Weight training equipment storage rack system
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional storage racks for weight training equipment are inflexible, limiting their use and space utilization by only accommodating a single type of equipment.
Innovation Solution
A weight training equipment storage rack system with a self-supporting upright and detachable hanging shelves, allowing users to adjust the configuration and position of shelves based on their needs, featuring interchangeable equipment storage units like trays or holders.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional storage racks are designed with fixed configuration for single type of equipment, then structural simplicity is maintained, but adaptability and space utilization deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The storage rack is divided into a main frame and multiple detachable hanging shelves that can be independently configured. Each hanging shelf includes a fixing rod and equipment storage unit, allowing the system to be segmented into modular components that can be assembled in various configurations to accommodate different equipment types and storage needs.
Solution Approach 2:
The main frame is designed with multiple mounting holes arranged along the center longitudinal axis, creating a universal mounting structure that can accommodate different types of hanging shelves and equipment storage units. This universal design allows a single rack system to store various weight training equipment types through interchangeable shelves.
2Productivity
If fixed shelving positions are used, then manufacturing and assembly simplicity is maintained, but storage efficiency and organizational flexibility deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The hanging shelves are designed to be detachably mounted rather than permanently fixed, allowing dynamic reconfiguration of shelf positions along the main frame. Users can adjust the vertical positions of hanging shelves by selecting different mounting holes, enabling the storage system to adapt to changing storage requirements while maintaining a simple structural design.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is a weight training equipment storage rack system for storing weight training equipment, comprising: a main frame including an upright having a plurality of mounting holes formed therethrough and arranged along a center longitudinal axis of the upright; and a plurality of hanging shelves, each including a fixing rod and an equipment storage unit, the fixing rod having a rod diameter adapted to a hole diameter of the mounting hole and having a rod length not less than a hole depth of the mounting hole, and the equipment storage unit being formed extending outwardly from the fixing rod for storage of the weight training equipment, wherein each hanging shelf is detachably mounted on the main frame by inserting the fixing rod into a selected one of the plurality of mounting holes for storing various weight training equipment in the respective equipment storage units of the hanging shelves.