Modular bottle rack system and rack component thereof
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional bottle racks often make it difficult for users to identify bottles without removing them, and they can be cumbersome to assemble or ship, requiring a solution for easy identification and modular assembly.
Innovation Solution
A modular bottle rack system comprising rack components with S-shaped transverse cross-sectional areas, connection features for stacking and coupling, and mounting brackets for wall installation, allowing for various configurations and visibility of bottle labels.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If bottles are stored in conventional racks, then bottles are supported and organized, but users cannot identify bottles without removing them from the rack
Solution Approach 1:
The rack components incorporate transparent or translucent panels that allow users to visually identify bottles through the rack structure without removing them. The panels may include color-coding or labeling features that enhance bottle identification while maintaining structural integrity and support functionality.
2Strength
If racks are designed as large assembled structures, then they provide adequate support for desired number of bottles, but they require high shipping cost or significant assembly effort
Solution Approach 1:
The bottle rack is divided into multiple modular rack components that can be individually manufactured, packaged, and shipped. Each component maintains sufficient structural strength to support bottles, while the modular nature reduces shipping costs and assembly requirements. Components can be easily connected through integrated connection features.
Solution Approach 2:
Rack components are designed to nest within each other during storage and shipping, with S-shaped cross-sectional profiles that allow efficient stacking. This nesting capability significantly reduces shipping volume and storage requirements while maintaining component strength and integrity.
3Ease of operation
If rack components are designed with connection features for modular assembly, then assembly effort is reduced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Connection features are integrated directly into the rack component structures themselves rather than being separate elements. The S-shaped cross-sectional design incorporates connection points and nesting interfaces as inherent features of the component geometry, simplifying the overall system while enabling easy modular assembly.
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AI summary
A modular bottle rack system which includes a plurality of rack components. Each of the rack components may include a first receptacle and a second receptacle facing in opposite direction. The rack components may have S-shaped transverse cross-sectional areas. The rack components may also include connection features designed to enable the various rack components to be coupled together. The rack components may be able to be stacked with each rack component nesting within the rack component above and/or below. The system may also include mounting brackets for mounting the bottle rack to a wall in various different configurations.