Modular Shipping Container With Interchangeable Feet
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional shipping containers are difficult to assemble, disassemble, and repair due to their single-piece design, requiring the entire container to be replaced when individual components, such as feet, are damaged.
Innovation Solution
A modular shipping container design featuring removable feet and corner columns that can be easily interconnected using locking buttons, press release buttons, and pull clips, allowing for rapid assembly, disassembly, and repair, with the option for nested storage and secure connections via drill release locks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If a single-piece design is used for shipping containers, then manufacturing simplicity is maintained, but repairability and component replacement capability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The shipping container is divided into separate replaceable components including feet, corner columns, and basket sections. Each component can be independently removed and replaced through interlocking mechanisms, enabling repair without replacing the entire container while maintaining manufacturing simplicity through standardized connection interfaces.
2Device complexity
If a single-piece design is used for shipping containers, then structural simplicity is maintained, but assembly and disassembly efficiency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The container structure is segmented into modular components with standardized connection interfaces. The feet, corner columns, and basket sections can be quickly assembled and disassembled through simple interlocking actions, significantly improving assembly efficiency while maintaining relatively simple structural design.
3Ease of manufacture
If the entire container must be replaced when feet are damaged, then manufacturing simplicity is maintained, but loss of time and resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The container is designed with replaceable feet and corner columns that can be independently removed and replaced. This segmentation allows damaged components to be swapped out quickly without replacing the entire container, reducing downtime and resource loss while maintaining straightforward manufacturing processes for each module.
Solution Approach 2:
Damaged feet and corner columns can be discarded and replaced with new or refurbished components, while the remaining container components are recovered and reused. This approach minimizes waste and reduces replacement time compared to discarding the entire container.
Data Source
AI summary
A shipping container comprising a basket, a plurality of feet, and a plurality of removable corner columns. In some embodiments, the shipping container comprises a basket, a plurality of feet, and a plurality of foot pads. Further embodiments include foot pads with drill release locks.