Gate-Fold Lid Storage With Independent Sliding and Rotating Mechanisms
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing gate-fold-type lid attached storage devices lack satisfactory operability in terms of independent sliding and rotating mechanisms, making them difficult to open and close effectively.
Innovation Solution
A lid attached storage device with a pair of left and right lid bodies that are independently slidable and rotatable, featuring a base member, rotational support portion, and slide portion, along with rotation and slide locking mechanisms, allowing for easy operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a gate-fold-type lid body is designed to be slidable and openable at both left and right sides, then the storage device provides better accessibility and functionality, but the mechanism complexity increases making operation difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The lid body is divided into left and right lid bodies that can be operated independently. Each lid body has its own opening and closing mechanism, allowing them to be opened, closed, slid, and rotated separately. This segmentation enables versatile accessibility while keeping each individual mechanism relatively simple and easy to operate.
2Ease of operation
If independent sliding and rotating mechanisms are provided for each lid body, then operability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The opening and closing mechanisms for both left and right lid bodies are integrated into a unified structure. The base members, rotational support portions, and slide portions are combined in such a way that both lid bodies share common structural elements while maintaining independent operation capabilities. This merging reduces overall complexity compared to having completely separate mechanisms for each lid body.
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AI summary
A lid attached storage device includes: a box body having an opening; left and right lid bodies configured to cover left and right sides of the opening; and left and right opening and closing mechanisms configured to respectively cause the left and right lid bodies to be slidable in the front and rear direction and rotatable in the up and down direction with respect to the box body, each of the left and right opening and closing mechanisms including: a base member; a rotational support portion configured to support the base member so as to be rotatable in the up and down direction about a left or right side of the box body with respect to the box body; and a slide portion configured to slide the lid body in the front and rear direction with respect to the base member.