Modular Basin Assembly Kit for Custom Space Fit
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Solution Overview
Problem
Large basins are available in limited sizes and configurations, requiring customers to modify or damage them to fit specific spaces, leading to time consumption and potential damage.
Innovation Solution
A customizable assembly kit comprising a basin, attachment mechanisms, columns, and baffle walls, allowing users to assemble and customize the basin to fit specific dimensions and configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If large basins are manufactured in limited standard sizes and configurations, then manufacturing complexity is reduced, but adaptability to specific space requirements deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The basin system is divided into modular components including interchangeable end walls, side walls, and base sections that can be assembled in different configurations. This segmentation allows the same set of manufactured parts to create multiple basin sizes and shapes, resolving the contradiction between manufacturing simplicity and configuration versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs universal connection mechanisms and standardized interfaces that allow the same components to serve multiple functions across different basin configurations. The end walls can be attached to different side wall combinations, and the modular design enables the same parts to create various basin geometries, achieving adaptability without increasing manufacturing complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If customers modify or tamper with containers to fit predetermined spaces, then adaptability improves, but risk of damage and time consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The basin system is pre-configured with standardized connection points, attachment mechanisms, and modular components designed to fit together without modification. Customers receive a kit with pre-cut and pre-prepared parts that can be assembled in the desired configuration, eliminating the need for on-site cutting, breaking, or tampering with the container.
3Adaptability or versatility
If customers modify or tamper with containers to fit predetermined spaces, then adaptability improves, but risk of breaking or fracturing increases
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the basin into modular components with standardized connection mechanisms, the system allows configuration changes without applying stress or force to the container material itself. The modular design enables customers to assemble different configurations using connection elements rather than physically modifying the basin structure, thereby eliminating the risk of breaking or fracturing.
Data Source
AI summary
The present embodiments include a kit for assembling a basin or container. The kit can include baffle walls, locking channels, one or more baffle covers, and flashing. The kit can be fully assembled by a user.