Retaining-Bolt Storage Surface for Flexible Tool-Free Fixing
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing storage devices require laborious screwing to fix fastening units and allow placement only at designated locations, limiting flexibility and usability.
Innovation Solution
A storage device with recesses in the storage medium that accommodate retaining bolts, which can be moved transversely to fix fastening units without screws, allowing flexible placement and easy attachment of storage bodies of various dimensions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If fastening units are fixed by screwing to the storage medium, then the fixing is secure and reliable, but the process becomes laborious and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The storage medium is segmented into multiple recesses, each capable of independently holding a retaining bolt. This segmentation allows multiple fastening points to be prepared in advance, enabling parallel fixing operations and reducing total fixing time while maintaining secure attachment at each point.
Solution Approach 2:
Retaining bolts are pre-positioned in recesses within the storage medium before the fastening operation begins. This preliminary positioning eliminates the need for on-site screwing or complex assembly during fixing, significantly reducing labor time while ensuring reliable connection when the fastening unit engages with the protruding bolts.
2Stability of the object's composition
If fastening units are placed only at designated places, then the structural integrity is maintained, but the flexibility and adaptability are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The storage medium is divided into multiple discrete recesses distributed across its surface. Each recess represents an independent, pre-engineered location that maintains structural integrity while providing a standardized interface for fastening units. This segmentation enables flexible configuration of storage bodies at various positions without compromising the overall structure.
Solution Approach 2:
All recesses are designed with identical dimensions and features to accommodate retaining bolts, creating a universal interface. This universality allows fastening units to be placed at any recess location regardless of position, enabling adaptable configuration for storage bodies of various dimensions while maintaining consistent structural standards across the entire storage medium.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple recesses with retaining bolts are provided, then flexible fixing of fastening units is enabled, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The complex requirement of providing flexible fixing at multiple locations is resolved by segmenting the storage medium into identical, modular recesses. Each recess is a simple, standardized feature that can be independently manufactured and assembled. This segmentation transforms a potentially complex multi-location fixing system into a series of simple, repeatable units, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
Each recess is designed with specific local qualities (identical dimensions, positioning, and retaining bolt configuration) that enable universal compatibility. This local quality consistency ensures that the same simple structural feature can be replicated across multiple locations without increasing complexity, as each location is optimized for its specific function while maintaining overall system simplicity.
Data Source
AI summary
A storage device for fixing a storage body, with at least one table or panel-like storage medium including a storage surface, on which a storage body can be freely fixed to the fastening unit. A number of recesses transverse to the storage surface can be accessed from the storage surface, in which at least one of the retaining bolts can be moved transversely which can be fixed in a basic position in which the retaining bolt continuously continues the support surface of the support means with an externally accessible end face of a head section of the retaining bolt or springs back in the direction of the recess with respect to the support surface, and which can be transferred and fixed into a holding position which a coupling region of the head section for fastening one of the at least one fastening unit thereto is accessible from the outside.