Table that can be moved and set up without lifting the tabletop Received the 50th (2024) Grand Prize for Invention "Invention Merit Award".
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Kotobuki Seating Co. (Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Directors: Shigeyuki Fukazawa and Keiko Fukazawa; hereinafter referred to as "the Company") has received the "Invention Merit Award" for its "Table that can be moved and installed without bouncing the tabletop" at the 50th (2024) Invention Awards organized by the Japan Institute for the Promotion of Invention and Innovation. We are pleased to announce that our "Table that can be moved and installed without bouncing up the tabletop" was awarded the "Invention Merit Prize" in the "Grand Prize for Invention of 2024".
Title: "Table that can be moved and set up without having to flip up the tabletop
Name of Awardee: Yasushi Ohno, General Manager, Development Department, Kotobuki Seating Co.
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Development Background
Active learning" is a learning method used in many educational settings, from elementary schools to universities. It is an educational method in which students and instructors do not give one-way lectures, but rather encourage students to actively think and learn, with the aim of developing general abilities including cognitive, ethical, social, cultural, knowledge, and experience skills. Within a single class period, there are various situations such as lectures, group work, discussions, and presentations, which require various layouts to suit the scene, such as facing one direction, gathering in groups, or surrounding a presenter. Smoothly changing the layout of furniture has been a challenge because it is directly related to maintaining the concentration of students and students and reducing time loss. Therefore, we have developed a table that allows "anyone" to change layouts "easily" and "quickly.
Example of Active Learning Layout Change
Product Features
The "table that can be moved and set up without lifting the tabletop" can be moved freely by grasping the lift-up lever under the tabletop, which activates the casters. When the lever is released, the casters lift off the floor and the adjusters attached to the leg tips set the table on the floor. With teaching materials and luggage on the desk, the caster can be moved and set up with a simple "grip and release" operation, eliminating the need to squat down to unlock the casters by hand or to move the luggage out of the way to move it.
When installed, the four adjusters on the cover that covers the casters firmly grip the floor, maintaining a high level of stability. It is also resistant to earthquake shaking, providing a safe environment.
Product Features
Product Introduction Video
Product
Active learning desk SD-610FF2 series
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FT-600D Series "GLIDE" Folding Table
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■Developer's Comment
Since its release, this product has been well received by many customers, including educational facilities, and has increased its track record, not only because of its ease of use but also because of its stability and resistance to seismic shaking. We would like to express our sincere appreciation for this award, which is the result of our application to make the product value more widely known. Public furniture has some difficult conditions, as the users of our products are unspecified, but we will continue to provide many products that are durable, safe, and environmentally friendly.
(Yasushi Ohno, General Manager, Development Department, Kotobuki Seating Co.)
About the Invention Awards
The Japan Society for the Advancement of Inventions (JSIA) and the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun jointly sponsor the Invention Awards, which are given to mid-sized and small companies and individuals who have created outstanding technologies and products through highly original inventions. The Invention Merit Award is given to companies, individuals, or groups that have contributed to the development of Japanese industry and the improvement of people's lives through outstanding inventions and ideas.
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Company profile of Kotobuki Seating Co.
Establishment : December 1914
Establishment ： July 2010
Location: 1-2-1 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Representative: Shigeyuki Fukazawa, President
Keiko Fukazawa
Business description: Manufacturing and sales of furniture for public facilities, such as cultural, sports, educational facilities, and parliamentary chambers.
Manufacture and sale of furniture for cultural, sports, educational and parliamentary facilities, etc.
Capsule Bed Business: Manufacture and sale of capsule beds for lodging and napping
and import/export of these products
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