Console-Mounted Flexible Panel Article Holder with Pivot Lid
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing article holding and storage devices within vehicles lack a secure and convenient method to hold personal items like purses and shopping bags adjacent to vehicle seats.
Innovation Solution
A console-mounted device with a flexible panel and pivotally attached lid, featuring hooks and a coupler system that secures the panel to the console, allowing for easy attachment and storage of articles.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If a rigid storage compartment is used, then structural stability is improved, but accessibility and ease of operation deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by making the lid pivotally attached to the perimeter wall, allowing it to move between closed and open positions. This dynamic element provides structural stability when closed while enabling easy access when opened, resolving the contradiction between stability and accessibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The storage device is segmented into distinct functional components: a rigid console body for structural stability, a movable lid for accessibility, a flexible panel for adaptability, and hooks for article holding. This segmentation allows each component to optimize its specific function while working together as a unified system.
2Reliability
If a fixed storage structure is used, then reliability is improved, but adaptability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The flexible panel with movable hooks provides adaptability within a reliable fixed console structure. The panel can be positioned at different locations along the perimeter wall, and hooks can be attached at various points, allowing the system to adapt to different storage needs while maintaining the reliability of the overall console structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The console mounting device serves multiple functions: it provides a secure mounting structure, a movable lid for access, a flexible panel for positioning, and hooks for holding various articles. This multi-functionality increases adaptability while the robust console structure maintains reliability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple components are used, then functionality is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple functions into a unified console mounting device: the console body, lid, flexible panel, and hooks are integrated into a single assembly that mounts to the console. This combining approach provides diverse functionality while maintaining relatively simple installation and operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The multi-functional design allows a single device to perform multiple tasks: storage containment, article holding, adjustable positioning, and secure mounting. This universality increases functionality without proportionally increasing complexity, as the components work together as a coordinated system.
Data Source
AI summary
A console mounted article holding assembly includes a console including a perimeter wall has an upper edge defining an opening extending into the console. A lid is pivotally attached to the perimeter wall and is positionable in a closed position closing the opening or in an open position exposing the opening. A panel is flexible and has a first side, a second side and a perimeter edge. The perimeter edge includes a top edge, a bottom edge, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge. The upper edge extends through the opening such that the bottom edge is positioned outside of the console and extends downwardly from the perimeter wall. At least one hook is attached to the flexible panel and extends downwardly from the bottom edge. A coupler releasably attaches the second side of the panel to an interior surface of the console.