Wire shelving assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional wire shelving assemblies lack stability and sturdiness, and are not easily adjustable to meet varying storage needs.
Innovation Solution
A wire shelving assembly design featuring a leg unit with upright legs, crosspiece units including carrying crosspieces, strengthening crosspieces, and retaining subunits, which provide a secure and adjustable structure by allowing removable interconnection of legs and deck members, enhancing stability and expandability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If conventional wire shelving assemblies use simple crosspiece connections, then the device complexity is reduced, but the stability and sturdiness of the structure deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The crosspiece is divided into multiple segments including carrying crosspieces, strengthening crosspieces, and retaining crosspieces. Each segment performs a specific function: carrying crosspieces provide primary support, strengthening crosspieces enhance structural rigidity, and retaining crosspieces secure the deck members. This segmentation allows the structure to achieve high stability without requiring overly complex connection mechanisms, as each simple segment contributes to the overall stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a vertical dimension to the connection structure by using upright legs with multiple connection points at different heights. The crosspieces connect to these vertical legs, creating a three-dimensional framework. This dimensional approach distributes loads across multiple levels and connection points, significantly enhancing structural stability while maintaining relatively simple connection mechanisms at each level.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the shelving assembly uses fixed connections, then the structural strength is improved, but the adaptability to varying storage needs deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The connection system is designed to be dynamically adjustable rather than fixed. The upright legs include multiple connection points at different heights, allowing the crosspieces and deck members to be repositioned vertically. The removable retaining crosspieces can be detached and reattached at different positions. This dynamic capability enables the shelving assembly to adapt to varying storage needs while maintaining strong connections at each configured position through proper engagement of the connection points.
3Strength
If multiple crosspiece units are used to enhance stability, then the structural strength is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functional elements into integrated crosspiece units. Each unit merges carrying crosspieces, strengthening crosspieces, and retaining crosspieces into a coordinated assembly that works together as a unified structure. This merging reduces the number of separate components that need to be individually managed and assembled, while still providing the combined benefits of load carrying, structural strengthening, and member retention. The integrated units simplify the overall system while maintaining high structural strength.
Data Source
AI summary
A wire shelving assembly includes four legs, a crosspiece unit, and a deck member removably disposed on the crosspiece unit. The crosspiece unit includes two carrying crosspieces and a strengthening crosspiece. Each of the carrying crosspieces removably interconnects two of the legs, has a receiving groove, and is formed with a pair of first through holes. The strengthening crosspiece has two end segments, each of which is removably inserted into the receiving groove of a respective one of the carrying crosspieces, and is formed with two second through holes registered with the first through holes of the respective one of the carrying crosspieces.