Annular Storage Container with Tapered Sidewall for Personal Watercraft
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Solution Overview
Problem
The storage capacity of watercraft storage containers is limited by the dimensions of the installation opening in the watercraft body, particularly in personal watercrafts, where the area between the handlebar and straddle seat is constrained, resulting in insufficient storage space.
Innovation Solution
A storage container design with an annular sidewall that has a bottom opening with a larger cross-sectional area than the access opening, allowing for increased storage capacity without altering the installation opening dimensions, attached to the watercraft body between the handlebar and straddle seat.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of stationary object
If the storage container is installed through a small installation opening in the body panel, then the container can be fitted in the limited space between handlebar and straddle seat, but the storage capacity is limited by the opening dimensions
Solution Approach 1:
The storage container is designed with a tapered annular sidewall that narrows toward the access opening, allowing the container to pass through a small installation opening in the body panel while maintaining a larger storage volume beneath the deck. The container is essentially nested through the opening like a doll, with the narrower portion entering first through the constrained opening space.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention transitions from a cylindrical storage container to an annular (ring-shaped) container with a tapered sidewall. This dimensional change allows the container to extend in the vertical dimension beneath the deck, utilizing the space between the installation opening and the deck surface, thereby increasing storage capacity without requiring a larger horizontal opening.
2Ease of operation
If the storage container is located between the handlebar and straddle seat for easy accessibility, then the rider can access items while straddling the seat, but the available space in this area is very limited
Solution Approach 1:
The storage container provides localized storage quality in the limited space between the handlebar and straddle seat. By making the container annular with a tapered sidewall, the design optimizes the local space utilization, creating adequate storage volume in this specific area without compromising accessibility or requiring expansion into other areas of the watercraft.
Data Source
AI summary
A watercraft is provided with a watercraft body and a storage container. The watercraft body includes a hull and a deck. The deck is provided on the hull. The storage container is attached to the watercraft body. The storage container includes an access opening and an annular sidewall. The access opening opens upward relative to the deck. The annular sidewall has an upper end, a lower end and an interior storage space between the upper end and the lower end. The lower end of the annular sidewall defines a bottom opening with a cross sectional area that is larger than a cross sectional area of the upper end of the annular sidewall.