Vertical Scabbard Storage With Guided Quick-Release Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing storage systems for elongated implements, such as knives in scabbards, require cumbersome removal and sorting, and do not allow for quick and safe access, especially when stored vertically on vertical surfaces.
Innovation Solution
A system featuring a vertical support wall with magnetic or mechanical support units that securely hold scabbards and knives, allowing for quick access and safe removal without disturbing neighboring items, using a guide wall to direct the implement's travel and prevent collisions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If implements are stored in a storage drawer arranged in rows, then storage capacity is maximized, but access to implements requires removing and sorting through multiple items, increasing access time and complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The storage system segments implements by separating them into individual vertical slots or positions along the wall, allowing each implement to be independently accessed. This segmentation enables users to retrieve specific implements without disturbing others, resolving the contradiction between maintaining high storage capacity and reducing access time.
2Area of stationary object
If implements are stored vertically on a vertical surface, then space utilization is improved, but safe and quick access becomes difficult without disturbing neighboring items
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces intermediary components such as magnetic holders, mechanical clamps, or friction-based grips that act as mediators between the vertical wall and the implements. These intermediaries provide secure retention while allowing easy, safe removal of individual items without disturbing neighbors, thus resolving the contradiction between space utilization and access ease.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If implements are stored in protective holders, then safety is improved, but the holder and implement must be treated as a single unit, complicating storage and access
Solution Approach 1:
The storage system segments the holder-implement combination into independent vertical slots, allowing each protected unit to be stored and accessed separately. This segmentation maintains the safety benefit of protective holders while reducing storage complexity by organizing units in a straightforward vertical arrangement rather than requiring nested or interconnected storage mechanisms.
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
Enables efficient, safe, and quick access to stored implements by allowing them to be viewed and selected without disturbing others, facilitating immediate deployment.
Implementation Method 1
the vertical wall is magnetic and the support contains a magnet having magnetic strength proportioned to the weight of the implement and holder
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus stores elongated implements, each in a holder, such as a knife in a scabbard. The storage system allows for removing the holder from the system and immediately placing it in use. A vertical support wall supports implements in their holders. A support block interacts with an implement holder. An implement holder is slid in a transverse direction to remove it from the support block. A curved guide wall is in the path of the implement holder and helps guide the implement holder in a longitudinal direction away from the vertical support wall for removal from storage. The vertical wall may be magnetic and the support unit comprises a magnet. Other embodiments may be non-magnetic and have support blocks secured to the vertical support wall by mechanical means.