Self-Leveling Mounting Plates for Stronger Shed Tool Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional hangers and hooks for storing items in buildings, barns, and sheds are difficult to install and do not provide the strongest mounting method, leading to inefficiencies in organizing systems.
Innovation Solution
An organizing system that secures devices to the exposed studs, beams, and rafters of structures using mounting plates with pre-formed fastener openings, allowing for easy alignment and installation, and accommodating various items by supporting them on their side faces, enhancing mounting strength.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If conventional fasteners are used to penetrate the front surface of studs, then hangers and hooks can be installed, but the installation is difficult and the mounting strength is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of penetrating the front surface of the stud as in conventional mounting, the mounting plate is attached to the side face of the stud, inverting the traditional mounting approach. This side-face attachment method provides both stronger mounting capability and easier installation by allowing the plate to wrap around and secure to the stud from the side.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting solution transitions from a one-dimensional front-surface penetration to a two-dimensional side-face attachment. The mounting plate engages with the stud in multiple dimensions by attaching to the side face and potentially wrapping around, creating a more robust multi-dimensional securement that improves both strength and installation ease.
2Strength
If mounting plates are attached to the side face of studs, then mounting strength is improved, but alignment and positioning become more challenging
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting plate includes pre-formed fastener openings that are positioned and sized to accommodate standard fasteners. This preliminary preparation of the fastener openings allows for precise alignment during installation without requiring complex positioning procedures, as the openings guide the fasteners into proper alignment with the stud.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting plate dimensions are specifically designed to correspond to standard stud dimensions (e.g., 3.50 inches for 2×4 studs, 5.50 inches for 2×6 studs). This parameter matching ensures proper fit and alignment on the side face of studs, eliminating alignment challenges by designing the plate to naturally conform to standard structural dimensions.
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AI summary
A shed organizing system includes a first tool organizing device having a first mounting plate and a first tool supporting section that extends from the first mounting plate, and a second tool organizing device having a second mounting plate and a second tool supporting section that extends from the second mounting plate. A shed includes an exposed vertical stud having a first major surface that extends along a first side of the exposed vertical stud and a second major surface that extends along a second side of the exposed vertical stud. The first mounting plate is secured to said the major surface of the exposed vertical stud and the second mounting plate is secured to the second major surface of the exposed vertical stud.