Tablet Support Coupling to Chair Legs for Stable Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing furniture designs, particularly chairs, lack a stable and easy-to-couple support for tablets, failing to integrate a tablet with the chair into a single, stable, and safe unit.
Innovation Solution
A support is fastened to a tablet using welding, glue, rivets, or screws, and coupled to a chair's legs, either through fitting sleeves or direct fastening, enhancing stability and safety.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a support is added to couple a tablet to a chair, then the functionality and stability of the chair-tablet integration is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The support structure is divided into separate components: a support body that couples to the chair legs and a tablet holder that attaches to the support. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently and simplifies installation and adjustment, resolving the contradiction between adding functionality and increasing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The support is designed to be universally applicable to different chair types through adjustable coupling mechanisms, and the tablet holder can accommodate various tablet sizes. This multi-functionality approach adds versatility without requiring multiple specialized components, thus managing complexity while improving adaptability.
2Reliability
If the support is made securely coupled to the chair legs, then the stability and safety of the tablet integration is improved, but the ease of installation and reconfiguration deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The coupling mechanism incorporates adjustable and removable features that allow the support to be easily installed and reconfigured while maintaining stable connection when assembled. The dynamic design enables users to adjust the coupling strength and position, achieving both ease of installation and operational stability.
Solution Approach 2:
Fitting sleeves are introduced as intermediary elements between the support and chair legs, providing a standardized interface that simplifies installation while ensuring stable connection. These sleeves act as mediators that facilitate easy assembly without compromising the structural integrity and stability of the overall system.
3Strength
If multiple fastening means are used to secure the support, then the strength and safety of the coupling is improved, but the device complexity and manufacturing difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple fastening functions are merged into integrated coupling components that achieve strong connections through unified structural designs. Instead of using separate fasteners for each connection point, the support incorporates combined coupling elements that provide multiple attachment points and securing mechanisms as integrated units, reducing manufacturing complexity while maintaining coupling strength.
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AI summary
The present model aims at making a pre-existing and independent piece of furniture, such as a chair, fully functional so that its user can also enjoy a tablet coupled to the same. Thus, a support that, being fastened to the tablet, could be easily coupled to the legs of a chair, so as to result in a set of chair with coupled table with total stability and safety.