Bed-Mounted Storage Container to Preserve Floor Space in Dorms
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Solution Overview
Problem
In venues with limited floor space, such as college dorm rooms and ships, existing storage devices reduce available space by occupying floor area and often require prohibited wall mountings, failing to provide adequate storage without compromising living space.
Innovation Solution
A storage device with a container structure pivotally mounted over the foot of a bed, using leg elements that extend under the mattress to elevate the container without occupying floor space, and featuring a horizontally opening door and optional lock for secure storage, power strip, and adjustable shelves.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If a storage device is placed on the floor, then storage capacity is provided, but floor space is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The storage device transitions from a floor-based horizontal placement to a wall-mounted vertical placement, utilizing the vertical dimension instead of horizontal floor space. This dimensional shift allows the storage unit to be positioned in three-dimensional space without occupying valuable floor area in cramped venues.
Solution Approach 2:
The storage device is designed with multiple functions: it provides storage capacity, incorporates a work surface on the door, includes a mirror for personal grooming, and features a shoe rack. This multi-functionality consolidates several separate items into one unit, maximizing utility while minimizing space occupation.
2Area of stationary object
If wall mounting is used to save floor space, then floor space is preserved, but wall mounting is prohibited in many venues
Solution Approach 1:
The tension rod serves as an intermediary mounting mechanism that avoids direct wall penetration. By utilizing the existing door frame structure, the rod creates a non-invasive mounting solution that respects venue restrictions while achieving the space-saving vertical placement objective.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting system extracts the storage device from traditional wall-mounted or floor-based configurations and repositions it to hang from the door frame. This extraction from conventional mounting locations enables installation in venues where wall mounting is prohibited.
3Quantity of substance
If a traditional trunk is used for storage, then storage capacity is provided, but floor space is further reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The storage device transitions from a floor-based horizontal placement to a wall-mounted vertical placement, utilizing the vertical dimension instead of horizontal floor space. This dimensional shift allows the storage unit to be positioned in three-dimensional space without occupying valuable floor area in cramped venues.
Solution Approach 2:
The storage device is designed with multiple functions: it provides storage capacity, incorporates a work surface on the door, includes a mirror for personal grooming, and features a shoe rack. This multi-functionality consolidates several separate items into one unit, maximizing utility while minimizing space occupation.
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AI summary
A storage device for providing storage space for personal items such as notebook computers, cell phones, cash and anything of value that a user wishes to keep safe. The storage device includes a container structure having a door portion pivotally mounted so as to rotate from a closed, vertical position to an open, horizontal position and a leg element having a first portion attached to the container structure and a second portion oriented at generally right angles to the first leg portion. In use, the storage device of the present invention is mounted over the foot of a bed by the leg portions that are not attached to the container structure so as to extend under the mattress. In this manner the storage device affords a storage space without detracting from available floor space and without wall mounting. The top of the storage device of the present invention can serve as a night stand given its proximity to the bed, again without necessitating reduction is overall available floor space. The door of the storage device of the present invention can also act as a convenient work space when in an open position.