Slide-Out Storage Transporter With Auto-Deploy Stabilizer Wheel
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional hanging storage systems for artwork are large, fixed to walls or ceilings, causing potential damage and requiring skilled installation, making relocation difficult and costly, and lack mobile, slide-out storage racks with an automatically deployed stabilizer.
Innovation Solution
A modular, mobile storage system with a transporter comprising an upper frame, posts, a lower frame with rollers and casters, slide-out panels, and an extendable support that deploys a stabilizing wheel to contact the ground, allowing easy assembly and relocation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If conventional hanging storage systems are fixed to walls or ceilings to ensure structural integrity, then stability is improved, but surface damage risk and installation complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The storage system is divided into multiple modular components including frame sections, shelf units, and panel assemblies that can be independently assembled and configured. This segmentation allows the structure to achieve stability through proper modular assembly rather than permanent wall/ceiling attachment, eliminating surface damage while maintaining structural integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates self-aligning and self-supporting features where the modular components are designed to automatically position and support each other when assembled on the floor. The structure serves itself by creating inherent stability through its modular configuration without requiring external anchoring to walls or ceilings.
2Stability of the object's composition
If conventional storage systems are fixed to walls or ceilings, then structural integrity is improved, but relocation difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
The storage system transitions from a static fixed installation to a dynamic reconfigurable structure. The modular components can be easily disassembled, relocated, and reassembled in different configurations, allowing the system to adapt to changing space requirements while maintaining structural integrity through proper modular assembly.
3Stability of the object's composition
If conventional units require multiple skilled installers for assembly, then structural integrity is improved, but installation cost and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the storage system into standardized modular components with consistent connection mechanisms, the assembly process becomes simplified and can be performed by fewer people with less specialized skill. Each modular unit is designed for straightforward assembly, reducing the need for multiple skilled installers while maintaining overall structural integrity.
4Ease of operation
If slide-out storage racks are added to mobile transporters, then storage accessibility is improved, but stability during operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The stabilizer wheels are automatically deployed in advance when panels are extended, preparing the system for potential instability before it occurs. This preliminary action of deploying stabilizers prevents stability issues rather than reacting to them after they arise.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically senses when panels are extended and self-adjusts by deploying stabilizer wheels without requiring manual intervention. This self-service mechanism maintains stability during operation by automatically compensating for the stability reduction caused by extended panels.
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 system optimizes space usage, provides easy item display, and facilitates easy relocation without damaging surfaces, while requiring minimal assembly skills.
Implementation Method 1
at least one roller assembly provided on the lower frame
Implementation Method 2
a plurality of casters provided on an underside of the lower frame and configured to contact a substantially horizontal surface supporting the transporter
Implementation Method 3
an extendable support coupled to the at least one panel that contacts the substantially horizontal surface in response to the at least one panel being extended from the space
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AI summary
A mobile transporter is provided. The transporter includes a lower frame structure, an upper frame structure, a plurality of posts coupled to the lower frame structure and the upper frame structure, a roller assembly provided on the lower frame structure, a panel that extends from and retracts into the transporter, and a wheel that supports the panel, when the panel is extended from the transporter between a second partially open state and a fully open state.