Rotating Hanging Seat for Tool Box Screwdriver Display

Resolve Bottlenecks,
Find Innovative Solutions
Generate Solutions

Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional tool boxes face difficulties in easily removing and displaying multiple screwdrivers due to the design of the casing and fixing mechanism, making it hard to extract and showcase the screwdrivers effectively.

Innovation Solution

A tool box design featuring a rotating hanging seat that abuts against screwdriver indentations for easy accommodation and removal, allowing the screwdrivers to extend out and be displayed at an angle for better visibility.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If the casing is rotated outwardly to take the screwdrivers out of the body, then the screwdrivers can be removed from the tool box, but it becomes difficult to remove the plurality of screwdrivers from the tool box

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of removalVSAvoidfixing mechanism complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The hanging seat is designed to rotate between a horizontal position (for accommodating screwdrivers) and a tilted position (for easy removal). This dynamic transformation allows the same structure to serve dual purposes: secure storage and effortless extraction, eliminating the need for complex releasing mechanisms while maintaining ease of operation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The tool box is divided into functionally independent components: the body for storage, the hanging seat for accommodation and removal operation, and the casing for protection. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function efficiently, with the hanging seat handling both accommodation and removal without requiring complex integrated mechanisms

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Illumination intensity

If the screwdrivers are accommodated in the body, then they are securely stored, but they cannot be easily displayed for visibility

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay visibilityVSAvoidremoval ease
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The hanging seat can be rotated from a horizontal position (for secure accommodation) to a tilted position (for brilliant display). This dynamic repositioning allows the screwdrivers to be showcased at an optimal angle for visibility while maintaining easy access for removal, resolving the contradiction between secure storage and display visibility

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The hanging seat utilizes the vertical dimension by tilting upward to form an acute angle with the body. This dimensional change elevates the screwdrivers above the body level, providing both brilliant display visibility and easy access for removal, as users can naturally reach upward to grasp the exposed screwdriver handles

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

3Illumination intensity

If the hanging seat is used for brilliant display, then the screwdrivers are visible, but the structure becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay brillianceVSAvoidhanging seat structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The hanging seat serves multiple functions with a single simple structure: it accommodates screwdrivers when horizontal, enables easy removal when tilted slightly, and provides brilliant display when tilted at an acute angle. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate display mechanisms, maintaining structural simplicity while achieving excellent display brilliance

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The same simple hanging seat structure achieves brilliant display through dynamic repositioning rather than through complex display-specific components. By rotating to a tilted position, the hanging seat naturally presents the screwdrivers at an optimal viewing angle, proving that structural simplicity combined with positional flexibility can achieve excellent display效果

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS20170021492A1Tool Box
Publication Date: 2017.01.26 HSU HUANG TUNG
  • US20170021492A1 patent drawing
  • US20170021492A1 patent drawing
  • US20170021492A1 patent drawing

AI summary

A tool box contains: a body, a fixing mount, a casing, a hanging seat, and a plurality of screwdrivers. The body includes two connecting notches and two limiting recesses formed on two sides of an inner wall thereof. The fixing mount includes two ends accommodated in the two limiting recesses and moving upwardly and downwardly in the two limiting recesses, and the fixing mount also includes a plurality of receiving holes and two resilient elements fitted on a bottom end thereof. The casing fits with the body and includes two cutouts, and the hanging seat includes two connection protrusions to connect with the two connecting notches of the body and the two cutouts of the casing. Each of the plurality of screwdrivers includes an extension fitted into each of the plurality of receiving holes of the fixing mount.