Collapsible Grill with Rotating Body for Compact Indoor Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Large outdoor grills pose storage challenges due to their size, making them impractical for indoor storage and difficult to move between storage and use.
Innovation Solution
A storable grill design featuring movable legs and a base system that allows the grill to transition between a usable and storable position, reducing its footprint for easier storage, including a frame assembly, locking mechanism, and modular components for enhanced functionality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the grill is designed to be large in size for outdoor cooking, then cooking functionality is improved, but storage space requirements increase and mobility becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The grill incorporates movable legs that can transition between extended and collapsed positions, and a rotatable body that can change orientation between horizontal and vertical. This dynamic design allows the grill to adapt its configuration based on whether it is being used for cooking or stored, resolving the contradiction between maintaining large cooking functionality and reducing storage space requirements
Solution Approach 2:
The grill design enables transition from a horizontal configuration during use to a vertical configuration for storage. By utilizing the vertical dimension, the grill reduces its horizontal footprint when stored, allowing it to fit in smaller indoor spaces while maintaining full cooking functionality when deployed
2Adaptability or versatility
If the grill is designed to be large in size for outdoor cooking, then cooking functionality is improved, but ease of movement between storage and use deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The movable legs with locking mechanisms and the rotatable body design enable easy transition between stored and usable positions. The dynamic structure allows single-person operation to move the grill between configurations, resolving the contradiction between maintaining large cooking functionality and improving ease of movement
Solution Approach 2:
The grill body is segmented into movable components including detachable legs and a rotatable section. This segmentation allows the grill to be moved and reconfigured more easily between storage and use positions while maintaining full cooking functionality when assembled
Data Source
AI summary
A system for storing a grill generally may include the grill and a corresponding base. The grill may have a grill body defining a cavity, and at least two legs extending from the grill body. The legs may be movable between an extended state and a collapsed state. The base may have a frame assembly selectively attachable to the grill body. When the frame assembly and grill body are attached to each other, the grill may be movable between a usable position to a storable position. A footprint of the grill may be smaller in the storable position than in the usable position.