Socket Holder With Segmented Slide Locking Bases
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional socket holders require higher time costs due to limited division of labor, lack of classification systems for different unit types, and increased size from multiple sliding rails, making them inconvenient for use and storage.
Innovation Solution
A socket holder design featuring a base with first and second slide locking portions in a male-female connection, allowing for easy assembly and disassembly of support bases, which are rotatable and color-coded for classification, and an end plug for secure attachment, reducing manufacturing time and improving usability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If the tracks are integrally formed with the hanger, then the structure is simple, but one hanger can only be assembled with a plurality of slidable bases at one place, requiring higher time cost
Solution Approach 1:
The hanger is divided into a main body portion and multiple separate track portions. Each track portion can be independently assembled with slidable bases, enabling parallel assembly operations across multiple locations simultaneously, thus increasing productivity without complicating the overall structure.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple sliding rails are added to accommodate different socket types, then classification capability is improved, but the size of the tool hanger increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of adding multiple sliding rails in the same plane which increases hanger size, the invention utilizes the vertical dimension by having track portions extend in different directions from the main body. This allows classification of different socket types while maintaining a compact hanger footprint.
3Area of stationary object
If the hanger is made compact for easy storage, then portability is improved, but multiple sliding rails cannot be accommodated for different socket types
Solution Approach 1:
The hanger is segmented into a compact main body and multiple detachable track portions. When storage is needed, track portions can be detached and the main body remains compact. When in use, track portions are attached to provide accommodation for multiple socket types, thus resolving the contradiction between compactness and versatility.
Data Source
AI summary
A socket holder is provided, including a base, having at least one first slide locking portion, each first slide locking portion extending along a first direction; at least one support base, each support base having a second slide locking portion which is engageably connected with one of the at least one first slide locking portion along the first direction, the second slide locking portion overlapping one of the at least one first slide locking portion in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the second slide locking portion being undisengageable from one of the at least one first slide locking portion in the second direction, the at least one first slide locking portion and the at least one second slide locking portion being in a male-female connection relationship, each support base including at least one connection portion which is rotatable.