Rotating Mobile Table Top for Compact Storage and Relocation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional industrial strength tables are large, heavy, and immobile, making them unsuitable for spaces with limited mobility and versatility, as they occupy a significant footprint and are difficult to relocate.
Innovation Solution
A mobile table with a selectively rotatable top that can lock into various positions, allowing for increased or reduced footprint depending on use, featuring swivel casters for mobility and a locking mechanism for secure positioning, along with a stationary storage shelf for compact storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If conventional industrial strength tables are made sturdy and durable, then strength and reliability are improved, but weight and footprint increase making them immobile and difficult to relocate
Solution Approach 1:
The table top is made rotatable relative to the frame, allowing it to dynamically change orientation between horizontal (for use) and vertical (for storage/transport). This dynamic configuration enables the same table to provide full workspace when needed while minimizing footprint during relocation, resolving the contradiction between strength/durability and mobility.
2Area of moving object
If conventional tables are made to span a large footprint, then workspace area is improved, but the space required for storage and relocation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The rotatable table top allows the workspace area to be dynamically adjusted. When rotated to horizontal position, it provides full workspace area for use. When rotated to vertical position, it minimizes the footprint to approximately one-quarter of the original footprint, enabling compact storage and easy relocation while maintaining the same workspace capability when needed.
3Stability of the object's composition
If conventional tables are made immobile, then stability is improved, but mobility and versatility are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The table incorporates a rotatable table top mechanism that allows controlled movement between fixed positions (horizontal and vertical). This provides mobility and versatility for different usage scenarios while maintaining stability when the table top is locked in its operational horizontal position. The frame remains stationary while the table top dynamically adapts to different configurations.
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AI summary
Disclosed are mobile tables and table assemblies having a selectively rotating table top relative to the table frame. A mobile table including a selectively rotatable table top that is configured to securely rotate about an axis in an unlocked position and to be secured in a predetermined plane in a locked position; and two spaced apart frame members securely connected to the selectively rotatable table top positioned on a first end of each spaced apart frame member and movement members attached to a second end of each spaced apart frame members that are configured to selectively move the mobile table to and from desired locations.