Worksurface Storage Shelf With Dual-Access Carry Item Opening
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing worksurface assemblies in office settings lack efficient and accessible storage solutions for personal carry items like backpacks and briefcases, which are both secure and easy to assemble.
Innovation Solution
A worksurface assembly with a planar member featuring an aperture that opens upwardly and forwardly, combined with a storage member having a height-to-width ratio of at least 1:1, allowing uninterrupted access through both forwardly and upwardly facing openings, and secured using mechanical fasteners with an upper flange for easy assembly and secure storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If existing worksurface assemblies use traditional storage solutions, then storage capacity is provided, but accessibility and ease of retrieval for personal carry items is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The storage member is configured with dual openings facing different directions (forwardly and upwardly), creating multi-dimensional access paths to the interior storage area. This allows users to retrieve items from either the front or top depending on their position and needs, transforming a single-access storage solution into a multi-access system that improves ease of operation without adding complex mechanisms.
2Ease of operation
If storage solutions are made more accessible and easier to use, then ease of operation improves, but the design becomes more complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The storage member is designed as a separate, detachable component from the worksurface member, allowing it to be assembled and disassembled independently. The aperture in the worksurface member and the corresponding opening in the storage member create a modular interface that simplifies assembly procedures while maintaining ease of operation during use.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a storage member with height-to-width ratio of at least 1:1 is used, then storage efficiency for personal carry items is improved, but the aperture location must be precisely positioned adjacent to the forward edge
Solution Approach 1:
The aperture is specifically positioned adjacent to the forward edge of the worksurface member, creating a localized access point that optimizes the storage member's orientation and dimensions. This precise local positioning allows the storage member to achieve its optimal height-to-width ratio of at least 1:1, maximizing its efficiency for storing personal carry items while maintaining manufacturability through clear positioning specifications.
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AI summary
A worksurface assembly includes a worksurface member having an upper surface, a bottom surface, a forward edge, a rearward edge, and an aperture that opens both upwardly and forwardly from the worksurface member, and a storage member including a pair of sidewalls, a rear wall and a bottom wall that cooperate to form an interior storage area having a height to width ratio of greater than or equal to about 1:1 at at least one position along a length of the storage member, wherein the storage member has a forwardly facing opening and an upwardly facing opening, and wherein the storage member is readily detachably secured to the worksurface member such that the interior storage of the storage member is accessible through the aperture of the worksurface member and such that access to the interior space is uninterrupted between the forwardly facing opening and the upwardly facing opening of the storage member.