Hexagonal Transport Box with Telescopic Legs for Rapid Deployment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current transportation solutions for technical equipment, such as those used in emergency settings, lack the ability to provide protection and facilitate quick setup while allowing for the equipment to be easily raised for effective information dissemination.
Innovation Solution
A transportation box with a hexagonal upper and lower end frame connected by longitudinal corner elements, featuring extendable legs with locking mechanisms and a telescopic pole for upright positioning and adjustable height, accommodating various technical equipment like lighting and loudspeakers, and enabling easy setup and storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the technical equipment is transported in a protective box, then the equipment is protected during transport, but the equipment cannot be quickly set up and raised for use
Solution Approach 1:
The box is divided into a protective box body and separate extendable leg assemblies that can be quickly deployed from the box sections. The legs are segmented into multiple telescopic sections that can be extended independently, allowing rapid setup while the box body remains intact for protection.
Solution Approach 2:
The leg assemblies are pre-positioned within the box sections during manufacturing, ready for deployment. The locking mechanisms and guide structures are pre-configured to enable quick extension and stabilization without requiring complex assembly steps during setup.
2Ease of operation
If the box is designed with extendable legs for raising equipment, then the equipment can be raised for better information dissemination, but the box structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The box sections serve multiple functions: they provide protective enclosure for the equipment and simultaneously house the leg assemblies that enable raising. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate raising mechanisms, simplifying the overall structure while maintaining operational capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The leg assemblies are nested within the box sections in a compact configuration during transport. The telescopic legs fit inside the box walls, and the locking mechanisms are integrated into the box structure, creating a space-efficient design that minimizes structural complexity.
3Volume of moving object
If the box is made compact for easy storage and transport, then space efficiency is improved, but the equipment cannot be raised to sufficient height for effective information dissemination
Solution Approach 1:
The box transitions from a compact static configuration during transport to an extended dynamic configuration during use. The telescopic leg assemblies allow the box to change its height dynamically, providing a compact form factor for storage while achieving sufficient height for information dissemination when deployed.
Solution Approach 2:
The height extension is achieved through vertical telescopic movement of the leg assemblies rather than increasing the box's base dimensions. This allows compact horizontal footprint for storage while providing extended vertical reach when needed, effectively using the vertical dimension for height adjustment.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a transportation box 100 for technical equipment 200, said transportation box in the orientation intended for use comprising: -a first, upper end frame 8, said first end frame having a hexagonal circumference and comprising six vertices 1,2,3,4,5,6 and six edges 11,12,13,14,15,16; -a second, lower end frame18, said second end frame having a hexagonal circumference and comprising six vertices 21,22,23,24,25,26 and six edges 31,32,33,34,35,36; -said first and said second end frames being connected by six longitudinal corner elements 41,42,43,44,45,46; -each said corner element extending from one vertex of said first end frame 8 to one vertex of said second end frame18; -said transportation box thereby comprising six longitudinal side sections 51,52,53,54,55,56; -wherein three of said six longitudinal side sections are leg sections 51,53,55, each leg section comprising a leg assembly 60; - wherein each leg assembly 60 comprises an extendable leg 70 being adapted to be able to switch between a collapsed state, in which the leg is accommodated in said corresponding leg section 51,53,55; and an extended state, in which said leg is extending outward from said leg section 51,53,55 to provide support for said transportation box when arranged in an upright position; -wherein each said leg assembly 60 comprises locking means 110 for releasable locking its corresponding leg in its extended state; -wherein any two of said three leg sections 51,53,55 are arranged on either side of a side section which is not a leg section 52,54,56.