Interlocking Organizational Kit for Custom Support Structures
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing organizers and organizational systems are limited by specific bays or partitions, require specific goods or services, and are manufactured for predetermined structural configurations, leading to increased costs and limited customization.
Innovation Solution
A modular organizational assembly that allows users to customize the arrangement by interlocking storage apparatuses with a self-supporting structure, which can be cut or trimmed to match the structural configuration of the support structure, using connecting members that engage with the self-supporting structure to conform to its shape.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If common organizers are manufactured with specific bays or partitions for predetermined structural configurations, then structural strength and rigidity are improved, but adaptability and customization options deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The organizer is divided into multiple individual storage containers that can be independently positioned and configured within the support structure. Each container has its own base and vertical walls, allowing them to be arranged in different patterns and configurations to suit various organizational needs while maintaining structural integrity through the interlocking design of multiple units
Solution Approach 2:
The organizer employs a flexible configuration system where storage containers can be dynamically repositioned, added, or removed from the support structure. The bases of containers feature engagement mechanisms that allow them to be selectively attached to different locations within the support structure, enabling users to adapt the organization layout as needs change over time
2Productivity
If common organizers are designed with definite bays and partitions for specific purposes, then organizational efficiency is improved, but ease of customization deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The organizer consists of separate, modular storage containers that can be independently arranged to create custom organizational patterns. Users can select which containers to use and position them according to specific organizational needs, rather than being constrained by pre-defined bays and partitions
Solution Approach 2:
The storage containers are designed with universal bases that can engage with various locations within the support structure, allowing the same container type to serve multiple organizational functions. The modular design enables a single set of containers to adapt to different organizational scenarios through reconfiguration
3Stability of the object's composition
If common organizers are manufactured for specific dimensions and configurations, then structural rigidity is improved, but adaptability to different support structures deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The organizer is composed of multiple discrete storage containers with individual bases that can independently engage with the support structure. This segmentation allows different numbers and types of containers to be configured to match various support structure dimensions and geometries while each container maintains its own structural rigidity
Solution Approach 2:
The bases of the storage containers incorporate universal engagement features that can interface with different support structure configurations. The modular container design allows the same base type to adapt to various support structure geometries, enabling the organizer to be customized for different drawer sizes, cabinet configurations, or other support structures
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 flexible and cost-effective customization of organizational arrangements without the need for specific bays or partitions, allowing users to adapt the assembly to various support structures.
Implementation Method 1
the self-supporting structure flexes around and conforms to the shoulder of at least one shoulder of each storage apparatus
Data Source
AI summary
An organizational kit that includes a self-supporting structure and a plurality of storage apparatuses selectively interlockably engageable with the self-supporting at a plurality of interlocking openings defined in the self-supporting structure. Each storage apparatus includes a main body configured to store at least one object at least one connecting member that extends outwardly from the main body. The at least one connecting member also includes a first end that operably engages with the main body, a second end that is longitudinally opposite to the first end and spaced apart from the main body, and a shoulder that is positioned between the first end and the second end. The shoulder is configured to interlockably engage with the self-supporting structure inside of an interlocking opening wherein the self-supporting structure flexes around and conforms to the shoulder of at least one shoulder of each storage apparatus.