Storage Container Uniform Fastening Interface for Interchangeable Handles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing storage devices lack versatility and efficiency in handling, as they require distinct designs for pivotable carrier grips and pull grips, limiting flexibility and ease of manufacture, and do not allow for easy conversion between different handling modes.
Innovation Solution
Designing storage containers with uniform housing fastening interfaces that can accommodate either a pivotable carrier grip or a pull grip, allowing for interchangeable handles and simplified manufacturing, with the pull grip being immovable and serving as a pull-out aid, and the pivotable handle being grippable for carrying.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If storage containers are designed with different housing fastening interfaces for pivotable carrier grips and pull grips, then each handle type can be optimized for its specific function, but the device complexity and manufacturing cost increase due to requiring multiple distinct designs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing a single standardized housing fastening interface that can accommodate both pivotable carrier grips and pull grips. This standardized interface allows different handle types to be mounted on the same container housing without requiring separate interface designs, thereby reducing device complexity while maintaining handling versatility. The interface includes standardized mounting holes and attachment mechanisms that work with both grip types.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies dynamics by making the handle configuration adaptable rather than fixed. The pivotable carrier grip can be rotated between different orientations (e.g., horizontal and vertical positions) to suit different handling needs, while the pull grip remains fixed for its specific function. This dynamic adjustability allows the same standardized interface to support both movable and fixed handle configurations.
2Ease of operation
If separate designs are created for pivotable carrier grips and pull grips, then each handle can be optimized for its specific handling mode, but manufacturing efficiency decreases due to requiring multiple distinct components
Solution Approach 1:
The standardized housing fastening interface enables manufacturers to produce a single type of interface component that serves both pivotable carrier grip and pull grip applications. This reduces the number of different parts that need to be manufactured, inventoried, and assembled, thereby improving manufacturing efficiency while still allowing optimization of each handle type for its specific handling mode.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the handle system into independent components: the standardized housing fastening interface (mounted on the container) and the interchangeable handles (pivotable carrier grip or pull grip). This segmentation allows each component to be manufactured separately using standardized processes, and then assembled together, improving overall manufacturing efficiency through modular production.
3Ease of manufacture
If storage containers use fixed handle designs, then manufacturing is simplified, but adaptability to different handling requirements is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The standardized housing fastening interface provides a universal mounting system that maintains design standardization for simplified manufacturing, while simultaneously enabling adaptability by supporting both pivotable carrier grips and fixed pull grips on the same container. This universal interface acts as a platform that accommodates different handle types without requiring custom modifications to the container housing.
Solution Approach 2:
The system combines fixed and dynamic elements: the housing fastening interface and container housing remain fixed for manufacturing simplicity, while the handles mounted on them can be selected and configured dynamically based on handling requirements. The pivotable carrier grip adds another layer of dynamics by allowing rotational movement between positions.
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AI summary
A storage device which has a plurality of storage containers, which include at least one first storage container and at least one second storage container. The container housings have, on the outer faces thereof, an identical, uniform housing fastening interface, to which a first handle is attached in order to form a first storage container, and to which a second handle is attached in order to form a second storage container. The first handle is a pivotable carrying handle, around which a hand can grip. The second handle is designed as a pull handle which cannot be gripped, which has a grip strip behind which the fingers of a hand can grip.