Tool Holder Rail With Inclined Dual Slots for Compact Storage

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional tool storage systems have limited capacity due to single-rail designs, requiring multiple storage devices for various-sized tools, leading to inefficiencies in storage and use.

Innovation Solution

A tool holder rail with an elongate main body featuring inclined mounting sides and rail slots with flanges, allowing for slidable engagement of tool seats, enhancing storage capacity while maintaining a compact form factor.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If a single rail is used for tool storage, then the device complexity is reduced, but the storage capacity is limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestorage capacityVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent transitions from a single-rail design to a dual-rail configuration where two rails extend in different directions (one horizontally, one vertically) from the mounting side. This dimensional change allows tool seats to be arranged in multiple orientations, significantly increasing storage capacity without proportionally increasing device complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Solution Approach 2:

The storage system is segmented into multiple independent rails, each capable of holding multiple tool seats. This segmentation allows each rail to function independently while contributing to the overall storage capacity, enabling flexible tool organization and easier maintenance of individual components.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Quantity of substance

If multiple storing racks are used to increase storage capacity, then the storage capacity is improved, but the volume occupied increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestorage capacityVSAvoidvolume occupied
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSVolume of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple storage functions into a single integrated rail structure. By having two rails extending in different directions from one mounting side, the system combines what would traditionally require separate storage units into one compact device, increasing capacity while reducing overall volume occupied.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The dual-rail structure allows for nested arrangement where tool seats can be positioned along different rails in a space-efficient manner. The rails themselves are nested in the sense that they share a common mounting side and coordinate their spatial occupation to maximize storage density within minimal volume.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

3Stability of the object's composition

If tool seats are fixed in position, then the stability is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovestabilityVSAvoidease of operation
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The tool seats are designed with slidable engagement with the rails, allowing them to move dynamically along the rail length. This dynamic capability enables easy adjustment of tool positions for accessibility while the engagement mechanism maintains stable positioning when tools are not being accessed, balancing both stability and ease of operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS12409545B2Tool holder rail and tool holder including the same
Publication Date: 2025.09.09 CHUN NIEN PLASTIC LED
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AI summary

A tool holder rail and a tool holder including the same are provided, wherein the tool holder rail includes: an elongate main body extending in a longitudinal direction and including two mounting sides extending in the longitudinal direction, the two mounting sides being inclined to each other with an included angle therebetween; and two rail slots disposed on the two mounting sides, respectively, each of the two rail slots including two flanges extending in the longitudinal direction and toward each other, each of the two rail slots being configured for slidable engagement of a tool seat.