Triangular Pedestal Carrying Plate for Irregular Ground Adaptation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing pedestals struggle to adapt to irregular ground surface geometries, requiring additional pedestals and battens at short distances, leading to increased material costs and work time due to the need for precise alignment and support.
Innovation Solution
A pedestal with a carrying plate featuring three engaging structures in a triangular configuration, allowing for engagement with battens or joists at varying angles without compromising stability, enabling the creation of a frame with irregular geometry using a minimum number of pedestals.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional pedestals with single engaging structure are used, then the pedestal structure is simple, but additional pedestals are required at short distances to accommodate irregular ground surface geometries, increasing material costs and assembly time
Solution Approach 1:
The carrying plate is designed with three distinct engaging structures (first, second, and third engaging structures) positioned at different locations and orientations. This multi-functional design allows a single pedestal to accommodate battens or joists at various angles and positions, enabling the pedestal to adapt to irregular ground surface geometries without requiring additional pedestals at short intervals.
2Adaptability or versatility
If additional pedestals are installed at short distances to match irregular ground geometry, then the ground surface adaptation is improved, but material costs and assembly time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The three engaging structures on the carrying plate provide universal compatibility with various batten configurations. The first engaging structure engages with a first batten, the second engaging structure engages with a second batten, and the third engaging structure engages with a third batten, allowing the single pedestal to replace multiple traditional pedestals and reduce assembly time.
3Adaptability or versatility
If carrying plate uses single engaging structure, then the pedestal design is simple, but the support frame geometry is constrained to regular patterns
Solution Approach 1:
The carrying plate incorporates three distinct engaging structures positioned at different locations (first, second, and third engaging structures) with different orientations. This multi-functional design provides geometry flexibility for the support frame while maintaining a unified, integrated carrying plate structure rather than requiring multiple separate components.
Solution Approach 2:
The carrying plate is segmented into three distinct engaging structures that can independently engage with different battens. This segmentation allows each structure to be optimized for specific engagement orientations while remaining part of a single integrated carrying plate, balancing complexity with functionality.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This design allows for flexible configuration of the support frame to match the ground surface geometry, reducing material costs and assembly time while maintaining stability, as it can accommodate different joist or batten angles and irregular geometries with fewer pedestals.
Implementation Method 1
the intermediate portion and the base portions to engage by means of a screw thread, allowing varying the distance between the base portion and the carrying plate by rotation of the intermediate portion in view of the base portion
Implementation Method 2
said carrying plate comprises three distinct engaging structures each configured to engage with a batten or joist, wherein the three engaging structures are positioned in a triangular configuration
Data Source
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AI summary
A pedestal for supporting an elevated surface comprising boards or tiles mounted on a supporting frame of battens or joists, the pedestal comprising: a) a base configured to be placed on an underlying surface; b) a carrying plate having means for engaging with a batten or joist of the elevated surface and defining means for rotatably engaging with c) an intermediate portion engaging with both the base and the carrying plate and allowing varying the distance between the base portion and the carrying plate along a longitudinal axis X-X; the pedestal having a predominantly tubular cross section extending around a longitudinal axis X-X that defines the center line of the pedestal, characterised in that said carrying plate comprises three distinct engaging structures each configured to engage with a batten or joist, wherein the three engaging structures are positioned in a triangular configuration, the center of the defined triangle positioned within a circle having a center coinciding with the longitudinal axis X-X and a radius equal to 50% of the radius of the tubular cross section of the pedestal.