Wall-Mounted Tool Organizer With Removable Cups for Selective Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Workers often need to make multiple trips to retrieve tools and components from their truck due to the inefficiency of traditional toolboxes, which require moving the entire toolbox to the worksite for accessing required tools, leading to unnecessary transport of unnecessary items.
Innovation Solution
An organizer system with removable cups and a wall mount bracket that allows selective attachment to a wall, enabling easy access to specific tools and components needed for a job, reducing the need to transport unnecessary items.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If tools are housed in a traditional toolbox drawer or tray, then tools can be stored together in one container, but the entire toolbox must be moved to the worksite to access any tool, resulting in unnecessary transport of unused items
Solution Approach 1:
The organizer is divided into multiple removable cups that can be separated from the main frame. Each cup can hold specific tools or components, allowing workers to take only the needed cup to the worksite instead of transporting the entire toolbox. This segmentation directly resolves the contradiction by enabling selective tool access while reducing unnecessary transport.
Solution Approach 2:
The cup and tray components are extracted as removable elements from the traditional fixed toolbox structure. These extracted components can be independently removed and transported to the worksite, allowing workers to take only the necessary tools rather than the entire toolbox, thus eliminating unnecessary transport effort while maintaining tool accessibility.
2Adaptability or versatility
If tools are stored in a fixed toolbox structure, then organization is maintained, but flexibility to access specific tools without moving the entire box is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The organizer frame is segmented into multiple slots that can accommodate various removable cups and trays. This modular segmentation allows different configurations of tool storage compartments, providing flexibility to access specific tools by removing only the needed cup while maintaining overall organization through the structured frame design.
Solution Approach 2:
The organizer transitions from a static fixed structure to a dynamic modular system where cups and trays can be freely removed, added, and repositioned within the frame. This dynamic capability enables selective access to specific tools without moving the entire organizer, enhancing flexibility while the frame maintains structural organization.
3Ease of operation
If an organizer with removable cups is used, then selective tool access is improved, but the device structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The organizer is segmented into simple, standardized cups and trays that fit into a modular frame. Each cup is a simple container that can hold specific tools, and the frame provides basic structural support with standardized slots. This segmentation simplifies the overall structure while enabling easy removal and access to individual tool compartments, improving ease of operation without excessive complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The organizer frame and cups are designed as universal components that can work together in multiple configurations. The standardized interface between cups and frame allows the same basic components to serve different functions and accommodate various tool types, reducing the need for specialized complex structures while maintaining ease of operation across different use cases.
Data Source
AI summary
A wall mount for a tool box includes a base, the base being at least substantially planar and defining a volume dimensioned to receive a tool box, a support extending outwardly from a lower portion of the base, the support constructed to at least substantially bear a weight of a tool box received by the wall mount, and at least one receiver extending outwardly from an upper portion of the base, the at least one receiver being constructed to engage a correspondingly dimensioned and positioned feature of a tool box to prevent outward rotation of a tool box about the at least one support.