As a piece of furniture that is both portable and practical in modern life, the load-bearing capacity of folding stools is significantly differentiated due to differences in materials, design and structure. From lightweight to super-strong load-bearing, folding stools in different scenarios show diverse technical characteristics.
Lightweight folding stools: a balance between portability and practicality
Lightweight folding stools are generally made of aluminum alloy or PP. Such products are lightweight through optimized structural design. For example, a folding stool made of thickened aluminum alloy steel pipes, covered with Oxford cloth on the surface, weighs only 525 grams, but can bear a weight of 200 jin (about 100 catties). The design focus is to achieve a breakthrough in load-bearing capacity under limited dead weight through triangular support structures and high-strength connectors. Another Japanese minimalist folding stool made of PP material, through the design of dense shafts and thickened bone core, can bear 120 jin (about 60 kg) in small specifications, and is only 5 cm wide after folding, which is easy to store in home gaps or car trunks.
Breakthrough load-bearing folding stool: a model of industrial design
Some folding stools have achieved a leap in load-bearing capacity through innovative materials and structures. A Feistel outdoor folding stool uses high-strength flexible materials, similar to the connection parts and support frame combination of ladder panels, which can be stretched 20 times to extend the use area and bear a maximum load of 362 pounds (about 181 kilograms). The core lies in the stress dispersion mechanism of the flexible material and the trapezoidal support structure, which evenly distributes the weight at each support point. Another cardboard folding stool uses three-dimensional molding technology to transform two-dimensional materials into load-bearing structures. In actual tests, it can bear 500 pounds (about 250 kilograms), showing a breakthrough application of material science.
Technical parameters and scene adaptation
The load-bearing capacity of a folding stool is closely related to its technical parameters. Taking a feisteloutdoor export-grade folding stool as an example, its unfolded size is 32×27×37.5 cm, and the size is reduced to 37.5×31.5×6 cm after folding, and it can bear 100 kg with a dead weight of 1600 grams. This design meets the needs of outdoor camping, queuing and waiting through precise control of volume compression and weight distribution. Another large folding stool adopts a three-stage adjustable leg design, with a load-bearing range of 120 jin to 300 jin (about 60-150 catties), and the bottom non-slip foot pad and the top non-slip texture ensure the safety of users of different weights.
The load-bearing capacity of folding stools has exceeded traditional cognition, from 200 catties to 500 catties, which is not only due to the progress of material science, but also depends on the innovation of structural design. In the future, with the application of new materials such as carbon fiber and titanium alloy, the load-bearing performance of folding stools is expected to be further improved, providing more reliable equipment support for outdoor adventures, emergency rescue and other fields.