Cleaning Cart with Modular Storage for Versatile Task Configurations
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cleaning carts lack versatility in accommodating different cleaning tasks and user preferences, limiting their adaptability in various environments.
Innovation Solution
A cleaning cart with a frame that allows storage devices to be selectively fixed to receiving elements, enabling different relative positions and orientations, and includes modular components for customizable configurations based on user needs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If storage devices are fixed in predefined positions on cleaning carts, then structural stability is improved, but versatility and adaptability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The frame is divided into multiple support parts with receiving elements distributed at different positions. Storage devices can be selectively attached to different support parts, creating segmented, modular configurations that maintain stability while enabling versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The cleaning cart transitions from a static, fixed configuration to a dynamic, reconfigurable system. Retaining elements can be selectively fixed to different receiving elements, allowing the storage devices to assume different relative positions based on cleaning task requirements.
2Ease of manufacture
If cleaning carts are designed with fixed configurations, then manufacturing simplicity is improved, but user adaptability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The frame is designed with universal receiving elements distributed across multiple support parts. The same retaining elements can be attached to different receiving elements to create various configurations, allowing a single cart design to serve multiple cleaning tasks and user preferences.
Solution Approach 2:
The system allows changing the positional parameters of storage devices by selectively fixing retaining elements to different receiving elements. This enables parameter variation (position, orientation) without changing the fundamental cart structure, maintaining manufacturing simplicity while enhancing adaptability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple receiving elements are provided at different positions, then versatility is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The receiving elements are segmented and distributed across multiple support parts rather than concentrated in one location. This segmentation allows versatile configuration options while keeping each individual receiving element simple in design.
Solution Approach 2:
The retaining elements are designed to be selectively fixed by users to different receiving elements without requiring complex tools or procedures. The system serves itself by providing intuitive, self-explanatory attachment points that users can configure based on their needs.
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to cleaning cart, comprising a frame having a frame lower part, a frame upper part and support parts which connect the frame lower part to the frame upper part and are spaced apart from one another, rollers at the frame lower part for moving on a ground surface, storage devices for receiving therein and/or supporting thereon cleaning accessories, retaining elements for holding the storage devices, and receiving elements arranged at the support parts in a predefined position, wherein the retaining elements are selectively fixable to the receiving elements for having the storage devices assume different relative positions with respect to the support parts.