Laundry Basket Inner Wall Structure for Accessory Storage and Stacking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional laundry baskets or tubs are cumbersome for transporting laundry and accessories due to their weight, making it difficult to carry both simultaneously, and they cannot be stacked for storage, which increases their size and prevents them from being stored with other similar containers.
Innovation Solution
A container with an elastically deformable inner wall element that can be fixed to the side wall and tilted between two stable configurations, allowing it to interlock with other containers for stacking and provide a receptacle for accessories, while maintaining stability during transport and storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If accessories are placed in the laundry basket with laundry, then accessories can be transported together, but accessories risk being buried under the laundry
Solution Approach 1:
The container is divided into two functional zones: a main receptacle for laundry and a secondary receptacle for accessories. This segmentation allows accessories to be stored separately from laundry, preventing them from being buried while enabling simultaneous transport of both items in a single container.
Solution Approach 2:
The secondary receptacle for accessories is nested within the main container body, forming a compartmentalized structure. This nested arrangement allows the accessory receptacle to be integrated into the overall container while maintaining separate access, solving the problem of accessories being buried under laundry.
2Adaptability or versatility
If an additional basket is hung on the laundry basket for accessories, then accessories can be transported, but the size increases and stacking is prevented
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of adding a separate external basket, the accessory receptacle is nested within the main container walls. This integrated nested design provides accessory storage functionality while maintaining a compact overall volume that allows stacking with other homologous containers.
Solution Approach 2:
The accessory receptacle and main laundry container are merged into a single integrated structure rather than separate components. This merging eliminates the need for additional external attachments, reducing overall size while maintaining the ability to transport both laundry and accessories together.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the container size is increased to accommodate both laundry and accessories, then both can be transported, but stacking with other containers is prevented
Solution Approach 1:
The container volume is segmented into functional compartments (laundry receptacle and accessory receptacle) rather than increasing overall external dimensions. This internal segmentation provides increased capacity while maintaining a compact external footprint that enables stacking.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of increasing container size in external dimensions, the design utilizes internal spatial arrangement and wall thickness optimization to create accessory storage space. This dimensional optimization maintains external compatibility for stacking while providing internal versatility for holding both laundry and accessories.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables easy transport of laundry with accessories and allows for compact storage by interlocking with other containers, reducing the overall size and preventing accessories from being buried, thus addressing the issues of weight and storage compatibility.
Implementation Method 1
the element comprising an elastically deformable frame, the element being able to be fixed on a part of the side wall and able to be tilted, in the configuration fixed on the part, between a first stable configuration and a second stable configuration
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AI summary
The container (1) has a body (3) including a base wall (31) and a lateral wall (33), and an element (5) forming an interior wall, where the element is fixed on curved parts (37) of the wall (33). The element is tilted between a configuration, in which the element is supported against an internal face of the parts, and another configuration, in which the element defines an internal receptacle (7) at the body. The element has a reinforcement made of composite material comprising thermo plastic material and fiber reinforcement.