Under-Platform Bracket Storage for Vertical Space Utilization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Hanging storage systems that raise and lower face challenges in accessing items of unusual shapes and sizes, as existing solutions do not efficiently utilize vertical space for storing long or rounded items, limiting the platform's usability and accessibility.
Innovation Solution
A storage system with a rectangular platform that raises and lowers, featuring brackets and clips attached to the sides and bottom, providing multiple surfaces for supporting items below the platform, allowing for efficient storage of items like yard tools and outdoor equipment with varying shapes and sizes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If items are stored on a raised platform, then accessibility from ground level is improved, but the space underneath the platform is wasted
Solution Approach 1:
The invention transitions from two-dimensional platform storage to three-dimensional storage by adding vertical support structures that extend below the platform. These supports create multiple storage surfaces at different heights,充分利用 the vertical space underneath the platform while maintaining ground-level accessibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The support structures are designed to nest within or attach to the platform's existing framework. The brackets and support elements are integrated into the platform structure, with lower portions extending downward to create additional storage surfaces without occupying excessive horizontal space.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the platform is raised high for foot traffic underneath, then usability as a walkway is improved, but item accessibility from ground level deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The storage system is segmented into multiple functional zones: the elevated platform surface for foot traffic, the vertical support structures for item storage, and lower horizontal surfaces for additional storage. This segmentation allows different parts of the structure to serve different purposes simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The support structures serve multiple functions: they provide structural support for the elevated platform, create vertical storage surfaces for item storage, and form lower horizontal surfaces for additional storage. This multi-functionality resolves the contradiction between walkway usability and item accessibility.
3Quantity of substance
If items of unusual shapes are stored on a flat platform, then storage capacity is reduced, but alternative storage methods increase device complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The support structures feature locally varied geometries with different surfaces (vertical and horizontal) designed to accommodate specific item shapes. Rounded items can rest on vertical surfaces while long items can be positioned on horizontal surfaces, optimizing storage for diverse item types without requiring complex external fixtures.
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AI summary
A storage system is described, having a rectangular platform adapted to be raised and lowered. The platform includes a top surface configured to support one or more items to be stored, a bottom surface, a first side, and a second side opposite the first side. The system also includes a first bracket, with an upper portion attached to the first side of the platform and a lower portion extending below the bottom surface. The lower portion of this first bracket is shaped in such a way as to provide a first surface on which a portion of an additional item rests. The system also includes a second bracket, likewise with an upper portion attached to the second side of the platform and a lower portion extending below the bottom surface. The lower portion of the second bracket is also shaped in such a way as to provide a second surface on which a portion of the additional item rests. In this way, the first and second brackets cooperate to support the additional item below the platform. In another aspect, the second bracket is replaced with at least one clip.