Soft-Sided and Rigid Storage Coupling With Interlocking Channels
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing tool storage devices often lack efficient and versatile systems for securely combining soft-sided and rigid storage components, leading to cumbersome and inconvenient transportation and access issues.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising a soft-sided storage device with integral projections and a latch assembly, coupled with a rigid storage case through interlocking channels and apertures, allowing secure and easy attachment and detachment for combined carrying, while maintaining independent access to both components.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If soft-sided storage devices are coupled to rigid storage devices, then transportation efficiency and organizational flexibility are improved, but device complexity and attachment difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The storage system is divided into separate soft-sided and rigid storage components that can independently function but are designed to couple together. The soft-sided device has its own structure and functionality, while the rigid device provides complementary storage, allowing users to organize tools and accessories in different compartments with different characteristics.
Solution Approach 2:
The attachment system is designed with universal features that allow the soft-sided device to couple with the rigid device. The channel and aperture configuration enables multiple attachment points and orientations, making the system versatile for different storage configurations and access patterns while maintaining relatively simple individual component designs.
2Reliability
If secure attachment mechanism is implemented, then reliability of combined storage system is improved, but ease of operation for attachment and detachment deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment system incorporates movable features such as the latch member that can shift between locked and unlocked positions. The channel allows for dynamic insertion and removal of the soft-sided device, while the aperture provides a target for secure engagement. This dynamic design enables secure attachment when engaged but maintains ease of operation through simple linear motion for attachment and detachment.
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AI summary
A storage container with various aspects is described herein. The storage container may have cleats or cleat receptacles to interact with other storage containers and/or accessories. The storage container may also include rails for attachment of various accessories. Some versions of the storage container may further include telescopic uprights connected to a handle. Many of the versions of the storage containers may further include wheels for transporting the storage containers and their contents.