Rotating Jar Organizer With Dual-Surface Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing organizers and storage devices lack a rotatable design with jars or containers attached to slats, which limits easy selection and utilization of items, and most do not allow for mounting on multiple surfaces efficiently.
Innovation Solution
A rotatable organizer with jars or containers attached to slats that can be mounted on one or two surfaces, featuring a dead or live axle with handles for easy rotation, and optional ratchets for one-directional rotation, allowing jars to be unscrewed or containers to be opened for visual selection and efficient item retrieval.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If jars or containers are attached to slats on a rotating organizer, then item accessibility and selection ease are improved, but device complexity increases due to the need for mounting brackets, axles, and slat attachment mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The organizer is divided into modular components: a mounting bracket fixed to the surface, a separate rotating assembly with slats attached to an axle, and jars/containers that can be individually attached to the slats. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently while simplifying assembly and installation.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention transitions from static linear storage to three-dimensional radial arrangement by mounting containers on slats that extend outward from a central axle. This dimensional change allows multiple items to be accessed by rotation, improving accessibility without increasing footprint area.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the organizer is designed to mount on one or two surfaces using a bracket and axle system, then adaptability to different mounting locations is improved, but device complexity increases due to the additional mounting components
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting bracket is designed with universal adaptability to mount on various surfaces (walls, ceilings, shelves) using standard attachment methods. The axle system with slats can be configured for different orientations and numbers of containers, making the same basic structure suitable for multiple applications from single-item storage to multi-container organizers.
3Measurement precision
If containers are made transparent for visual selection, then item detection accuracy is improved, but loss of substance increases due to potential visibility of contents leading to unintended selection
Solution Approach 1:
The transparent or translucent containers allow visual identification of contents through color and shape recognition. Users can quickly locate desired items by sight, improving selection accuracy and reducing time to find specific items, which compensates for any potential unintended selections.
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AI summary
An organizer that may be mounted on either one or two surfaces, such as a wall, ceiling or floor, or two of them, using limited space, and using jars or other containers for storage. It has four wooden slats that have jars or other containers attached. In the first preferred embodiment, there are several jars, the number depending on the jar size, attached to each slat. The lids are fastened to the slats, and the jars can be opened by unscrewing them from their lids. In the second preferred embodiment, plastic containers, with lids that can snap open and shut, are attached to the slates. There are handles on one end to rotate the storage system. Because they are transparent, the jars or plastic containers allow you to visually select what you are looking for. These jars or plastic containers can hold anything from hobby supplies to nuts and bolts.