Stackable Leveler Design for Furniture Stability on Uneven Surfaces
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing stabilizing devices, such as wedges and furniture risers, are not adequately suited for outdoor and camping applications, and they often fail to provide a stable support plane for furniture and appliances, leading to instability, wobbling, and vibration, especially on uneven surfaces.
Innovation Solution
A stackable leveler system with a horizontally disposed top surface and a wall featuring equidistant notches, allowing for easy stacking and use in various applications, constructed from materials like high-friction plastics, metals, or wood, capable of stabilizing items up to 1000 pounds, with optional felt layers for protection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional stabilizing devices (wedges, furniture risers) are used, then they can provide some stabilization, but they fail to provide a stable support plane for furniture and appliances on uneven surfaces, leading to instability, wobbling, and vibration
Solution Approach 1:
The leveler is divided into distinct functional segments: a top surface for support, a body portion with notches for stacking, and a bottom surface with feet for contact. This segmentation allows each part to perform its specific function optimally while enabling modular stacking to achieve the desired height and stability.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple levelers are designed to stack one upon another, with the bottom leveler nested within the top leveler. The notches in the body portion accommodate the stacking arrangement, allowing levelers to be nested vertically to provide adjustable height and stable support for various furniture and appliance applications.
2Adaptability or versatility
If levelers are designed for stacking capability, then they can be easily stored and transported, but the structural complexity increases to accommodate notches and stacking interfaces
Solution Approach 1:
The notches in the body portion serve multiple functions: they provide structural features for stacking levelers one upon another, enable easy alignment during stacking, and maintain structural integrity. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional complex components while achieving versatile stacking capability.
3Strength
If the leveler structure is made robust to support heavy weights up to 1000 pounds, then stability is improved, but the weight and bulk of the leveler itself increases
Solution Approach 1:
The leveler is constructed from composite materials including a rigid body portion (made from materials such as polypropylene, polyethylene, or other rigid plastics) and a softer foot material (such as rubber or foam). This composite construction provides high load-bearing capacity to support weights up to 1000 pounds while keeping the overall weight manageable and the feet compliant for surface protection.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The leveler system effectively stabilizes furniture and appliances by creating a stable support plane, preventing wobbling and vibration, and can be used both indoors and outdoors, accommodating different weights and applications, while being easy to stack and use.
Implementation Method 1
constructed from materials like high-friction plastics, metals, or wood
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AI summary
A leveler for stabilizing furniture and other items which may be stacked one upon another in a stackable fashion. One or more stackable levelers may be used for many indoor, garage, patio, pool, and outdoor applications. In addition to stabilizing furniture, including tables, chairs, shelving, desks, beds, sofas, and anything with feet and/or legs, the levelers may be used in various camping and outdoor applications, including for stabilizing ladders, appliances, and kickstands.