOININ GLOBAL PTE LTD

AI summary

A table includes at least one light strip component and a table board. The table board is provided with at least one accommodating groove penetrating the table board in a top-down direction, edges of the accommodating groove are surrounded by edges of the table board; the light strip component is mounted in the accommodating groove. The light strip component can be fixed in the accommodating groove by a fixing part, or be bonded within the accommodating groove.