Magnetic Object Holder for Vertical Modular Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Workplaces often face clutter and inconvenient placement of items like cans, bottles, and small parts due to lack of organized storage solutions that utilize vertical surfaces effectively.
Innovation Solution
A mountable object holder with magnetic connectors allows for convenient mounting to metallic surfaces and interconnection with other holders, providing organized storage without occupying horizontal space.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If items are stored on horizontal surfaces, then accessibility is maintained, but work surfaces are occupied and areas are cluttered
Solution Approach 1:
The holder transitions storage from horizontal surfaces to vertical surfaces by utilizing the third dimension (height), thereby freeing up horizontal work surfaces while maintaining accessibility to stored items
2Quantity of substance
If multiple holders are interconnected, then storage capacity is enhanced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The holder is divided into modular units with standardized connection interfaces, allowing multiple simple modules to be combined into larger storage systems without proportionally increasing individual component complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The connection features serve dual purposes: they provide structural attachment between holders and simultaneously enable scalable configuration options, allowing the same simple interface to support various storage capacities and arrangements
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
The solution enables efficient storage and organization of various objects on vertical surfaces, maintaining accessibility and reducing clutter, while allowing holders to be interconnected for enhanced storage capacity.
Implementation Method 1
The magnetic connectors operatively enable the holder to be magnetically mounted to a metallic surface when the back portion is positioned adjacent the metallic surface
Implementation Method 2
the magnetic connectors operatively enable the holder to be magnetically connectable to additional holders at the first and second side portions
Data Source
AI summary
The mountable holder comprises a body having a cavity, an upper face, a first side portion, a second side portion and a back portion, with the back portion extending between the first and second side portions and the cavity defining an opening on an upper face and being useable to selectively receive objects. The holder further includes a pair of magnetic connectors, with one of the magnetic connectors extending between the back portion and the first side portion and the other magnetic connector extending between the back portion and the second side portion. The magnetic connectors operatively enable the holder to be magnetically mounted to a metallic surface when the back portion is positioned adjacent the metallic surface, and the magnetic connectors operatively enable the holder to be magnetically connectable to additional holders at the first and second side portions.