Storage Container Attachment Design to Prevent Building Surface Damage

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing storage containers secured to homes for protecting delivered packages often cause irreversible damage to exterior surfaces and are difficult to remove and reuse.

Innovation Solution

A storage container design featuring a main compartment with an extension member and stopper that allows secure attachment to doors or windows without damaging the surface, enabling easy removal and repositioning, and optional locking for package security.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If storage containers are secured to building exteriors using bolts or screws, then package security is improved, but damage to the building surface occurs

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepackage securityVSAvoiddamage to building surface

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an intermediary mounting system consisting of a mounting plate attached to the building surface and a removable container that couples to the plate. This intermediary structure allows secure package storage without directly fastening the container to the building with damaging bolts or screws. The mounting plate distributes attachment forces and protects the building surface from direct mechanical damage.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The storage system is divided into separate components: a mounting plate that remains on the building and a removable container that couples to the plate. This segmentation allows the container to be easily removed and relocated without removing fasteners from the building surface, thereby preventing damage while maintaining security during use.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Reliability

If storage containers are permanently secured to the home, then package protection is improved, but ease of removal and reuse is worsened

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepackage protectionVSAvoidease of removal and reuse

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The mounting system transitions from a static permanent attachment to a dynamic removable connection. The container couples to the mounting plate through a reversible mechanism that provides secure attachment during use but allows easy removal when needed, enabling the container to be relocated to different positions or stored indoors.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The mounting plate is pre-installed on the building surface in a convenient location, preparing the system for future container attachment. This preliminary action allows the container to be quickly coupled and removed without repeated drilling or surface modification, enhancing ease of operation while maintaining protection.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS11344144B2Theft proof storage container

Publication Date: 2022.05.31 CURTIS BENJAMIN KRISTOPHER

AI summary

A storage container securable to the exterior of a home, office or other building for enclosing one or more packages is disclosed herein. The container may be coupled to a door or window of the building without destruction of the exterior surface of the door or window. The storage container may be sized and shaped for various sized packages.