Slide-Out Storage Assembly with Adjustable Casters for Uneven Floors
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing storage assemblies lack adjustable and versatile solutions for accommodating uneven floor surfaces and ensuring proper fitting and accessibility of slide-out storage components, which can lead to instability and usability issues.
Innovation Solution
The storage assembly incorporates an adjustable faceplate and caster assemblies that can be vertically adjusted, allowing the slide-out storage assembly to be securely positioned on uneven floors and ensuring proper alignment with the storage cabinet, with features like adjustable mounting brackets and pivoting connections for enhanced stability and accessibility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed storage assembly is used, then the structure is simple and stable, but it cannot accommodate uneven floor surfaces and lacks adjustability
Solution Approach 1:
The storage assembly incorporates adjustable caster assemblies that enable dynamic positioning and height adjustment of the slide-out storage component. The casters can be individually adjusted to accommodate uneven floor surfaces, transforming a static structure into a dynamically adaptable system that maintains stability across varying conditions.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention utilizes vertically adjustable casters that change the height parameter of the storage assembly to adapt to uneven floors. The adjustable faceplate also changes angular parameters to ensure proper alignment, allowing the system to maintain functionality across different floor conditions without requiring complete structural redesign.
2Ease of operation
If a slide-out storage assembly is added to a storage cabinet, then accessibility is improved, but stability on uneven floors deteriorates without adjustment mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustable caster assemblies allow the slide-out storage component to dynamically adapt its position and orientation based on floor conditions. This dynamic adjustment capability ensures that the slide-out mechanism remains stable and accessible even when the storage cabinet is placed on uneven surfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The adjustable casters are designed to be individually adjusted to level the storage assembly on uneven floors. This self-adjustment capability allows the system to automatically compensate for floor irregularities, maintaining stability and accessibility without requiring external intervention or complex stabilization systems.
3Adaptability or versatility
If adjustable caster assemblies are integrated into the base assembly, then adaptability to floor conditions is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The base assembly is segmented into multiple independently adjustable caster units rather than a single fixed support structure. Each caster can be individually adjusted, allowing the system to adapt to uneven floors through distributed adjustment points. This segmentation provides adaptability while keeping each individual caster component relatively simple in design.
Solution Approach 2:
The adjustable caster assemblies serve multiple functions: they provide mobility, height adjustment, and leveling capability for the storage assembly. By integrating these multiple functions into a single component, the invention reduces overall device complexity compared to using separate mechanisms for each function.
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AI summary
A storage assembly includes a storage cabinet having an interior space and a slide-out storage assembly operable between open and closed positions relative to the storage cabinet. The slide-out storage assembly includes a base assembly having one or more integrally formed mounting brackets formed thereon. One or more caster assemblies are mounted to the one or more integrally formed mounting brackets of the base assembly of the slide-out storage assembly. The one or more caster assemblies are vertically adjustable along the one or more integrally formed mounting brackets of the base assembly. The slide-out storage assembly further includes a faceplate coupled to the base assembly and adjustably associated with the storage cabinet.