Tilting Floor Lamp with Support Elements for Table Illumination
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional floor lamps are not designed to efficiently illuminate table surfaces, such as desks, due to their heavy and protruding bases, which limit their flexibility and usability across different tables.
Innovation Solution
A floor lamp with a narrow lamp base and a tilting mechanism that allows it to lean against objects, such as tables, ensuring the light source is positioned above the surface for effective illumination, and featuring a support element arrangement for stability, enabling easy repositioning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If a heavy and protruding base is used in conventional floor lamps, then the stability of the lamp is improved, but the flexibility and ease of repositioning deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The base is designed with a narrow footprint and low weight compared to conventional floor lamps, fundamentally changing the stability parameters. The lamp compensates for the reduced base stability through a tilted stem configuration that positions the center of gravity favorably and includes support elements that rest on the table surface, creating a new stability equilibrium that enables both stability and mobility.
Solution Approach 2:
The lamp stem is designed to be tiltable and adjustable, allowing the lamp to dynamically adapt its position and orientation. The support elements can engage with the table surface at different locations, enabling the lamp to be repositioned easily while maintaining stability during use. This dynamic capability resolves the contradiction between fixed stability and flexible repositioning.
2Illumination intensity
If the light source is positioned far above the table surface, then ambient lighting is improved, but task lighting effectiveness deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The lamp head and light source arrangement are designed to be adjustable in position and orientation along the tilted stem. Users can dynamically reposition the light source to optimize the balance between ambient illumination and focused task lighting, allowing the same lamp configuration to serve both lighting needs effectively.
Solution Approach 2:
The lighting function is segmented into multiple light sources or adjustable lighting zones, where some lights provide ambient illumination while others can be directed for task lighting. This segmentation allows independent optimization of different lighting functions within the same lamp system.
3Stability of the object's composition
If a large surface area base is used, then the stability of the lamp is improved, but the space usage on the floor deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The base is designed with a minimal footprint, dramatically reducing the floor space occupied compared to conventional floor lamps. The stability function is transferred from the base surface area to the geometric configuration of the tilted stem and the engagement of support elements with the table, allowing a narrow base to provide sufficient stability without consuming floor space.
4Ease of operation
If the lamp base is designed to stand freely, then ease of repositioning is improved, but stability when illuminating specific surfaces deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The lamp is designed with a tilted, adjustable stem that can be positioned at optimal angles for illuminating specific surfaces. Support elements on the stem can engage with the table surface to lock the lamp in stable positions during use, while the overall lightweight design and narrow base maintain ease of repositioning between different locations.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a floor lamp (1, 1') for leaning against an object (T), which is to be illuminated at least in sections with the floor lamp (1, 1'). This floor lamp (1, 1') has a lamp stem (3, 3'), a lamp arrangement (2) arranged in an upper region of the lamp stem (3, 3'), a lamp foot (4, 4') arranged at a lower end of the lamp stem (3, 3'), which lamp foot is in contact with a floor next to the object (T) in an intended use position on a contact surface (K), wherein the contact surface (K) is configured such that, in the intended use position, the floor lamp (1, 1') tilts against the object (T) about a tilt axis (AK) defined by the contact surface (K), and a supporting element arrangement (10, 11), which is arranged in a region between the lamp foot (4, 4') and the lamp arrangement (2) on the lamp stem (3, 3').