Multi-Level Support Tube Container Base
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing container designs lack efficient mechanisms for lifting and supporting containers with multiple support tubes, limiting their versatility and ease of handling.
Innovation Solution
The design incorporates a base with multiple support tubes of varying levels and orientations, allowing for simultaneous insertion of fork lift tines and supports to lift the container above a ground surface, enabling easier handling and access to contents.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If multiple support tubes are added to the container base, then the container can be lifted and supported more efficiently, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The support structure is divided into multiple separate support tubes (first support tube, second support tube, third support tube, fourth support tube) positioned at different levels and orientations. Each tube can independently receive supports or forklift tines, allowing modular assembly and flexible lifting configurations without requiring a single complex structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The support tubes are arranged in three-dimensional space at different levels (first level and second level below the bottom surface) and orientations (substantially parallel and substantially perpendicular). This spatial distribution enables multiple lifting points and supports from different dimensions, improving handling capability while distributing structural complexity across space.
2Adaptability or versatility
If support tubes are positioned at different levels and orientations, then versatility of handling is improved, but manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
Different support tubes are positioned at specific locations with distinct orientations to serve different handling functions. The first and second support tubes are substantially parallel to the bottom surface, while the third and fourth support tubes are substantially perpendicular, creating local variations in structure that enable diverse lifting and support operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The support tubes are arranged asymmetrically in terms of their orientations and positions. The first and second tubes are parallel to the bottom surface, while the third and fourth tubes are perpendicular, creating an asymmetric configuration that provides versatile handling capabilities for different lifting scenarios.
3Ease of operation
If the container is lifted above ground surface, then access to contents is improved, but stability during lifting may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple support tubes work together as a unified support system. When supports are inserted into multiple tubes simultaneously (e.g., first support into first support tube, second support into second support tube, third support into third support tube, fourth support into fourth support tube), they combine to provide distributed support points that maintain container stability during lifting.
Solution Approach 2:
The support tubes are pre-positioned at different levels and orientations below the container base before lifting occurs. This preliminary arrangement ensures that when supports or forklift tines are inserted, the container can be smoothly lifted and stabilized in the elevated position without sudden shifts or instability.
Data Source
AI summary
A container having a base, with a bottom surface, a first support tube fixed to the base at a first level below and substantially parallel to the bottom surface of the base; a second support tube fixed to the base at the first level below and substantially parallel to the bottom surface of the base, and spaced apart from, substantially parallel to the first support tube; a third support tube fixed to the base, at a second level below and substantially parallel to the bottom surface, and below and substantially parallel to the first level; and a fourth support tube fixed to the base, at the second level below and substantially parallel to the bottom surface of the base, and spaced apart from, and substantially parallel to the third support tube. The first and second support tubes may be substantially perpendicular to the third and fourth support tubes.