Rotationally Molded Table Base with Concealed Floor Mounting Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Tables in correctional and mental health institutions are prone to being moved or tampered with due to exposed fasteners, posing a security risk.
Innovation Solution
A table design featuring a base secured to the floor using a mounting assembly with anchors and a clamping mechanism that prevents horizontal and vertical movement, utilizing a combination of a base plate, clamping plate, and locking nuts to ensure stability and security.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If the table is secured to the floor with anchors and exposed fasteners, then the table stability is improved, but the security risk increases due to removable fasteners
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the vulnerable exposed fasteners (bolts and nuts) from the external surface of the table base by extracting them into the interior cavity. The fasteners are retained internally by the curved surface geometry and friction, eliminating the security hazard of removable external fasteners while preserving the anchoring function.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting assembly is nested within the table base structure. The base plate with anchors is positioned inside the hollow cylindrical base, and the fasteners are contained within the interior cavity. This nesting arrangement conceals the fastening mechanism while maintaining structural integrity.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If the table base is made hollow to conceal fasteners, then the security risk is reduced, but the manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The table base is designed as a hollow cylindrical structure with a curved interior surface. This curved geometry naturally retains the flat base plate and fasteners through friction and geometric constraint, eliminating the need for additional internal fastening mechanisms and simplifying manufacturing.
Solution Approach 2:
The entire table base is constructed as a single homogeneous hollow cylindrical structure, likely formed by rotational molding or similar processes. This uniform geometry simplifies manufacturing while providing the necessary concealed fastening capability throughout the structure.
Data Source
AI summary
A table including a table top and a rotationally molded table base for supporting the table top. The table base has a bottom portion and an interior. The table includes a mounting assembly including a base member for being secured to a floor and having the bottom portion of the table base positioned thereabove. The mounting assembly also includes a blocking member configured to be positioned in the interior of the table base above the bottom portion of the table base and connected to the base member. The mounting assembly has a secured configuration wherein the blocking member inhibits movement of the bottom portion of the table base away from the base member.