Axial Compression Backpack Panels for Accessible Load Distribution

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional backpacks hinder access to items due to their protective compartment structure, making it difficult to retrieve specific items from within.

Innovation Solution

An axial compression backpack system with interlocking panels that transition between folded and unfolded configurations, allowing for adjustable volume and easy access to contents through strategically placed pockets and attachment systems, coupled with a load-bearing frame for efficient load distribution.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional backpacks use a protective compartment structure, then contents are protected, but access to specific items is hindered

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontent protectionVSAvoiditem accessibility

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The backpack is divided into multiple independent panels (first panel, second panel, third panel, cover panel) that can be folded and unfolded independently. Each panel can be accessed separately, allowing users to retrieve items from specific panels without unfolding the entire backpack, thus maintaining protection while improving accessibility.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The panels are configured to transition between folded and unfolded configurations dynamically. This allows the backpack to adapt its structure based on access needs - remaining folded for protection during transport, and selectively unfolding panels for item retrieval, resolving the contradiction between static protection and dynamic access.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

2Strength

If backpack panels are made monolithic, then structural strength is improved, but adaptability to different configurations is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepanel structural strengthVSAvoidconfiguration flexibility

Core Design Contradiction:

StrengthVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The backpack is segmented into multiple panels connected by fold lines, allowing each panel to maintain structural integrity while the overall structure remains flexible. The connections between panels provide strength where needed while enabling configuration changes through folding and unfolding operations.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The panels are designed as flexible structures that can be folded and unfolded while maintaining their structural strength. This flexibility allows the backpack to transition between different configurations (folded, partially unfolded, fully unfolded) while each panel retains its structural integrity through the fold connections.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #30Flexible shells and thin films

Data Source

PatentUS11712104B2Axial compression backpack system

Publication Date: 2023.08.01 BOWMAN WESLEY M

AI summary

An axial compression backpack may comprise a first panel defining a first backplane opposite a first face, a second panel coupled to a first edge of the first panel defining a second backplane opposite a second face, a third panel coupled to the first panel at a second edge opposite the first edge, the third panel defining a third backplane opposite a third face, and a cover panel coupled to the first panel orthogonal to the first edge and the second edge, wherein the cover panel defines a fourth backplane opposite a fourth face, wherein each of the second panel, the third panel, and the cover panel are configured to transition between a folded configuration and an unfolded configuration.