Interlocking Bracket Table for Accessible Stacked Storage Boxes

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Solution Overview

Problem

Storage boxes are inconvenient to access when stacked, requiring users to remove upper boxes to reach lower ones, making it difficult to retrieve tools or items.

Innovation Solution

A bracket table system that interlocks with storage boxes, allowing tools and accessories to be mounted on walls or shelves, with adjustable connectors and interlocking assemblies for secure attachment.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If storage boxes are stacked together for space efficiency, then storage density is improved, but accessibility to lower boxes deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestorage densityVSAvoidaccessibility

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent transitions from vertical stacking (one dimension) to wall-mounted horizontal arrangement (another dimension). By mounting storage boxes on walls using brackets and connectors, the system achieves both high storage density and easy accessibility without requiring users to move upper boxes to reach lower ones.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces wall-mounted brackets and connectors as intermediary structures between the storage boxes and the wall. These intermediaries enable stable wall-mounted storage while maintaining easy access to all boxes, resolving the contradiction between storage efficiency and accessibility.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Adaptability or versatility

If tools are placed inside storage boxes, then organization is improved, but retrieval convenience deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveorganizationVSAvoidretrieval convenience

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the storage system into multiple independently accessible boxes mounted on walls. Each box can be accessed individually without affecting others, combining organization with convenient retrieval. The tools are organized in separate boxes but remain easily accessible through the wall-mounted configuration.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

3Volume of moving object

If storage boxes are stacked on lowermost boxes, then space utilization is improved, but operation complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvespace utilizationVSAvoidoperation complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Volume of moving objectVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the storage boxes from the ground-based stacking configuration and relocates them to wall-mounted positions. This extraction eliminates the need to handle and move lowermost boxes for access, simplifying operations while maintaining efficient space utilization through vertical wall space usage.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS12605820B2Bracket table applicable to a storage box

Publication Date: 2026.04.21 NANJING CHERVON IND

AI summary

A bracket table applicable to a storage box includes at least one support member configured to be interlocked with a storage box and a mounting assembly connected to the support member. The mounting assembly includes a first connector connected to the support member. The support member has at least a first state and a second state relative to the first connector. When the support member is in the first state, the support member is at a first position. When the support member is in the second state, the support member is at a second position.