Angled Storage Box with Removable Tray for Vehicle Cab
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Solution Overview
Problem
Work trucks lack a secure storage solution for items in the cab, leading to potential damage or injury during sudden movements, and items are often inaccessible during transport, posing a safety hazard.
Innovation Solution
A truck and automotive cab storage box with a tray and angled cover that secures items using securing channels and a divider, making them inaccessible during transport and preventing storage on top, while providing a rigid storage area.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If items are stored in the back seat area of the work truck cab, then additional storage space is provided that is protected from weather and can be locked, but the items can slide during sudden acceleration, stopping, or accidents causing damage or injury
Solution Approach 1:
The storage box is divided into multiple compartments using dividers, creating separate storage sections. This segmentation prevents items from sliding across the entire storage area and keeps them organized in designated spaces, resolving the stability issue while maintaining storage capacity.
Solution Approach 2:
A tray with raised edges is introduced as an intermediary structure between the items and the storage box floor. The tray contains items within its boundaries, preventing them from sliding during sudden movements, while still allowing the storage box to provide weather protection and security.
2Ease of operation
If items are stored in the back seat area, then items are accessible when parked, but items pose a safety hazard during transport as drivers may be distracted by them
Solution Approach 1:
The tray is designed to be removable from the storage box. During transport, the tray can be extracted and placed in the driver's area, separating the items from the driver's field of view and eliminating the distraction hazard while maintaining accessibility when parked.
3Quantity of substance
If items are stored on top surfaces of boxes or containers, then storage space is utilized, but items or truck can be damaged and driver or passengers injured during sudden movement
Solution Approach 1:
The storage box features an angled or sloped top surface rather than a flat surface. This curvature prevents items from being placed on top, as they would roll off, thereby eliminating the hazard of items falling during sudden movement while still utilizing the storage space effectively.
4Reliability
If a rigid storage structure is created to secure items, then item stability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The storage box incorporates adjustable and removable components such as dividers and trays that can be reconfigured based on storage needs. This dynamic design provides rigid security when needed while allowing flexibility to simplify the structure for different item types, balancing reliability with reduced complexity.
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AI summary
A truck and automotive cab storage box is placed in the back seat of the cab of a work truck or other vehicle. The truck and automotive cab storage box has a tray which is connected to an angled cover and a divider separates the tray into two sections. The truck and automotive cab storage box stores items and forces users to stop the vehicle and open the rear doors to access items in or underneath the tray. The angled cover makes it difficult or impractical to store items on top of the truck and automotive cab storage box. The truck and automotive cab storage box makes it difficult or impractical to store items around it.