Modular Storage Box Vertical Clamping for Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing modular storage boxes suffer from poor stability during assembly, particularly in larger sizes, due to the use of hooks and clamping grooves, which can lead to collapse.
Innovation Solution
A storage box design featuring a bottom plate, top plate, side plates, front plate, and rear plate that are detachably connected using first and second clamping structures extending in the height direction, allowing for simple assembly and improved connection stability without the need for additional tools.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If hooks and clamping grooves are used to connect modular storage boxes, then assembly is simplified, but connection stability deteriorates leading to collapse in large size storage boxes
Solution Approach 1:
The storage box is divided into modular components (bottom plate, top plate, side plates, front plate, rear plate) that can be assembled and disassembled independently. Each plate has integrated clamping structures that segment the connection function into localized interaction points, simplifying assembly while maintaining stability through distributed connection points throughout the structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The clamping structures extend in the height direction (vertical dimension) rather than only horizontal connection. This vertical extension of clamping structures adds a dimensional element to the connection, creating multiple levels of contact between plates and significantly improving connection stability against collapse while maintaining ease of assembly.
2Device complexity
If traditional hooks and clamping grooves are used for connection, then device complexity is reduced, but reliability deteriorates due to poor assembly stability
Solution Approach 1:
The clamping structure integrates multiple functions into a single component: positioning features, clamping surfaces, and structural reinforcement are merged into the clamping structures that extend in the height direction. This consolidation maintains low device complexity while achieving high reliability through the combined effect of these integrated features.
Solution Approach 2:
The storage box plates appear to use composite construction with reinforced edges and integrated clamping structures. The combination of plate materials and clamping structure materials creates a composite system that enhances overall connection reliability while maintaining simplicity in the connection mechanism.
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AI summary
A storage box is provided. The storage box includes a bottom plate, a top plate, two side plates, a front plate, and a rear plate. The bottom plate, the top plate, the two side plates, the front plate, and the rear plate are detachably connected to each other. The bottom plate and the top plate are disposed in parallel in a height direction of the storage box, the two side plates, the front plate, and the rear plate are disposed between the bottom plate and the top plate to enclose to form a storage space. First clamping structures are respectively disposed at two opposite sides of each of the two side plates, and second clamping structures are respectively disposed at two opposite sides of each of the front plate and the rear plate.