Space divider comprising support rods and structural containers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing room dividers lack the ability to be variably assembled from simple elements while maintaining secure footing with minimal components and do not offer partial transparency or integration with interior greening solutions.
Innovation Solution
A room divider system comprising vertical support rods with structural containers that provide multiple mounting options, allowing for flexible assembly and integration of planters with irrigation systems, as well as other add-on components like mirrors or storage containers, to maintain stability without wall or ceiling attachment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional room dividers are used, then they provide space division, but they lack variable assembly capability and require extensive attachment to walls or ceilings
Solution Approach 1:
The room divider is segmented into independent modular units, each consisting of support rods connected by structural containers. These modules can be assembled and disassembled independently without requiring attachment to walls or ceilings, enabling flexible reconfiguration while maintaining structural integrity through self-contained connection mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The structural containers serve multiple functions: they connect support rods, provide spacing, enable modular assembly, and offer attachment points for additional elements. This multi-functionality reduces the need for specialized components and extensive wall/ceiling attachments, allowing the same structure to adapt to various spatial configurations.
2Illumination intensity
If opaque room dividers are used, then they provide complete separation, but they lack transparency and aesthetic versatility
Solution Approach 1:
The room divider employs local transparency by using transparent or translucent structural containers at specific locations while maintaining solid support rods. This creates zones of varying transparency within the overall structure, allowing light penetration and visual connection in certain areas while providing privacy and separation in others, thereby enhancing both aesthetic appeal and functional versatility.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a room divider consisting of vertically standing support rods and connecting structural containers. Fastening elements for arranging multiple structural containers or other attachments or intermediate components are provided on opposite sides of the support rods. Each structural container has a center line in which at least two intersecting mounting planes are located for arranging container-side fasteners. At least one or more structural containers, positioned one above the other at a distance, are arranged between two adjacent support rods. The present invention provides a semi-transparent room divider that can be variably assembled from simple elements and that exhibits stability even with a limited number of different elements.