Pill Box Lid With Wall Mounting And Friction Gripping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current solutions for transporting and storing pill boxes are inadequate, requiring improved methods for secure storage and easy access to medications, especially in healthcare settings.
Innovation Solution
A pill box cover with gripping and fixing means that allows pill boxes to be hung from a wall-mounted support, facilitating easy access and secure storage by sliding horizontally into the box and attaching to a wall element via a groove or friction, with locking mechanisms to ensure secure positioning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If pill boxes are stored in a closed box, then security and protection are improved, but accessibility and ease of distribution are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The storage system is divided into a stationary box body and a removable lid. The lid can be detached from the box body, allowing the pill boxes to be accessed and distributed while the box body remains securely in place on the wall-mounted support.
Solution Approach 2:
The lid acts as an intermediary element between the stored pill boxes and the distribution process. It provides a removable interface that allows selective access to the pill boxes without requiring removal of the entire box assembly from the wall support.
2Ease of operation
If pill boxes are made easily accessible for distribution, then ease of operation is improved, but secure storage and transportation are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The lid is designed with dynamic characteristics - it can be firmly attached during storage and transportation, then easily removed during distribution. The removable nature allows the system to adapt between secure storage mode and accessible distribution mode.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the lid is fixed to the box body, then structural integrity is improved, but adaptability for wall mounting and removal is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The lid is designed as a separate, detachable component from the box body, allowing the box to maintain structural integrity when closed while enabling the lid to be removed for wall mounting purposes.
4Device complexity
If traditional storage methods are used, then device complexity is reduced, but productivity and efficiency of medication distribution are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The system transitions from simple horizontal storage to a wall-mounted vertical configuration. The lid can be detached and mounted on vertical wall supports, utilizing vertical space and enabling more efficient access and distribution in healthcare settings.
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
This solution enhances the transportation and storage of pill boxes by keeping them organized and easily accessible, allowing for efficient distribution and installation in healthcare settings, ensuring medications are readily available and securely stored.
Implementation Method 1
the cover may comprise a friction gripping means for attaching the pill bottles to the cover by friction. The cover can thus include, on its interior face, that is to say that which is inside the box once it is closed by the cover, vertical grooves into which the pill boxes slide into the box, and these remain stuck in the grooves by friction.
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AI summary
Lid (10) for pillbox (40), comprising: a gripping means (12) for hanging the pillboxes (30) located in the box (40), and a fixing means (16) for fixing the lid (10) to a wall-type support.