Clothes-rail system having an integrated pipe
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional clothes-rail systems require splayed-out feet for stability, which can become trip hazards or obstructions, and lack flexibility in adapting to different room heights and obstructions.
Innovation Solution
A clothes-rail system with a vertical extension mechanism that uses releasable fastening elements to clamp against room boundaries, eliminating the need for splayed feet and allowing for adjustable placement and increased stability through transverse elements and modular design.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If feet are splayed out to provide stability for the clothes-rail system, then the system becomes stable and does not tip over, but the feet create trip hazards and obstructions for users
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from horizontal stability (splayed feet on the floor) to vertical stability (extension mechanism reaching upward to clamp against ceiling or upper boundaries). This dimensional shift eliminates the need for protruding feet while maintaining stability through vertical clamping forces.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If feet are splayed out further from the floor to reduce trip hazards, then the feet become less of a trip hazard, but other parts of the user's body could bump against the clothes-rail system
Solution Approach 1:
The patent completely removes the traditional feet structure from the system. Instead of modifying foot placement, the invention extracts the stabilizing function and relocates it to vertical extension elements that clamp against upper boundaries, eliminating all floor-level obstructions.
3Ease of manufacture
If the clothes-rail system is designed with fixed length main elements, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but the system lacks flexibility in adapting to different room heights and obstructions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements an extension mechanism with movable components that allow the main elements to adjust their length dynamically. This enables the system to adapt to various room heights and obstructions while maintaining a relatively simple base structure that can be manufactured using standard pipe components.
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AI summary
A clothes-rail system for fastening in rooms includes at least one vertically oriented main element with a first end and a second end and at least one transverse element. The at least one transverse element is arranged on the main element in a direction transverse to the at least one main element. The position in which the at least one transverse element is arranged on the at least one main element is variable. The clothes-rail system includes at least a first fastening element and a second fastening element. The first fastening element is arranged at the first end of the at least one main element. The second fastening element is arranged at a second end of the main element.