Modular Organizer Cup With Removable Wall Mount Bracket
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Solution Overview
Problem
Workers often need to make multiple trips to retrieve specific tools and components from their truck because their toolbox is typically filled with unnecessary items, making it inefficient to carry everything to the job site.
Innovation Solution
A modular organizer system with removable cups and a wall mount bracket that allows for customizable tool organization, enabling workers to attach only the necessary tools and components to a wall-mounted frame, keeping them organized and accessible.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If tools are housed in a traditional toolbox drawer or tray, then all tools can be stored together in one container, but the entire toolbox must be moved to the worksite even when only a few tools are needed, reducing efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The organizer is divided into multiple removable cups that can be independently attached to or removed from the frame. Each cup can hold specific tools or components, allowing workers to attach only the cups containing needed items to the wall-mounted frame at the worksite, eliminating the need to transport the entire toolbox.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from horizontal storage in a drawer to vertical wall-mounted organization. The frame is mounted on a vertical surface, and cups are arranged in a grid pattern, utilizing vertical space and allowing easy visual identification and access to tools without moving the entire container.
2Ease of operation
If a modular organizer system with removable cups is used, then only necessary tools can be attached to the wall-mounted frame, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The organizer consists of separate modular components: a frame with mounting features and multiple removable cups. Each cup can be independently attached or removed, allowing flexible configuration. The simplicity of individual components offsets the increased system complexity, as workers only need to attach the specific cups containing needed tools.
Solution Approach 2:
The frame and cups are designed as universal components that can work together in various configurations. The frame provides a standardized mounting structure that accepts multiple cup types, and each cup can be used independently or in combination with others, allowing the same basic components to serve multiple organizational needs.
Data Source
AI summary
An organizer includes a cup including walls, a movable door and, on an exterior portion thereof, a first connector, the walls defining an interior volume and a first opening to the interior volume, the cup further including a movable door constructed to move between an open position in which the interior volume is accessible via the first opening and a closed position in which the first opening is occluded. The organizer also includes a frame defining a second opening to receive the cup, the frame including a second connector adjacent the second opening to engage the first connector of the cup when the cup is positioned within the second opening and to secure the cup to the frame.