Doors including customizable and removable storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
The space inside doors is often overlooked for storage, while maintaining the aesthetic integrity of the door panels, and existing solutions do not effectively utilize this space for concealed storage.
Innovation Solution
A modular insert system designed to fit within door cavities, featuring a frame with movable top and base panels, secure affixation means, and customizable support structures, allowing for removable and interchangeable storage solutions that can be secured using wing nuts, screws, or magnetic mechanisms, and optionally locked with an actuator for enhanced security.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If storage space is added to doors, then space utilization is improved, but door aesthetic integrity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The modular insert is nested within the door cavity, with the base panel forming the exterior surface that is flush with the door panel. This allows the storage function to be contained within the door's existing structure, maintaining the door's aesthetic appearance while providing concealed storage space.
Solution Approach 2:
The insert provides localized storage functionality within specific cavities of the door, rather than modifying the entire door structure. The base panel material can match the door material locally, preserving the door's overall aesthetic while adding storage capability in specific areas.
2Volume of moving object
If storage structures are integrated into doors, then space utilization is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The storage system is divided into modular inserts that can be independently installed and removed from door cavities. Each insert is a separate, self-contained unit with its own frame, panels, and support structures, allowing for simplified manufacturing and installation without complicating the overall door structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The modular inserts are designed to be universal components that can fit multiple door cavity configurations. The same insert design can be used across different doors and locations, reducing the need for custom-designed storage structures for each door, thereby simplifying the overall system.
3Adaptability or versatility
If removable inserts are used, then adaptability is improved, but reliability of secure storage deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The insert includes pre-designed affixation means such as recesses, protrusions, or mounting features that are built into the frame structure. These preliminary attachment mechanisms ensure secure installation of the insert within the door cavity, maintaining reliability while allowing for future removal and replacement.
Solution Approach 2:
The frame structure includes recesses and geometric features that create secure mechanical interlocking with the door cavity. The curved or contoured surfaces of the recesses provide stable engagement points that prevent the insert from becoming dislodged, ensuring secure storage while maintaining adaptability.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The modular insert system provides flexible and secure storage within the door, maximizing unused space while maintaining the door's appearance and integrity, with customizable support structures for various items and secure locking options.
Implementation Method 1
secure affixation means, and customizable support structures, allowing for removable and interchangeable storage solutions that can be secured using wing nuts, screws, or magnetic mechanisms
Data Source
AI summary
A modular insert useful for storing one or more objects, designed and configured to inset within a door having one or more cavities. The modular insert includes a frame having a plurality of walls and a top panel movably affixed to the frame or the door. Some of the walls may have apertures to facilitate securing the modular insert to an interior support structure of the door. Also provided is a door suitable for receiving one or more modular inserts, the door having one or more cavities to receive and support the modular inserts.