Adjustable Overhead Shelving with Telescopic Width and Height
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing storage solutions for homes and buildings lack versatility and adjustability, failing to adequately accommodate various storage needs such as HVAC systems, children's toys, and audio/visual equipment, with limited ability to adjust height and add additional shelves.
Innovation Solution
A shelving unit system featuring adjustable arms and legs that can be attached to steel beams, wood rafters, or ceilings, allowing for telescopic extensions to accommodate different heights and widths, with clearance openings for fasteners to secure the units to various support structures, enabling easy height adjustment and addition of shelves.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If fixed storage solutions are used, then installation is simple, but adaptability to different storage needs is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The shelving unit is divided into modular components including adjustable shelves, support arms, and connection elements that can be independently positioned and configured. This segmentation allows the storage system to be customized for different applications while maintaining structural integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The support arms incorporate telescopic mechanisms with multiple positioning holes that enable dynamic adjustment of arm length and shelf height. This dynamic capability allows the same structure to adapt to various storage requirements without requiring multiple fixed installations.
2Adaptability or versatility
If adjustable shelving is implemented, then versatility increases, but installation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The support arms are pre-manufactured with precisely positioned clearance openings and mounting holes at standardized intervals. This preliminary preparation of mounting locations simplifies the installation process by eliminating the need for complex measurements and drilling operations during assembly.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection mechanism uses universal mounting patterns with clearance openings that accommodate various fastener types and support structures. This universal design allows the same adjustable shelving system to be installed on different beam types and ceiling structures without requiring custom components.
3Area of stationary object
If extension members are added, then storage width increases, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The extension members are designed to nest within or attach to the existing support arm structure. This nesting approach allows additional storage width to be achieved by utilizing the space within the existing structural framework rather than adding completely separate support elements.
Solution Approach 2:
The extension members are integrated with the support arms through unified connection mechanisms that combine the functions of structural support and width extension. This merging reduces the number of separate components and connection points compared to using entirely separate extension structures.
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AI summary
The present disclosure relates to shelving systems and methods that are adaptable to a number of applications, including building heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (“HVAC”) systems, shelving units for holding children's games and toys, closet organizers with hangers and shelves, storage systems in a garage or workshop, storage shelves over a garage door, and as a shelving unit for audio and visual equipment. The shelving unit includes a means for attachment to an overhead member, such as a steel beam, wood rafter, wood joist, wood beam, or ceiling, a generally J or L shaped bar, the ability to raise or lower the J or L shaped bar to provide for storage at different heights, an extension member removably coupled to the J or L bar, and wherein the extension member has a length that provides for storage space of different widths. In another aspect, an inverted shelving stand is provided. In still a further aspect, a U shaped swiveling hanging unit is provided.