Modular Shelving Rods Angled Positioning Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional modular shelving systems are limited to establishing only horizontal, vertical, or both shelving positions, failing to provide a wide variety of angled shelving configurations needed to store items like tools and materials that require reconfigurable and adjustable storage solutions.
Innovation Solution
A modular shelving system comprising mounting brackets, bottom shelving rods, top shelving rods, and support shelving rods that allow for angled positioning between horizontal and vertical orientations, with adjustable spacing between support rods to accommodate items of different shapes and sizes, achieved through the use of longitudinally-aligned open-ended cups and apertures in the mounting brackets and rods.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional modular shelving uses only horizontal and vertical rods, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but it cannot provide angled shelving configurations needed for storing diverse items
Solution Approach 1:
The shelving system enables dynamic reconfiguration of rod orientations. Rods can be positioned at multiple angles (horizontal, vertical, and intermediate angles) by adjusting their placement in mounting brackets, allowing the shelving structure to adapt to different storage needs without requiring a completely different configuration for each item type.
Solution Approach 2:
The shelving system is divided into modular components (mounting brackets, rods, shelves) that can be independently positioned and configured. Each rod can be separately angled and positioned at different locations, enabling versatile shelving configurations while maintaining simple individual component designs that are easy to manufacture.
2Strength
If support shelving rods are placed close together, then structural stability is improved, but items with protruding portions cannot be stored
Solution Approach 1:
The spacing between support shelving rods is made adjustable rather than fixed. Users can dynamically change the spacing by repositioning rods in different mounting bracket locations, allowing the shelving system to adapt between providing close spacing for structural stability and wider spacing for storing items with protruding portions.
Solution Approach 2:
Different spacing configurations can be applied at different locations along the shelving unit. Some sections can have closely spaced rods for structural support, while other sections can have widely spaced rods to accommodate specific storage needs, allowing both stability and versatility to be optimized in different areas simultaneously.
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AI summary
A modular shelving system and method, the system comprising mounting brackets, a bottom shelving rod, a top shelving rod and a support shelving rod, the mounting brackets are attach to a vertical surface to support at least one bottom shelving rod and at least one top shelving rod in a spaced-apart and parallel orientation to each other shelving rod; the bottom shelving rod further defining tandem spaced-apart open-ended cups; the top shelving rod further defining spaced apart tandem top rod apertures that penetrate through the top shelving rod; at least one support shelving rod having a circumference that allows passage of one support shelving rod through a respective top rod aperture to allow a support shelving rod to removably connected to a respective open-end cup to locate the support shelving rod between horizontal and vertical positions.