Wall-Mounted Tool Organizer With Removable Cups for On-Site Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing toolboxes require workers to make multiple trips to retrieve necessary tools and components from their truck due to the inclusion of unnecessary items, leading to inefficiency and inconvenience.
Innovation Solution
A modular 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, while keeping unnecessary items in a truck or main toolbox.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If tools are housed in a toolbox drawer or tray with partitions, then tools can be organized and stored, but workers must move the entire toolbox to access any tool, leading to multiple trips and inefficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The organizer is divided into multiple removable cups or compartments that can be separated from the main frame. Each cup can hold specific tools or components, allowing workers to access only the needed cup rather than moving the entire toolbox. This segmentation enables selective retrieval and reduces trips to the truck.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the essential tool-holding function from the traditional toolbox by using removable cups that can be taken out from the main organizer frame. These cups can be placed in various locations including on-site storage, separating frequently needed tools from the main toolbox and enabling quick access without moving the entire box.
2Productivity
If all tools and components are kept in the truck toolbox, then comprehensive tool availability is achieved, but workers must make multiple trips to retrieve necessary items
Solution Approach 1:
The organizer allows workers to pre-select and place frequently needed tools and components in removable cups that can be positioned in accessible locations on-site before work begins. This preliminary arrangement of essential items eliminates the need for multiple trips to the truck during job execution, improving productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The removable cups serve as an intermediary between the main toolbox in the truck and the worker's immediate needs. They act as a portable buffer storage that can be positioned optimally on-site, mediating between comprehensive tool storage and quick access requirements.
3Ease of operation
If a modular organizer system with removable cups is used, then selective access to tools is improved, but the device complexity increases compared to a simple toolbox
Solution Approach 1:
While segmentation into removable cups does increase structural complexity compared to a simple toolbox, it enables selective access to tools. The modular design allows workers to interact with individual cups rather than searching through a monolithic box, improving ease of operation through organized, accessible compartments.
Solution Approach 2:
The removable cups provide dynamic reconfigurability, allowing the organizer structure to be adapted to different tool sets and job requirements. This dynamic capability enables selective access and customization, justifying the increased complexity by providing flexible, job-specific organization.
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.