Raised Floor Storage Frame for Easy RV Axle-Bay Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing recreational vehicles with tandem axles face challenges in accessing and efficiently utilizing the storage space between the axles, which is typically only accessible from above or the rear and requires emptying the rear garage for use, making full utilization difficult.
Innovation Solution
A storage system with a raised floor featuring a displaceable frame holding receptacles, accessible through an opening in the top floor, allowing easy access and ergonomic handling, and equipped with locking mechanisms to secure contents during travel.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the storage space is accessed from the rear garage, then the storage space can be utilized, but the garage must be emptied first which reduces productivity and increases loss of time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the storage system from the traditional rear garage location and creates a separate, independent storage space accessible through the top floor. This allows the garage to remain loaded while the new storage space above the axles can be accessed independently, eliminating the need to empty the garage first.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a movable frame with receptacles as an intermediary mechanism between the storage space and the user. This frame can be displaced to provide access to stored items without requiring direct access to the entire storage volume, improving access efficiency while maintaining full storage capacity.
2Ease of operation
If a large opening is provided in the top floor for access, then the full extent of storage space can be accessed, but the structural integrity and interior layout are disrupted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a movable frame that can be displaced along the longitudinal direction within the storage space. This dynamic element allows access to different portions of the storage volume without requiring a large permanent opening, as the frame can be positioned to provide access through a smaller opening while maintaining structural integrity.
3Ease of operation
If the frame is made fully movable for easy access, then ergonomics are improved, but securing contents during travel becomes problematic
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a periodic locking mechanism that alternates between locked and unlocked states. During travel, the locking mechanism secures the frame and receptacles to prevent movement. During loading/unloading operations, the mechanism can be unlocked to allow the frame to be displaced for ergonomic access, thus providing both security and ease of operation at different times.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a storage space system for a recreational vehicle with a double floor, which has an underbody and an upper floor spaced apart therefrom in the height direction, the storage space system being arranged in a storage space between the upper floor and the underbody, and wherein the storage space system can be reached from a vehicle interior through an opening in the upper floor, the storage space system having a frame which can be moved along a sliding direction and which is used to accommodate at least one row of at least two receptacles, in particular in the form of boxes. The invention further relates to a recreational vehicle.