Utility Box Crankbait Storage Guide-Ridge Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing fishing tackle boxes do not effectively address the issue of storing wet lures or hooks, which can lead to rust or mildew, and lack modular organization and drainage solutions.
Innovation Solution
A utility box with reconfigurable compartments, including a storage system with guide-and-ridge alignment, drainage holes, and modular storage units that prevent damage and allow for easy access and organization of fishing gear, featuring a base with magnetic and soft rubber materials to securely hold items like crankbaits.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If wet lures or hooks are stored in traditional tackle boxes, then storage capacity is maintained, but rust and mildew occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the harmful element (water) from the storage environment by incorporating drainage holes in the compartment bottoms, allowing water to drain away from stored fishing gear, thereby preventing rust and mildew while maintaining storage capacity
Solution Approach 2:
The compartment structure incorporates porous or permeable features through drainage holes, enabling moisture evacuation from stored items while maintaining the structural integrity of the tackle box
2Ease of operation
If traditional fixed compartments are used in tackle boxes, then manufacturing simplicity is maintained, but organizational flexibility and accessibility are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The tackle box is divided into multiple removable and reconfigurable compartments that can be independently arranged and configured, allowing users to customize storage layouts for different fishing gear types while maintaining ease of access and organization
Solution Approach 2:
The compartments are designed to be dynamically reconfigurable rather than fixed, enabling users to adjust compartment positions, remove them for cleaning, or rearrange them based on storage needs, thereby improving accessibility without excessive complexity
3Adaptability or versatility
If modular reconfigurable compartments are implemented, then organizational flexibility and accessibility are improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs universal connecting features and standardized interfaces across all compartments, allowing the same basic compartment design to serve multiple functions and positions within the tackle box, thereby enabling reconfigurability without proportionally increasing manufacturing complexity
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution provides a secure, modular, and customizable storage system that prevents damage and rust, allows for easy access, and efficiently organizes fishing gear, while the drainage holes prevent water accumulation, addressing the issue of wet items and enhancing the utility box's capacity.
Implementation Method 1
The base can include a magnetic material. The article can crankbait.
Implementation Method 2
drain holes to allow fluid to drain from a space in the storage unit
Data Source
AI summary
A utility box or storage system that includes one or more configurable storage compartments. The utility box or storage system can comprise a compartment having a first wall that includes a guide and a second wall, and a plurality of storage units, including at least one of the plurality of storage units that implants into the compartment between the first wall and the second wall. The at least one storage unit can include a ridge that aligns with the guide. The guide can engage the ridge to guide the storage unit during implantation.