Storage box
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional storage boxes have fixed, non-adjustable compartment sizes that may not accommodate customers' items, leading to inefficient storage and difficulty fitting the box into drawers due to its fixed dimensions.
Innovation Solution
A storage box design featuring a main box with removable dividing plates and an auxiliary box, allowing for adjustable storage areas and volume expansion, enabling flexible storage of items of varying sizes and accommodating different drawer sizes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the storage box has fixed compartment sizes determined by the manufacturer, then the manufacturing process is simple and cost-effective, but the storage spaces cannot accommodate items of varying sizes and the box cannot fit into different drawer sizes
Solution Approach 1:
The storage box is divided into a main box body and multiple detachable dividing plates. Each dividing plate can be independently removed, added, or repositioned to create custom compartment configurations. The dividing plates segment the internal space flexibly, allowing users to adapt the storage layout to different item sizes without changing the overall box structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The dividing plates are designed to be movable and reconfigurable within the main box body. Users can dynamically adjust the position and number of dividing plates based on storage needs, transforming the static fixed compartments into dynamic adjustable spaces that adapt to varying item dimensions and drawer sizes.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the storage box has fixed dimensions, then the manufacturing precision requirements are lower and production is easier, but the box cannot fit into drawers of different sizes
Solution Approach 1:
The box is segmented into modular components including the main box body, dividing plates, and engaging members. This segmentation allows the internal configuration to be adjusted independently of the external dimensions, enabling the box to adapt to different drawer sizes while maintaining simple manufacturing of each individual component.
Solution Approach 2:
The engaging members are designed with multiple engagement positions along the longitudinal direction, allowing the same component to serve multiple functions: securing dividing plates at different positions, adjusting compartment sizes, and potentially adapting to different box configurations. This multi-functionality reduces the need for multiple precision-matched parts.
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AI summary
A storage box includes at least one storing unit including a main box and at least one dividing plate. The main box includes two first engaging subunits and a main box body defining a dividable space. Each of the first engaging subunits is formed on a top end of the main box body and includes a plurality of spaced-apart first engaging members. The at least one dividing plate has a plate body and two second engaging members. The plate body is disposed removably in the dividable space and divides the dividable space into two storage areas. The second engaging members respectively and separably engage one of the first engaging members of one of the first engaging subunits and one of the first engaging members of the other one of the first engaging subunits.