Stackable Ammunition Container With Segmented Feet And Recesses

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing ammunition containers lack effective organization and stacking solutions, leading to potential misfires, damage, and safety hazards due to improper storage and handling of ammunition, and they do not securely stack for easy transportation and storage.

Innovation Solution

The design of an ammunition container with multiple compartments, each having an independently movable lid, and features such as recesses and feet that allow for secure stacking, along with handles that can be easily extended or retracted for transportation, ensuring easy access and secure closure.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Stability of the object's composition

If ammunition containers are designed without stacking features, then they are simpler in structure and easier to manufacture, but they cannot be securely stacked for transportation and storage

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestacking stabilityVSAvoidcontainer structure complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Stability of the object's compositionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The container is divided into multiple compartment portions with independent lids, and stacking features (feet and recesses) are segmented and distributed at specific locations. This segmentation allows the container to achieve stable stacking without requiring complex overall structural changes, as each compartment can be independently configured with stacking features.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces vertical stacking capability by adding feet extending downward from the bottom surface and corresponding recesses in lower containers. This dimensional addition (vertical engagement features) enables secure stacking without complicating the horizontal arrangement of compartments, resolving the contradiction between stacking stability and structural complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Reliability

If ammunition containers have multiple compartments with independent lids, then ammunition organization and safety are improved, but the container structure becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveammunition organization and safetyVSAvoidcontainer structure complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The container is divided into multiple compartment portions with independent lids, allowing separate organization of different ammunition types. This segmentation improves safety by preventing accidental mixing while the modular design keeps structural complexity manageable through standardized compartment configurations.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Each compartment portion is designed with universal features including feet and recesses that serve both organizational functions (separate lid operation) and stacking functions. This multi-functionality reduces overall structural complexity by combining multiple purposes into standardized compartment designs.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Stability of the object's composition

If ammunition containers include stacking feet and recesses, then stacking stability is improved, but manufacturing precision requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestacking stabilityVSAvoidfoot and recess dimensional precision

Core Design Contradiction:

Stability of the object's compositionVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The feet and recesses are designed with specific local geometric features (L-shaped configurations with defined dimensions) that concentrate the stacking function in localized areas. This local quality approach allows for controlled manufacturing precision at specific critical dimensions while maintaining overall manufacturing feasibility.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

4Productivity

If ammunition containers are designed for secure stacking, then transportation and storage efficiency are improved, but the container design becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetransportation and storage efficiencyVSAvoidcontainer design complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The container design segments stacking functionality into discrete feet and recesses located at specific compartments, allowing efficient vertical stacking for transportation and storage. This segmentation enables productivity improvement through space optimization without requiring complex integrated designs.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS11459141B1Ammunition container including stacking foot and recess arrangement

Publication Date: 2022.10.04 KALDAHL JEFFREY W

AI summary

Stackable ammunition containers include movable lids defining recesses within which feet of another ammunition container may be inserted. The feet and recesses may have specific dimensions and positions to balance between retention of the feet within the recesses to provide structural stability when stacked and ease of unstacking.