Retaining Bolt Storage Surface for Tool-Free Flexible Fixing
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing storage devices require cumbersome screwing processes for mounting brackets and are limited to specific mounting points, restricting the arrangement of storage elements.
Innovation Solution
A storage device with transversely extending recesses in the storage medium for retaining bolts, allowing easy attachment of fastening units without screws, and enabling flexible positioning and secure fixing of storage bodies of various geometries.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If mounting brackets are secured using traditional screwing processes, then reliable fixation is achieved, but the mounting process becomes cumbersome and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting bracket is divided into a base portion and a fastening portion that can be separated. The base portion attaches to the storage medium using adhesive, while the fastening portion provides the clamping function. This segmentation allows for simplified attachment without screws while maintaining reliable fixation.
Solution Approach 2:
Adhesive mounting elements are pre-applied to the base portion of the mounting bracket during manufacturing. This preliminary action eliminates the need for screwing or additional fastening operations during installation, making the mounting process simple and tool-free while ensuring reliable fixation.
2Reliability
If mounting brackets are fixed to specific mounting points on the storage medium, then secure attachment is achieved, but the positioning flexibility of storage elements is restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting bracket design allows the base portion to be attached to any flat surface of the storage medium, not just predefined mounting points. The universal adhesive attachment method enables the bracket to function as both a mounting element and a positioning element, providing flexibility for arranging storage elements in various configurations while maintaining secure attachment.
3Ease of operation
If retaining bolts are moved into the holding position for fastening unit attachment, then easy fixation is achieved, but the storage surface is blocked at those positions
Solution Approach 1:
The fastening function is extracted from the storage medium itself and transferred to separate mounting brackets that attach to the storage medium. The retaining bolts are integrated into the mounting brackets rather than being part of the storage medium, allowing the storage surface to remain unobstructed while providing easy attachment capability where needed.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a storage device (2) for a fastening device (4) for securing a storage body, comprising at least one table- or plate-like storage means (6) which includes a storage surface (8) on which a storage body and/or a fastening unit (10) detachably securing the storage body to the storage means (6) can be arranged in contact, and which comprises a plurality of recesses (12) extending transversely to the storage surface (8) and which are accessible from the storage surface (8), and with at least one retaining bolt (14), wherein one of the at least one retaining bolt (14) is movably arranged in one of the at least one recess (12) along a transfer direction (16) extending transversely to the storage surface (8), and which can be locked in a basic position.in which the retaining bolt (14) seamlessly extends the storage surface (8) of the storage means (6) with an externally accessible end face (18) of a head section (20) of the retaining bolt (14) or recedes with respect to the storage surface (8) towards the recess (12), and which can be moved and fixed into a holding position in which the head section (20) of the retaining bolt (14) projects out of the recess (12) with respect to the storage surface (8) and in which a coupling area (22) of the head section (20) for attaching one of the at least one fastening unit (10) is accessible from the outside.