Multiaxial Swivel Hook Rack for Tool Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional storage racks for handled tools with integrated attachment mechanisms inefficiently utilize space and pose safety hazards due to haphazard storage and overlapping issues, failing to accommodate tools with integrated eyelets effectively.
Innovation Solution
A slide rod swivel hook rack with multiaxial slide ball swivel hooks allows for universal directional alignment and easy installation, providing a space-efficient solution by incorporating a slide rod with a mounting flange and end cap, enabling tools with eyelets or loops to be attached regardless of orientation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If conventional storage racks use clamp type holders and hooks arranged horizontally, then tools can be stored, but space is inefficiently utilized and tools must be placed in opposite directions to avoid overlapping
Solution Approach 1:
The rack incorporates a multiaxial slide ball swivel hook that can rotate and swing in multiple directions, allowing tools to be attached in any orientation. This dynamic mechanism replaces the fixed horizontal clamp holders, enabling flexible tool placement without requiring opposite directions and eliminating overlapping issues while maximizing space utilization.
Solution Approach 2:
The swivel hook mechanism changes the operational parameters of tool attachment by allowing rotation around multiple axes. This transforms the rigid horizontal arrangement into a flexible multi-directional system, enabling tools to be stored in any orientation and improving both space efficiency and ease of operation.
2Ease of manufacture
If tools are stored haphazardly in closets and corners, then storage is simple, but mobility hazards are created and space is inefficiently used
Solution Approach 1:
The rack design allows tools to be self-contained with their integrated eyelets, requiring no additional attachment mechanisms. The multiaxial swivel hook accommodates the existing eyelet structure, enabling tools to be stored safely and efficiently without complicating the storage implementation while eliminating mobility hazards through organized arrangement.
3Ease of manufacture
If fixed horizontal racks are used, then installation is simple, but adaptability to different tool orientations is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The multiaxial slide ball swivel hook serves multiple functions: it can rotate, swing, and accommodate tools in any orientation. This universal mechanism replaces the limited fixed horizontal rack, providing adaptability to various tool orientations while maintaining simple installation through the slide rod and end cap design.
Data Source
AI summary
A slide rod swivel hook rack is described to include an attachment flange for wall mounting fitted with a slide rod having a removeable end cap and interior channel to accommodate a plurality of multiaxial slide ball swivel hook. The multiaxial slide ball swivel hook provides for universal directional alignment for attachment and storage of handled tools and other items that incorporate a hanging eyelet, loop, or other suitable mechanism for attachment. Attachment and removal can be accommodated regardless of the fixed alignment or adjustable orientation of the eyelet, loop, or other suitable mechanism for attachment.