Adjustable Storage Bag With Living Hinge Inner Wall
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional portable bags lack the ability to quickly and easily modify their interior chambers without adding or removing components, limiting their versatility in storing and transporting various items.
Innovation Solution
A portable pack design featuring an inner wall with living hinges that can pivot between two positions, allowing the chamber to be either undivided or partitioned into sub-chambers, providing adjustable storage without the need for additional components.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional bags are provided with a single chamber or predefined chambers, then the bag structure is simple, but the bag lacks versatility in storing and transporting various items
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by providing an inner wall that can move between a first position and a second position, allowing the chamber configuration to change from undivided to partitioned. This dynamic adjustment mechanism enables the bag to adapt to different storage needs without requiring multiple predefined chamber configurations, thus improving versatility while maintaining structural simplicity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If partitions are added to and removed from the bag to modify compartments, then the bag can be customized, but the process requires adding or removing components which is time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The inner wall is designed to be movable between positions rather than requiring removal and addition of separate partition components. This dynamic design allows users to quickly reconfigure compartments by simply moving the inner wall along its travel path, eliminating the time-consuming process of adding or removing discrete partition pieces while maintaining full customizability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the inner wall is made movable to allow quick modification, then the bag becomes more versatile, but the structural integrity may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The inner wall is nested within the bag chamber and moves along a defined travel path between positions. This nesting arrangement allows the inner wall to be movable for quick reconfiguration while remaining contained within the overall bag structure, preventing compromise of structural integrity. The inner wall effectively becomes a nested component that can shift position without destabilizing the parent structure.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables quick and easy modification of the interior space, enhancing the pack's versatility in accommodating different items and providing structural integrity while maintaining a compact form.
Implementation Method 1
an inner wall having a central panel, a first end panel connected to a first end of the central panel by a first living hinge and connected to the first side wall by a second living hinge
Data Source
AI summary
A portable pack includes a bag having a chamber defined by an end wall, a first side wall extending from the end wall, and a second side wall extending from the end wall and spaced apart from the first side wall. A distance between the first side wall and the second side wall defines a width of the chamber. The portable pack also includes an inner wall having a central panel, a first end panel connected to a first end of the central panel by a first living hinge and connected to the first side wall by a second living hinge, and a second end panel connected to a second end of the central panel by a third living hinge and to the second side wall by a fourth living hinge.