Gravity-Locked Plant Holder Structure for Easy Rearrangement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems lack convenience in attaching and detaching holders for plants, limiting flexibility and aesthetic arrangement.
Innovation Solution
A system with horizontal and vertical supports that utilize gravity to securely attach and detach plant holders, allowing for easy movement and customization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If holders are designed to be permanently fixed to the structure, then attachment stability is improved, but flexibility to move and rearrange plants is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The holder is divided into separate components: a holder body and a detachable attachment element (such as a clamp or connector). This segmentation allows the holder to be easily attached and detached from the structure while maintaining stable attachment during use, resolving the contradiction between attachment stability and flexibility to move plants.
2Adaptability or versatility
If holders are designed to be easily detachable, then flexibility to rearrange plants is improved, but attachment stability and security are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment mechanism incorporates dynamic elements such as spring-loaded clamps or snap-fit connectors that automatically adjust to maintain secure attachment. These dynamic components ensure the holder remains firmly attached during normal use while allowing easy detachment when needed, balancing attachment stability with rearrangement flexibility.
3Reliability
If a complex attachment mechanism is used to ensure secure attachment, then attachment stability is improved, but ease of operation for attaching and detaching holders is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment mechanism is designed to be self-securing through features such as spring-loaded clamps that automatically engage and lock into place, or snap-fit connectors that secure themselves upon attachment. This self-service mechanism ensures stable attachment without requiring complex manual adjustment or additional fastening steps, maintaining ease of operation while ensuring secure attachment.
4Ease of operation
If simple attachment mechanisms are used, then ease of operation is improved, but attachment stability and security are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
An intermediary attachment element (such as a clamp, bracket, or connector) is introduced between the holder and the structure. This intermediary component provides a secure mechanical connection while maintaining simple operation, as the user only needs to attach or detach the holder from the intermediary element rather than directly from the structure, thus ensuring both ease of operation and attachment stability.
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
Enables convenient attachment and detachment of plant holders, facilitating flexible arrangement and aesthetic customization while ensuring stability.
Implementation Method 1
the centre of mass of the holder is at a distance in front of a plane formed by the plurality of horizontal supports, so that gravity pulling on the holder will make the linear extension engage with the first horizontal support of the structure and the bottom part engage with a second horizontal support
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AI summary
A system comprises a structure for removably attaching one or more holders for plants and the like, and at least one such holder. The structure comprises a plurality of horizontal supports; and a holder comprises a front part, a rear part connected to the front part and having a linear extension at a top side, and a bottom part for supporting the holder, located between the front and the rear parts. When the holder is attached to the structure, a first horizontal support is located between the front part and the linear extension and the centre of mass of the holder is at a distance in front of a plane formed by the plurality of horizontal supports, so that gravity pulling on the holder will make the linear extension engage with the first horizontal support of the structure and the bottom part engage with a second horizontal support.