Removable Carrier Mounting for Flexible Vehicle Storage

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Solution Overview

Problem

Vehicle cabinetry is often too large, hard, and/or permanently installed, reducing the utility of the vehicle and/or the cabinetry itself.

Innovation Solution

A carrier mounting system comprising a carrier mounting subsystem and an environment mounting subsystem, allowing for easy coupling and decoupling of soft-sided carriers to vehicle components using mechanisms like daisy chain straps and mounting plates with fingers, enabling flexible and secure attachment without permanent installation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Strength

If cabinetry is permanently installed and made hard, then structural strength is improved, but vehicle utility and flexibility deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestructural strengthVSAvoidvehicle utility

Core Design Contradiction:

StrengthVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The cabinetry system is divided into separate components: a hard mounting structure permanently attached to the vehicle, and a soft carrier that can be selectively coupled and decoupled. This segmentation allows the mounting structure to provide strength while the carrier provides flexibility and adaptability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The coupling mechanism transforms the static, permanent cabinetry into a dynamic system where the carrier can be easily attached and removed. The fingers and loops create a reversible connection that maintains strength when coupled but allows flexibility when decoupled.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

2Volume of moving object

If cabinetry is made large and hard, then storage capacity is improved, but ease of operation and cleaning deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestorage capacityVSAvoidease of cleaning

Core Design Contradiction:

Volume of moving objectVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

By separating the storage function (carrier) from the mounting function (environment mounting subsystem), the carrier can be easily removed for cleaning while the mounting structure remains permanently installed. This segmentation enables easy maintenance without compromising storage capacity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The carrier is extracted as a removable component from the permanent cabinetry structure. This allows the carrier to be taken out for cleaning, maintenance, or use outside the vehicle, while the mounting structure remains in place to provide storage capacity when needed.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Stability of the object's composition

If permanent cabinetry is installed, then structural stability is improved, but flexibility and adaptability deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestructural stabilityVSAvoidflexibility

Core Design Contradiction:

Stability of the object's compositionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments stability and flexibility into different components: the environment mounting subsystem provides structural stability through permanent installation, while the carrier provides flexibility through selective coupling and decoupling capabilities.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The coupling mechanism (fingers and loops) acts as an intermediary between the permanent mounting structure and the removable carrier. This intermediary allows the system to transition between stable (coupled) and flexible (decoupled) states without compromising either extreme.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS12422088B2Carrier mounting systems

Publication Date: 2025.09.23 ASPEN FRONTIERS LLC

AI summary

Carrier mounting systems and methods for using the same are provided.