Dual-Door Changing Area Locker for Simultaneous Access Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing storage lockers in communal facilities, such as sports centers and swimming pools, often restrict accessibility for users, particularly wheelchair users, as they can only access lockers through specific doors, limiting simultaneous access and convenience.
Innovation Solution
The storage locker system features two doors, one accessible from within a changing cubicle and the other from outside, with a locking system that ensures only one door can be open at a time, allowing secure and convenient access to the storage cavity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a single door is provided for locker access, then security is maintained, but accessibility is limited for wheelchair users and simultaneous access is restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The locker door system is segmented into two separate doors: a first door accessible from within the changing cubicle and a second door accessible from outside the changing cubicle. This segmentation allows wheelchair users to access the locker from the outside without requiring the cubicle door to be opened, while maintaining security through the locking system.
2Ease of operation
If both doors are made accessible simultaneously, then convenience is improved, but security is compromised as the storage cavity becomes accessible from multiple directions
Solution Approach 1:
The locking system dynamically controls door accessibility by ensuring that when one door is unlocked, the other door remains locked. This dynamic restriction prevents simultaneous access from both directions, maintaining security while allowing convenient access from the appropriate door depending on the user's location.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the locker is only accessible from within the changing cubicle, then security is maintained, but wheelchair users cannot access their lockers independently
Solution Approach 1:
The locking system is designed with multi-functionality to serve different user needs: it allows access from within the cubicle for able-bodied users, and independently from outside the cubicle for wheelchair users. The system universally manages security while adapting to different accessibility requirements through its dual-door configuration.
Data Source
AI summary
A changing area storage locker with at least a first door and a second door. The locker has a storage cavity accessible via the first door or the second door. At least one locking system is provided for locking one or both of the first and second doors. The locking system is configured to prohibit access to the storage cavity via the first and second doors simultaneously.