Fixation system for inventory articles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing fixing systems for inventory items in vehicles are limited by their inability to securely attach items with varying peripheral contours, leading to wobbling and potential damage, as they are often designed for specific dimensions and cannot adapt to different geometries.
Innovation Solution
A fixing system featuring L-shaped, triangular, and square-shaped fixing elements with Velcro surfaces and a base plate that can be cut to size, allowing for detachable and adjustable attachment in any pattern, ensuring a secure and adaptable fixation for a wide range of inventory items.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If fixed recesses with specific dimensions are used for inventory items, then inventory items with exact matching dimensions can be securely fixed, but inventory items with different dimensions cannot be fixed or will wobble
Solution Approach 1:
The fixing system is divided into modular fixing elements (L-shaped, triangular, square) that can be independently arranged and combined in different patterns on the base plate, allowing adaptation to various inventory item shapes and sizes while maintaining secure fixation
Solution Approach 2:
The fixing elements are designed to be detachably attachable to the base plate using Velcro connections, enabling dynamic reconfiguration of the fixing pattern to match different inventory item geometries, transforming a static fixed-recess system into a dynamic adaptable system
2Stability of the object's composition
If fixing elements are firmly glued to the base plate, then a stable fixation is achieved, but the fixing system cannot be rearranged or reconfigured
Solution Approach 1:
The fixing elements use detachable Velcro attachments instead of permanent adhesive bonding, enabling the system to transition from a static fixed configuration to a dynamic reconfigurable system that maintains stability during use but allows easy rearrangement when needed
3Manufacturing precision
If a perforated plate with pegs and threaded bolts is used, then pegs can be positioned in specified holes, but the positioning is limited to the specified hole pattern
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of a single perforated plate with fixed hole patterns, the system uses multiple discrete fixing elements that can be independently positioned and attached at any location on the base plate, providing both precision placement and positioning flexibility
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system provides a reliable, space-saving, and economically viable solution for securely fixing inventory items of various dimensions and geometries, preventing wobbling and damage, while allowing for easy rearrangement and reuse.
Implementation Method 1
the fixing elements each have a Velcro surface at least in certain areas on the underside and the base plate has a surface that is designed in such a way that it can be connected to the Velcro fastener
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AI summary
A fixing system (10) for securing inventory items, such as glasses (15,17), pots (18), cups (16), mugs (14), plates, bottles (19) and similar household items in land, air or Water vehicles, such as mobile homes, caravans, trucks, ships, airplanes with a base plate (12) on which several fixing elements (20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110) can be attached, which have contact surfaces on the inventory items at least in certain areas, can be applied, in particular can be applied in a form-fitting manner, characterized in that the fixing elements (20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110) and the base plate (12) are designed in such a way that the Fixing elements (20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90,100, 110) can be detached without using tools on the top of the base plate in any desired grid, can be arranged and connected according to the respective contour dimensions of the inventory items.