Vacuum Cleaner Mounting Bracket for Detachable Dolly Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Storage solutions for vacuum cleaners, particularly those with detachable dollies, are inadequate for efficiently hanging and securing these devices on walls, lacking effective mounting mechanisms that ensure stability and security.
Innovation Solution
A mounting bracket with side rim portions that fit within the angled grooves of the vacuum cleaner and a stem portion that fits within a slot on the dolly, providing a stable and secure attachment to a vertical wall, utilizing a wall plate, intermediate, and upper wall segments for additional support and stability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a conventional bracket is used to hang a vacuum cleaner, then the vacuum cleaner can be stored on a wall, but the bracket cannot securely hold vacuum cleaners with detachable dollies
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket is designed with multiple functional components: a wall plate for wall mounting, a stem portion with lower wall segments that fit into the dolly slot, and side rim portions that engage with the vacuum cleaner body. This multi-functional design allows the single bracket to securely hold vacuum cleaners with detachable dollies by simultaneously engaging both the dolly and the vacuum cleaner body, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and reliability.
2Ease of operation
If the side rim portions are positioned close together, then the bracket fits within the vacuum cleaner grooves, but the bracket lacks lateral stability
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket extends in multiple spatial dimensions: the side rim portions extend laterally outward from the stem portion to engage with the vacuum cleaner grooves, while the intermediate wall segments extend upwardly to provide additional engagement points. This multi-dimensional configuration allows the bracket to fit within the grooves while simultaneously providing lateral stability through the outward extension of the side rim portions.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the lower wall segments are positioned far apart, then the bracket provides lateral stability, but the bracket cannot fit within the dolly slot
Solution Approach 1:
The stem portion is segmented into lower wall segments with parallel outer edges that define a vertical plane. These segmented lower wall segments are positioned to fit within the dolly slot while maintaining an overall width that allows lateral stability. The segmentation allows the bracket to adapt to the dolly slot dimensions while providing sufficient lateral support.
4Strength
If the upper wall segments are positioned far apart, then the bracket provides support, but the side rim portions cannot engage the vacuum cleaner grooves
Solution Approach 1:
The upper wall segments are positioned asymmetrically relative to the lower wall segments, with the side rim portions extending laterally outward from the upper wall segments to engage with the vacuum cleaner grooves. This asymmetric configuration allows the upper wall segments to be positioned far apart for support while the side rim portions reach outward to engage the grooves, resolving the contradiction between strength and ease of operation.
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AI summary
The disclosed bracket can be used to hang vacuum cleaners that have a detachable dolly. A plate on the bracket mounts to a wall. A stem portion fits within a slot on the dolly. Lower wall segments on the stem portion extend from the wall plate and have vertical outer edges. Intermediate wall segments extend between the lower wall segments and upper wall segments that have lower horizontal limits that are closer together than the lower wall segments are, are positioned laterally outwards from the stem portion, and taper toward each other above their lower limits. Side rim portions extend from the upper wall segments and fit within grooves on the vacuum cleaner. The outer edges of the lower wall segments are farther apart than the inner edges of the side rim portions are, and closer together than the outer edges of the side rim portions are.