Appliance Mount with Nested Insert for Expandable Shelter Transport
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing expandable shelters face challenges in efficiently transitioning between stowed and deployed states, particularly with HVAC appliances, which are heavy, bulky, and require significant manual labor and time to secure during transportation and setup, affecting logistics and deployment speed.
Innovation Solution
An appliance mount system that includes a frame and insert, allowing appliances to easily transition between stowed and deployed states, securely fastening during transport and deployment, while minimizing manual labor and maintaining the shelter's compact footprint.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If HVAC appliances are integrated into expandable shelters, then the shelter can be equipped with necessary climate control, but the appliances become heavy and bulky, requiring significant manual labor to secure during transport and setup
Solution Approach 1:
The appliance mount is divided into separate components: a frame structure attached to the shelter wall, and a removable insert that holds the HVAC appliance. This segmentation allows the appliance to be easily inserted and removed without requiring manual securing operations, resolving the contradiction between having climate control capability and minimizing manual labor.
Solution Approach 2:
The appliance mount acts as an intermediary structure between the shelter wall and the HVAC appliance. It provides a standardized interface that simplifies the connection process, allowing the heavy appliance to be secured without significant manual labor while maintaining climate control functionality.
2Productivity
If appliances are made configurable between stowed and deployed states, then the shelter can be transported more efficiently, but this may increase the footprint of the shelter or add challenges to securing appliances
Solution Approach 1:
The insert containing the HVAC appliance nests within the frame structure when in the stowed position. This nested configuration allows the appliance to be compactly stored within the shelter's existing footprint during transport, eliminating the need to increase the shelter's overall size while maintaining configurability between stowed and deployed states.
3Loss of time
If appliances are made configurable between stowed and deployed states, then setup time can be reduced, but this may create challenges to securing the appliances during transportation and deployment
Solution Approach 1:
The frame structure is pre-attached to the shelter wall before the appliance is installed. This preliminary action creates a ready-made mounting structure that ensures reliable securing of the appliance during both transport and deployment, while allowing quick configuration between stowed and deployed states by simply inserting or removing the appliance from the pre-prepared frame.
Data Source
AI summary
A wall mountable assembly including a mount and an insert. The mount may include an interior frame, an exterior frame, and an opening extending between the interior frame and the exterior frame. Channels may be coupled to the exterior frame and/or the interior frame. The insert may operably engage with the mount and transition between a stowed position and a deployed position. The insert may include a cover having a face plate, a top, a bottom, and tapered sidewalls extending between the top of the cover and the bottom of the cover. Slides of the cover may be configured to operably engage with the channels. In the stowed position the tapered sidewalls of the insert may be separated from the interior frame while in the deployed position the tapered sidewalls may be substantially flush with the interior frame.