Modular Hanging Storage Frame Without Fixed Track Installation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional hanging storage systems for artwork are large, require multiple skilled installers, and are challenging to relocate due to their fixed nature and reliance on track systems, which can be costly and damaging to uneven surfaces.
Innovation Solution
A modular, free-standing, trackless hanging storage system with a lower frame structure, upper frame structure, guidance tube, and panels that are easy to assemble and disassemble, using roller and guide assemblies for adjustable and customizable storage solutions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If conventional hanging storage units are fixed to walls and ceilings to ensure structural integrity, then stability is improved, but damage to installation spaces and complexity of installation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a free-standing frame structure as an intermediary element that provides structural support without requiring attachment to walls or ceilings. The frame acts as a self-supporting intermediary that bears the weight of stored items through its own structural integrity, eliminating the need for wall/ceiling mounting and thus preventing damage to installation surfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The hanging storage system is designed to be self-supporting through its free-standing frame structure, which derives stability from its own geometry and construction rather than external attachments. The system serves itself by using the frame's inherent structural properties to maintain stability without requiring installation on permanent surfaces.
2Ease of operation
If conventional units run on a track system to enable movement, then accessibility is improved, but complexity of the system and cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the track system entirely from the design, extracting this complex mechanical component and replacing it with a simpler free-standing frame structure. The shelves are directly supported by the frame without requiring tracks, rollers, or other moving mechanism components, thereby reducing system complexity while maintaining accessibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical track system with a static free-standing frame structure. Instead of using mechanical tracks with rollers or sliding mechanisms to enable access, the system uses a stable frame that allows direct approach and access to shelves from the front, substituting a complex mechanical movement system with a simpler structural approach.
3Stability of the object's composition
If conventional units are designed for structural integrity with multiple components, then stability is improved, but ease of assembly and disassembly worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the hanging storage system into modular segments including a frame structure with multiple adjustable shelves. Each shelf and frame component is designed as a separate module that can be easily assembled and disassembled through simple connection mechanisms, allowing the system to maintain structural integrity while being straightforward to put together and take apart.
4Quantity of substance
If conventional units are large in size to provide storage capacity, then storage capability is improved, but space utilization efficiency and ease of relocation worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The patent designs the hanging storage system with dynamic characteristics by making it a free-standing unit that can be easily relocated. The frame structure and shelves are configured to provide adequate storage capacity while maintaining a size and weight that allows for easy movement and repositioning within different spaces, adapting to various installation locations as needed.
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AI summary
A hanging storage unit is provided. The hanging storage unit includes a lower frame structure including at least one roller assembly, an upper frame structure including at least one guide assembly, a plurality of posts coupled at a lower end to the lower frame structure and coupled at an upper end the upper frame structure, a guidance tube, moveably engaged with one of the at least one guide assembly, and a panel, an upper end of the panel attached to the guidance tube and a lower end of the panel moveably engaged with one of the at least one roller assembly.