Vertical Optical Support Panel With Full-Access Adjustable Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Optical tables with fixed dimensions and upright breadboards present ergonomic challenges, including limited accessibility and space occupancy, making them difficult for users to reach across and complicating device mounting and unmounting, especially for wheelchair users.
Innovation Solution
A support arrangement with an upright optical support panel featuring parallel mounting surfaces, unobstructed zones, and adjustable height and rotation, allowing full access and doubling the usable surface area by supporting devices on both sides, with movable frames and remote control options.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If optical tables have large dimensions to accommodate complex optical systems, then the support surface area increases, but user accessibility deteriorates and space occupancy increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent rotates the optical table from a horizontal configuration to a vertical configuration, changing the spatial dimension in which the support surface is presented. This allows the large surface area to be vertically oriented, enabling users to access the entire surface from the front without reaching across, thus resolving the contradiction between large support area and user accessibility
2Stability of the object's composition
If optical tables have fixed heights determined by leg components, then structural stability is maintained, but adaptability to different users deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces fixed-height leg components with an adjustable height mechanism that allows the optical table to be raised or lowered to different positions. This dynamic adjustment capability enables the table to adapt to different user heights and preferences while maintaining structural stability through controlled adjustment mechanisms
3Stability of the object's composition
If upright breadboards are fixed in position on optical tables, then mounting stability is improved, but device mounting ease deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces positionally fixed upright breadboards with movable breadboards that can be slid or adjusted along the optical table surface. This allows users to easily position breadboards at convenient locations for device mounting while maintaining stable mounting capability when devices are attached to the breadboards
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AI summary
A support arrangement positions an optical system in a generally vertical plane. The support arrangement may include an optical support panel that can be arranged in an upright position. At least one mounting surface of the optical support panel may be arranged vertically so that its entire surface area is within an arms-length distance or freely accessible to a standing or seated user. An unobstructed zone may be defined immediately adjacent to the mounting surface(s), which is substantially devoid of any supporting or other structures as mechanical barriers to the vertical mounting surface(s). The optical support panel may be rotationally and/or height adjustably mounted within a frame. A control system may facilitate remote height and/or angular position adjustments of the optical support panel.