Modular Bottle Rack Assembly for Secure Wall-Mounted Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing bottle racks face challenges in balancing ease of manufacturing, transportation, assembly, structural soundness, and space efficiency while providing an aesthetically pleasing design that can support wine bottles effectively.
Innovation Solution
A modular, wall-mountable bottle rack design featuring an elongate portion with support bars that are cantilevered and secured to a panel using fasteners, with a link mechanism for mounting to the wall, allowing for adjustable configurations and easy assembly, while minimizing material usage and transportation costs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If a traditional bottle rack design is used, then structural soundness is achieved, but ease of assembly and manufacturing complexity deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The bottle rack is divided into separate modular components including a panel with apertures, support bars, and mounting brackets. These segments can be manufactured independently and assembled together using simple fastening mechanisms, greatly simplifying the assembly process while maintaining manufacturing efficiency through standardized parts production.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines multiple functions into integrated components. The panel serves both as a mounting surface and a structural support element. The support bars are designed to provide both structural integrity and bottle support functionality. This merging reduces the total number of separate parts needed and simplifies the overall manufacturing process.
2Strength
If material is used to ensure structural soundness, then strength is improved, but transportation cost and space efficiency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the rack into thin panel and support bar components, the design achieves structural soundness through the arrangement and connection of lightweight elements rather than using heavy solid material. The panel with apertures provides strength through its geometry and support bar configuration while using minimal material, reducing weight and transportation costs.
Solution Approach 2:
The panel is designed as a thin planar structure with apertures that provides sufficient structural support when properly configured. This thin-film approach minimizes material usage and weight while maintaining the necessary strength to support bottles when combined with the support bar system.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed bottle rack design is used, then structural stability is maintained, but adaptability to different configurations deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The bottle rack employs dynamic, adjustable components rather than fixed rigid structures. The support bars can be positioned at different locations on the panel, and the mounting brackets allow for various installation configurations. This dynamic design enables adaptability to different bottle sizes and rack arrangements while maintaining structural stability through secure fastening mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The panel with standardized apertures and the mounting brackets are designed as universal components that can accommodate multiple configuration options. The same basic components can be arranged in different patterns to create various rack designs, providing versatility for different applications while maintaining structural integrity through consistent connection methods.
4Reliability
If support bars are securely fastened to the panel, then reliability is improved, but ease of assembly deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The panel is pre-configured with apertures at predetermined locations, and the support bars are designed with features that align with these apertures. This preliminary preparation allows for quick and reliable assembly by simply inserting the support bars through the pre-positioned apertures and securing them with fasteners, combining ease of assembly with secure fastening.
Solution Approach 2:
The apertures in the panel serve as intermediary elements that facilitate the connection between the support bars and the panel structure. These pre-formed openings act as mediators that simplify the assembly process by providing predetermined connection points, while the fastening mechanism through these apertures ensures reliable and secure attachment of the support bars.
Data Source
AI summary
A bottle rack includes a bottle-supporting assembly having an elongate portion and support bars connected to the elongate portion, with the support bars being spaced longitudinally along the elongate portion and suitable to support bottles therebetween; and a panel having support bar apertures suitable for the support bars of the bottle-supporting assembly to extend through. The bottle-supporting assembly is secured onto the panel with the support bars extending through the apertures of the panel. The bottle supporting assembly may be supplied in the form of a kit.