Flip Lid Bin With Segmented Hinged Structure
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Solution Overview
Problem
Storage containers with lids often lack stability for stacking and ergonomic handle arrangements, leading to poor structural performance and user dissatisfaction.
Innovation Solution
A bin with a flip lid device featuring a main body and lid with hingedly connected portions, ergonomic handle arrangements, and a stacking structure that includes ribs for enhanced support and stability, allowing for secure stacking and easy lifting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If bins are designed with simple lids, then manufacturing cost is reduced, but stacking stability is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The lid is divided into a first portion and a second portion that are hingedly connected, allowing independent movement and stacking configurations. This segmentation enables the lid to provide stable stacking surfaces while maintaining manufacturing simplicity through modular construction.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs nesting of bins within bins and lids within bins to create compact storage arrangements. The lids are designed to nest within the bin cavity when not in use, providing stacking stability without requiring additional external structures.
2Device complexity
If bins are designed without ergonomic handles, then device complexity is reduced, but lifting ergonomics deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The handle arrangement is merged with the lid structure, where the lid portions serve dual functions as both covers and lifting handles. This integration provides ergonomic lifting capability without adding separate handle components, thus maintaining structural simplicity.
3Stability of the object's composition
If bins are designed with adequate stacking support, then stacking stability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The lid structure serves multiple functions: it covers the bin opening, provides stacking surfaces for stable bin stacking, and acts as an ergonomic handle for lifting. This multi-functionality achieves stacking stability without requiring separate structural components.
Solution Approach 2:
The hinged connection between lid portions allows dynamic movement and adaptation to different stacking configurations. The lid can be positioned in various orientations to provide optimal stacking surfaces while maintaining structural simplicity through the flexible hinged design.
Data Source
AI summary
The bin with flip lid device includes a main body and lid having a first portion and a second portion. The main body includes a plurality of sides, an upper surface, and a bottom surface. The main body further has a first handle arrangement and a second handle arrangement. Each of the handle arrangements are disposed on opposite sides of the upper surface of the main body. Each of the first portion and the second portion of the lid are also disposed on opposite sides of the upper surface of the main body. Each of the first portion and the second portion are hingedly connected along the upper surface of the main body. Each of the first portion and the second portion have at least one tooth which is configured to nest into a corresponding recess in each of the opposite lids where the device is in a closed position.