Vertical Mobile Device Charging Stand with Adjustable Mounting

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing mobile device charging stations are costly due to complex hardware requirements, limited accessibility, and safety concerns related to high voltage power supplies, which also restrict users from easily viewing their devices while charging.

Innovation Solution

A floor stand with a vertical support member and adjustable mounting points for mobile device charging stations, incorporating a power supply and safety features to reduce complexity and cost, while allowing devices to be charged vertically for easy viewing.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If expensive and complex kiosks with displays are used for charging mobile devices, then charging functionality is provided, but manufacturing costs and device complexity increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemanufacturing costVSAvoidhardware complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent removes displays and content transmission hardware from the charging kiosk, extracting only the essential charging functionality. This eliminates the need for complex display systems, storage, memory, and processors, thereby reducing manufacturing costs and hardware complexity while maintaining core charging capability

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent adopts a simplified, cost-effective kiosk design that eliminates expensive components. By using basic charging infrastructure without displays or content delivery systems, the kiosk becomes more affordable to manufacture and deploy, aligning with the principle of using simpler, cheaper objects to achieve the core function

Inventive Principle:

Principle #27Cheap short-living objects (Disposable)

2Ease of manufacture

If large stand-alone frames with expensive materials are used for kiosks, then structural support is provided, but manufacturing costs and floor footprint increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemanufacturing costVSAvoidfloor footprint

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSArea of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the kiosk into modular components including a vertical support member with multiple mounting levels. This segmentation allows for compact design with reduced floor footprint while maintaining structural support capability through optimized vertical arrangement of charging stations

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

3Ease of operation

If horizontal shelves are used for placing mobile devices, then charging space is provided, but users cannot easily view device displays and devices may be damaged from stacking

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedevice viewing easeVSAvoiddevice safety

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent inverts the traditional horizontal shelf arrangement by implementing vertical mounting of mobile devices. This inversion allows users to view device displays easily at eye level while preventing damage from stacking, as each device is individually mounted on the vertical support structure rather than stacked horizontally

Inventive Principle:

Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

Data Source

PatentUS10720785B2Mobile device charging stations and methods for making same

Publication Date: 2020.07.21 KWIKBOOST LLC

AI summary

A floor stand for supporting one or more mobile device charging stations for charging one or more mobile devices, including a vertical support member having an upper end and a lower end, wherein the one or more mobile device charging stations are supported on the vertical support member.