Modular Storage Box with Adjustable Blocks for Entrance Refrigerators
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing entrance refrigerators lack a flexible storage box that can accommodate varying sizes and shapes of products, and they do not allow for easy movement or adjustment of storage space, making it difficult to handle deliveries of diverse items.
Innovation Solution
A storage box for an entrance refrigerator with adjustable width and height, featuring blocks and connectors that allow for expansion and contraction, and a detachable base for easy placement on a kitchen refrigerator shelf.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed-size storage box is used in the entrance refrigerator, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but it cannot accommodate articles of various sizes and shapes
Solution Approach 1:
The storage box is divided into multiple detachable blocks that can be independently arranged and combined. Each block can be separated and reconfigured to create different storage spaces, allowing the storage box to adapt to various sizes and shapes of articles while maintaining a relatively simple individual block structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The storage box transitions from a fixed structure to a dynamic, reconfigurable structure. The blocks can be moved, added, or removed based on the storage needs, enabling the storage box to dynamically adapt to different article configurations while keeping each block simple in design.
2Ease of operation
If a large storage box is used to accommodate multiple items, then various articles can be stored, but it becomes difficult and time-consuming to move individual items
Solution Approach 1:
The storage box is segmented into multiple detachable blocks, allowing users to separate only the specific block containing the item they need to move, rather than moving the entire large storage box. This significantly reduces the time and effort required to access and relocate individual items.
Solution Approach 2:
Individual blocks can be extracted from the storage box independently. When an item needs to be moved, only the containing block is removed and transported, leaving the rest of the storage box in place with other items undisturbed.
3Ease of operation
If the storage box is made detachable for easy relocation, then the storage box can be easily moved, but the structural stability may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The storage box is divided into modular blocks with standardized connection interfaces. These interfaces are designed to provide stable connections when blocks are assembled, while still allowing easy detachment when relocation is needed. The segmented design enables both ease of movement and structural stability simultaneously.
Data Source
AI summary
A storage box for a refrigerator at an entrance according to an embodiment of the present invention, may comprise: a base; first side walls erected at the top front end and the top rear end of the base, respectively; and second side walls erected at the top left end and the top right end of the base, respectively, wherein the first side wall may include a plurality of first blocks stacked in the vertical direction and arranged in the horizontal direction, and a plurality of connectors movably connecting the adjacent first blocks in the horizontal direction.