Compartmentalized Tote With Stackable Trays For Fragile Item Protection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing hand-held baskets fail to segregate and protect small, fragile articles from damage during transport due to lack of compartmentalization, leading to potential damage from bumps and impacts.
Innovation Solution
A hand-held tote with a rigid frame and handle supporting a compartmentalized tray system, allowing multiple trays to be stacked and interlocked for secure carrying, and featuring an open network bottom for easy cleaning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If articles are carried in a traditional basket without compartmentalization, then the basket is simple in structure and easy to manufacture, but articles can bump into one another and suffer damage
Solution Approach 1:
The basket is divided into multiple compartments or cells using dividers, creating separate spaces for individual articles. This segmentation prevents articles from bumping into each other while maintaining an overall simple basket structure that is easy to manufacture.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If a basket is designed with compartmentalization to protect articles, then article protection is improved, but the basket becomes more complex and harder to clean
Solution Approach 1:
The basket uses simple divider elements that segment the interior into compartments. These dividers are designed to be easy to manufacture and integrate into the basket structure, providing article protection without significantly increasing manufacturing complexity.
3Strength
If a basket has a solid bottom and walls for structural support, then the basket is strong and stable, but it cannot self-clean and requires manual cleaning
Solution Approach 1:
The basket incorporates a bottom wall made of porous material or with an open mesh structure that allows liquid to pass through. This design maintains structural strength while enabling self-cleaning functionality, as liquid can flow through the bottom to rinse and drain the basket interior.
4Quantity of substance
If the basket is designed to carry multiple stacked trays, then carrying capacity is improved, but the handle and frame must be stronger and more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The frame and handle are designed with predetermined reinforcement and structural features that enable safe stacking of multiple trays. The strength and configuration are established in advance during manufacturing, allowing the basket to carry dozens of separated articles without requiring complex adjustable mechanisms.
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AI summary
A tote for collecting and transporting fragile items comprising a rectangular base, a handle fixed to the base, and a compartmentalized rectangular tray removably contained on the base, a perimeter of the base arranged to allow the tray to rest on a bottom of the base and to restrain the tray from sliding off the bottom, the handle being rigidly attached to the base and having an inverted U-shape that is sufficiently high and wide to allow several identical tray supporting items in individual compartments to be stacked on a bottom one of said trays.