Rotating organizer
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional organizers lack flexibility and customization to accommodate varying user needs and available space, often resulting in a one-size-fits-all approach that is not optimally effective.
Innovation Solution
A modular rotational organizer with interchangeable components, including support frames, side supports, end caps, and slats, featuring a lattice reinforcement structure in the axle to reduce torsional deflection and enhance stability, allowing for customizable configuration to suit specific application environments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a one-size-fits-all organizer design is used, then manufacturing and distribution are simplified, but the organizer cannot accommodate varying user needs and available space
Solution Approach 1:
The organizer is divided into modular components including interchangeable support frames, side supports with tab and slot arrangements, end caps, and slats that can be configured in different arrangements. This segmentation allows users to customize the organizer to fit various space requirements and organizational needs while maintaining manufacturing efficiency through standardized parts.
Solution Approach 2:
The organizer employs universal connection mechanisms such as tab and slot arrangements that allow the same components to serve multiple functions and be assembled in different configurations. The interchangeable support frames and side supports can be arranged to create organizers of various sizes and orientations, making the system adaptable to diverse applications without requiring completely different designs.
2Stability of the object's composition
If conventional organizer designs are used, then structural simplicity is maintained, but torsional deflection and instability occur under load
Solution Approach 1:
The axle is constructed with a lattice reinforcement structure that combines multiple geometric elements to create a composite form. This lattice design provides enhanced torsional stiffness and structural strength compared to a solid or hollow simple cylinder, allowing the axle to resist deformation under the weight and rotational forces experienced during use.
Solution Approach 2:
The lattice reinforcement structure on the axle incorporates curved and geometric patterns that distribute stress more effectively than straight lines. The curved lattice work provides structural reinforcement while maintaining aesthetic appeal, enhancing the axle's ability to resist torsional deflection without adding excessive weight.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The modular design enables tailored organization solutions that increase storage capacity and accessibility, while the lattice reinforcement structure improves the organizer's ability to handle torque, reducing the risk of failure and enhancing usability.
Implementation Method 1
the axle comprises a lattice reinforcement structure
Implementation Method 2
each of the slats has a center of gravity located to cause bottom surfaces of each of the slats to be perpendicular to a gravitational force acting in a downward direction on the slats
Implementation Method 3
the axle couples to the first and second end caps via a snap-fit
Data Source
AI summary
In some examples, a rotational organizer includes first and second support frames, first and second side supports configured to couple to the first and second support frames via a tab and slot arrangement to span the first and second support frames, first and second end caps, and an axle configured to pass through a center point of the first and second end caps to pivotally couple at a first end to the first support frame and at a second end to the second support frame, wherein the axle couples to the first and second end caps via a snap-fit, and wherein the axle comprises a lattice reinforcement structure.