Modular Soft-Store Crate Attachment and Rotating Handles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional crates used by campers and fishermen lack organizational and compartmentalized features, leading to gear loss and safety issues due to open structures.
Innovation Solution
A modular storage system comprising a soft-store with a main body, ancillary bodies, and a top body that can be securely attached to a crate using fasteners and straps, providing a compartmentalized and customizable storage solution that can be used both inside a crate and freestanding.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional crates are used for storage, then storage capacity is provided, but organizational and compartmentalized features are lacking
Solution Approach 1:
The storage system is divided into modular components: a main crate body and multiple detachable soft-stores that can be independently configured. Each soft-store contains its own compartmentalized sections, allowing users to segment storage space according to specific needs while maintaining overall system simplicity through standardized interfaces.
2Ease of operation
If open crate structures are used, then access to stored items is easy, but gear can fall out and be lost or cause safety issues
Solution Approach 1:
Soft-stores are constructed from flexible fabric materials that can conform to various crate configurations while providing enclosed storage compartments. The flexible nature allows easy access through opening closures, while the enclosed structure prevents gear from falling out, solving both accessibility and retention requirements.
3Adaptability or versatility
If fixed storage structures are used, then stability is provided, but adaptability to different configurations is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system transitions from static fixed structures to dynamic reconfigurable components. Soft-stores can be attached and detached from various positions on the crate, and their flexible material allows them to adapt to different crate shapes and sizes. Attachment mechanisms provide stable connections while allowing reconfiguration when needed.
4Reliability
If traditional storage solutions are used, then simplicity is maintained, but organizational features and security are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The soft-stores serve multiple functions: they provide enclosed storage compartments for security, can be configured in various arrangements for organization, and attach to standard crates without requiring custom modifications. This multi-functionality achieves improved gear security and organization while maintaining compatibility with existing simple crate structures.
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 storage system offers secure, organized, and easy-to-use storage for articles, preventing gear loss and enhancing safety by providing a compartmentalized and customizable solution for various applications, such as kayak fishing.
Implementation Method 1
a pair of ancillary bodies, each having an end portion that rotatably attaches to the main body and an opposite end portion that rotates away from the main body to allow the ancillary bodies to be moved to a single-hand transport configuration
Data Source
AI summary
A soft-store having a storage compartment for holding one or more articles. The soft-store has a main body that can be inserted into and seated in a crate. The soft-store has a plurality of walls that form a portion of the storage compartment, a top body that attaches to the main body and covers the storage compartment, and a pair of ancillary bodies. Each of the ancillary bodies has an end portion that rotatably attaches to the main body and an opposite end portion that rotates away from the main body to allow the ancillary bodies to be moved to a single-hand transport configuration. The main body includes an attachment mechanism that attaches the main body to the crate.