Removable Corner Light Assembly for Repairable Storage Containers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing container systems with integrated lighting are often expensive and difficult to repair or maintain, as lights are electrically wired to the container and battery replacement is impractical.
Innovation Solution
A container apparatus with removable and battery-powered lighting assemblies that can be easily inserted and removed from the container, featuring elongate recesses and light members that are not functionally connected to the container, allowing for independent maintenance and replacement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If lights are electrically wired to the container, then the lighting function is integrated and stable, but the device becomes expensive and difficult to repair
Solution Approach 1:
The lighting system is segmented into a separate removable light assembly that can be independently replaced. The container includes recesses that receive and engage the light assembly, allowing it to be detached and replaced without affecting the container structure. This segmentation enables easy repair while maintaining functional integration during use.
Solution Approach 2:
The light assembly is extracted from the container structure as a separate component. Instead of wiring lights directly into the container, the patent removes the electrical integration and provides a standalone light assembly that fits into recesses in the container, enabling easy removal and replacement.
2Stability of the object's composition
If lights are electrically wired to the container, then the lighting is permanently integrated, but battery replacement becomes impractical
Solution Approach 1:
The lighting system is divided into a separate battery-powered light assembly that can be independently handled. The battery compartment is part of the removable light assembly, allowing users to replace batteries by simply detaching the light assembly from the container, making maintenance practical and easy.
3Ease of repair
If a removable light assembly is used, then ease of replacement is improved, but functional connection to the container is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The light assembly and container are combined through mechanical engagement features during use. The recesses in the container are sized and shaped to receive and engage the light assembly, creating a stable functional connection when needed, while still allowing easy removal when maintenance is required.
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AI summary
A container apparatus includes a container and a light assembly. The light assembly can include four elongate light members. The container can include a rectangular base and a rectangular sidewall extending upwardly from the base. The sidewall defines four corners of the container, and four elongate recesses are formed in the sidewall proximate the four corners of the sidewall to receive the elongate light members. The recesses are sized and shaped to conform to the elongate light members so that the light members can be releasably retained within the elongate recesses.