Storage Box Flippable Door for Wider Opening Angles
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing storage boxes with rotating shafts for switch doors suffer from interference issues, leading to poor user experience, especially when the door angle exceeds 90 degrees, causing collections like limited edition shoes to be stuck and the box to fall off easily.
Innovation Solution
A storage apparatus with a flippable door body assembly that flips towards the storage structure, using a connecting part between the door body and the inner wall to avoid interference, allowing a larger opening angle and reducing sticking chances, while maintaining aesthetics.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Shape
If the rotating shaft is arranged in the opening to enable the switch door to rotate and close, then the storage box achieves high aesthetics with the switch door hidden in the opening, but the switch door interferes with the collection when the rotation angle exceeds 90°, causing the box to fall off easily
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the spatial arrangement by moving the rotating shaft from the opening (2D plane) to the inner wall (3D space), allowing the switch door to rotate beyond 90 degrees without interference. This dimensional relocation enables the door to achieve a larger rotation angle while maintaining aesthetic appearance when closed.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary structure (the inner wall of the opening) to support the rotating shaft. By placing the shaft on the inner wall rather than directly in the opening, the design creates a mediator that allows the door to rotate freely without directly interfering with the collection items while still maintaining the aesthetic appearance.
2Reliability
If the switch door is arranged to rotate and close with the rotating shaft in the opening, then the door can block the opening for security, but the door body interferes with shoe collections when opened beyond 90 degrees
Solution Approach 1:
The patent relocates the rotating shaft from the opening to the inner wall, changing the spatial dimension of the rotation mechanism. This allows the switch door to rotate to angles greater than 90 degrees without the door body interfering with shoe collections, while still maintaining the ability to block the opening for security when closed.
3Ease of operation
If the rotating shaft is positioned to allow door rotation, then the door can be operated to open and close, but the maximum opening and closing angle is limited to 90 degrees
Solution Approach 1:
The patent moves the rotating shaft to the inner wall of the opening, which changes the rotational geometry and allows the switch door to rotate beyond the traditional 90-degree limit. This dimensional change enables a larger rotation angle range, improving adaptability for different usage scenarios while maintaining ease of operation.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution enhances user experience by preventing interference and increasing the angle range for item placement, improving aesthetics and safety, and allowing easier access to the storage cavity.
Implementation Method 1
The connecting part is rotatably arranged on an inner wall of the opening
Data Source
AI summary
A storage apparatus and a storage device having the storage apparatus are provided. The storage apparatus includes: a storage structure, having a storage cavity and an opening communicating with the storage cavity, the storage cavity being configured to store an item to be stored; and a door body assembly, including a door body and a connecting structure, the door body being flippably arranged at the opening through the connecting structure, and the door body having a closed state flipped toward the storage structure to block at least part of the opening and an open state flipped away from the storage structure to avoid the opening; wherein the connecting structure has a connecting part, the connecting part is rotatably arranged on an inner wall of the opening, and when the door body is in the closed state, the connecting part is located between the door body and the first surface.