Tilting Drawer Guide for Accessible Top-Shelf Refrigerator Storage
Solution Overview
Problem
In tall refrigerators or freezers, smaller individuals face difficulty accessing top drawers due to their height, and existing solutions like flaps improve front access but hinder rear access, while drawers offer removal convenience but not accessibility.
Innovation Solution
A guide system that tilts the drawer during pull-out, with a support to prevent tipping, and a base design that rises at the rear when pushed in, allowing the drawer to be tilted forward for easier access and preventing contents from falling.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of stationary object
If a drawer is used in a tall refrigerator, then storage capacity is improved, but accessibility to top drawers deteriorates due to height
Solution Approach 1:
The drawer is designed to dynamically change its orientation during extension. The guide rail with upward slope causes the drawer to tilt automatically as it is pulled out, transforming from a horizontal to a downward-tilted position, making contents accessible without requiring the user to reach high
Solution Approach 2:
The drawer extension motion is combined with a tilting motion in another dimension. Instead of only moving horizontally outward, the drawer simultaneously rotates downward along a curved path defined by the guide rail, adding a vertical dimension to the access motion
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a device with a body and a refrigerated interior, which is located in the body of the device, with a drawer (30) being located in the refrigerated interior, which can be pulled out of and pushed into the refrigerated interior, with a guide ( 22) is provided, by means of which the drawer (30) is guided when it is pulled out and when it is pushed in, the guide (22) being designed in such a way that it rises in the pull-out direction of the drawer (30) and a support (10) being provided, on which the drawer (30) rests when extended.