Storage Case Color Ring Identification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing storage cases lack clear identification of different tools, making it inconvenient to categorize and retrieve specific tools, especially when multiple cases are stacked or folded, due to the absence of distinct identifying structures.
Innovation Solution
The storage case features two shell bodies with color rings of different colors around their edges, allowing for clear identification and categorization when folded or unfolded, with the color rings positioned parallel to each other when stacked and in intervals when folded, along with handle portions and spacers for structural support and alignment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If the storage case uses a simple structure without identifying portions, then the manufacturing cost is reduced and the structure is simpler, but the ability to identify and categorize tools is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies color coding by providing color rings with different colors (e.g., red, blue, green) on different shell bodies or compartments. This allows users to quickly identify and categorize tools without complex labeling systems, maintaining manufacturing simplicity while improving identification capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The storage case is divided into multiple shell bodies or compartments, each with its own color ring. This segmentation allows different tools to be stored in separate sections with distinct color identifiers, enabling easy categorization while keeping each individual compartment simple in structure.
2Ease of manufacture
If the storage case uses identical shell bodies without distinguishing features, then the manufacturing cost is reduced, but the ability to distinguish and retrieve specific tools is difficult
Solution Approach 1:
Color rings are added to identical shell bodies to provide visual distinction. This allows users to quickly identify and retrieve specific tools without changing the basic identical structure of the shell bodies, maintaining manufacturing efficiency while improving operational convenience.
3Volume of moving object
If the storage case is designed to be foldable and unfoldable, then the storage space efficiency is improved, but the complexity of the structure increases
Solution Approach 1:
The storage case is divided into multiple shell bodies that can be folded and unfolded independently. This segmentation allows the case to adapt to different storage and usage configurations, improving space efficiency while keeping each individual shell body relatively simple in structure.
Data Source
AI summary
A storage case is provided, including two shell bodies correspondingly foldably and unfoldably connected to each other. Each shell body includes a main body and a color ring arranged around a circumferential edge at an end of the main body, and a color of the color ring is different from a color of the main body. When the two shell bodies are correspondingly folded, the two color rings are substantially disposed parallel to each other in intervals and located at opposite end edges remote from each other of the two shell bodies. When the two shell bodies are unfolded and located neighboring to and parallel to each other, the two color rings are disposed, substantially, neighboring to each other on the same level.