Folding Door and Hardtop Storage Frame for Compact Transport
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing storage solutions for removable vehicular components like doors and hardtop roofs lack adaptability and transportability, often being too large and cumbersome for compact storage and transport.
Innovation Solution
A folding storage apparatus with rollable caster wheels and pivotally connected base leg members that can be reconfigured to reduce its footprint and volumetric space, allowing for the storage of multiple doors, hardtop roofs, and trailer hitches, and can be transported using a standard hitch.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a storage apparatus is designed to accommodate multiple vehicular components (doors, hardtop roofs, trailer hitches), then the storage capacity and versatility are improved, but the apparatus becomes larger and more cumbersome, reducing transportability
Solution Approach 1:
The storage apparatus is divided into multiple independent storage bays, each designed to accommodate specific vehicular components (doors, hardtop roofs, trailer hitches). This segmentation allows the apparatus to handle diverse items efficiently while maintaining a manageable overall structure that can be transported.
Solution Approach 2:
The apparatus utilizes vertical space and three-dimensional configuration to maximize storage capacity without proportionally increasing the footprint. By arranging storage bays in multiple levels and orientations, it accommodates multiple components while maintaining transportability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the storage apparatus is designed with a large footprint to accommodate multiple components, then the storage capacity is improved, but the volumetric space requirements increase, making compact storage difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The storage apparatus employs a nested configuration where smaller storage bays are arranged within the overall structure, allowing compact organization of multiple vehicular components. This nesting approach maximizes storage capacity while minimizing the external volumetric footprint.
Solution Approach 2:
The design transitions from two-dimensional expansion to three-dimensional utilization, stacking storage bays vertically and arranging them in space-efficient configurations that reduce the apparatus's overall volumetric requirements while maintaining high storage capacity.
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AI summary
A reconfigurable apparatus used to store removable vehicular doors, roofs, roof components and hitch accessories. A rolling frame supports pivoting door storage arms, removable roof storage framework components and tubes for storage of hitch accessories. Components can be reconfigured to allow for compact storage and/or vehicular transportation of the apparatus itself.