Modular Cabinet Frame With Shared Wall Panels for Space Saving
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cabinet designs with separate closets and double walls reduce storage space and are laborious to assemble and transport due to their ready-made construction, making them space-consuming and costly.
Innovation Solution
A cabinet with a frame part composed of extruded aluminium elements attached by quick couplings, forming a common wall panel between adjacent and opposite closets, allowing for easy assembly and transportation, and reducing material usage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If ready-made separate closets are attached to each other with double walls, then structural integrity is ensured, but storage space is reduced and assembly becomes laborious
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges adjacent closets by eliminating the double wall structure and replacing it with a single common wall panel. This combines what were previously separate structural units into an integrated system, reducing material usage and increasing storage space while maintaining structural integrity through the unified frame design.
Solution Approach 2:
The cabinet is segmented into modular frame elements that can be assembled in different configurations. The frame elements include integrated wall panels that serve multiple closets simultaneously, allowing the structure to be divided into functional storage sections without requiring separate walls for each section.
2Manufacturing precision
If closets are ready-assembled before transportation, then assembly quality is ensured, but transportation becomes space-consuming and laborious
Solution Approach 1:
The cabinet is divided into compact frame elements that can be transported efficiently. These elements are designed to be assembled on-site through quick couplings, combining the benefits of pre-manufactured precision with the space efficiency of disassembled transport.
Solution Approach 2:
The cabinet structure transitions from a static ready-assembled state to a dynamic modular system. The frame elements are designed with quick coupling mechanisms that allow for easy assembly and disassembly, enabling the cabinet to be compact during transport and fully assembled during installation.
3Stability of the object's composition
If separate wall panels are used for each closet, then structural independence is achieved, but material usage increases
Solution Approach 1:
Adjacent closets share common wall panels formed by frame elements, eliminating redundant materials. The same frame elements serve multiple functional purposes, creating structurally independent closets while reducing overall material consumption through shared components.
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AI summary
A cabinet (1), which comprises two or more adjacent and/or opposite closets (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d). The frame part of the cabinet comprises elements (3, 3', 3") attached to each other by quick couplings (4, 4'), which elements form the closet walls of the cabinet so that between the adjacent and/or opposite closets (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d) there is a common wall panel formed of elements (3, 3', 3").