Method and apparatus for storing materials
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing organizers and organizational systems are limited by specific bays or partitions, require specific goods or services, and are manufactured for predetermined structural configurations, leading to increased costs and limited customization.
Innovation Solution
A modular organizational assembly that allows users to customize the arrangement by interlocking storage apparatuses with a self-supporting structure, which can be cut or trimmed to match the structural configuration of the support structure, using connecting members that engage with the self-supporting structure to conform to its shape.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If common organizers are manufactured with specific bays or partitions for predetermined structural configurations, then structural strength and rigidity are improved, but adaptability and customization options deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The organizer is divided into multiple modular compartments that can be independently arranged and reconfigured. Each compartment can be separately manufactured with optimal structural strength, while the overall system maintains high adaptability through various configuration possibilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The organizer incorporates adjustable and reconfigurable elements that allow users to modify the structural configuration dynamically. This enables the same organizer to adapt to different support structures while maintaining structural integrity through engineered connection mechanisms.
2Ease of operation
If common organizers are designed with definite bays and partitions, then organizational functionality is improved, but ease of operation and reconfiguration deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The organizer uses segmented compartments that can be independently adjusted or repositioned. This segmentation allows users to easily reconfigure the organizer for different organizational needs without complex assembly procedures, maintaining both functionality and ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The organizer design incorporates universal connection mechanisms and standardized interfaces that enable the same structural framework to serve multiple organizational functions. This reduces reconfiguration complexity while maintaining versatile organizational capabilities.
3Manufacturing precision
If common organizers are manufactured for specific dimensions and purposes, then manufacturing precision is improved, but adaptability to different support structures deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The organizer is manufactured as modular segments with precise dimensions for each component. This allows high manufacturing precision for each module while the overall system maintains adaptability through various combination and configuration possibilities of these standardized modules.
Solution Approach 2:
The organizer incorporates adjustable parameters such as variable compartment sizes, reconfigurable dividers, and adaptable connection points. These parameter changes enable the same precisely-manufactured organizer to adapt to different support structure dimensions and configurations.
Data Source
AI summary
A storage apparatus that is adapted to be selectively interlockably engageable with a self-supporting structure The storage apparatus includes a main body that is configured to store at least one object, and at least one connecting member that extends outwardly from the main body. The at least one connecting member includes a first end operably engaged with the main body, a second end longitudinally opposite to the first end and spaced apart from the main body, and a shoulder positioned between the first end and the second end. The shoulder of the at least one connecting member is adapted to be selectively interlockably engagable with the self-supporting structure such that the self-supporting structure flexes around and conforms to the shoulder of at least one shoulder of each storage apparatus.