Product Development Story ２

Automatic Table Leg Ajduster "T.balance"

I like to think about new products in cafés, and ideas come to me in places that are more buzzy than quiet.

When I was making sketches as usual, I started to notice that the table was rattling.

I tried putting paper under the table leg and turning the screws on the adjusters, but these didn't solve the problem.

No matter where I go to the shops, there is always a table that is rattling.

I checked for a solution, but there wasn't one.

I tried to think of a solution, but it was difficult and it took me about a year to come up with one.

I observed that the table rattling was caused by a small irregularity in the floor.

At first I thought about a whole table leg, but that would not work with the existing table.

It would make no sense if we couldn't manage to adjust the height automatically with just the adjusters.

After careful consideration, we realized that it was one of the legs that rattled the four-legged table, so we thought we could solve the problem by moving just the adjuster up and down.

The adjuster mechanism used a damper.

We solved the problem by developing an ultra-compact damper.

And we were able to obtain a worldwide patent.

Toshiyuki Kato T-KATO CO LTD