Backpack Haul Strap Rain Cover Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing backpack designs lack a convenient and comfortable method to store and deploy a rain cover, which can protect both the backpack and its contents from rain while maintaining comfort during use, especially with heavy loads.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating a rain cover storage compartment within the haul strap of a backpack, allowing the rain cover to be stowed and deployed from the strap, providing padding and protection without using additional pockets, thus enhancing comfort and functionality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a rain cover is stored in separate pockets or compartments on the backpack body, then the rain cover is protected and accessible, but the backpack structure becomes more complex and additional storage space is consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the rain cover storage function with the existing haul strap structure. The haul strap is modified to include a storage compartment that can hold the rain cover, merging two previously separate functions (carrying handle and rain cover storage) into a single integrated component. This eliminates the need for separate pockets or compartments on the backpack body.
Solution Approach 2:
The haul strap is designed to serve multiple functions: it acts as the primary carrying handle for the backpack and simultaneously serves as a storage compartment for the rain cover. The strap includes a closure mechanism that allows it to securely hold the rain cover while maintaining its structural integrity as a handle.
2Quantity of substance
If a rain cover is stored in the main body of the backpack, then storage space is utilized, but the rain cover may contaminate other gear and accessibility is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a separate, isolated storage compartment within the haul strap that is distinct from the main backpack body. This segmented design allows the rain cover to be stored in a dedicated space that can be independently accessed and closed off, preventing any potential contamination of other gear in the main compartment.
Solution Approach 2:
The rain cover storage function is extracted from the main backpack body and placed into the haul strap. This separation ensures that the rain cover, which may be wet or contaminated, is isolated from other clean gear in the main compartment, while still being easily accessible when needed.
3Weight of moving object
If the haul strap is made thin and lightweight, then the backpack is easier to carry, but comfort when carrying heavy loads is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The rain cover is nested within the haul strap structure, with the strap forming a compartment that encloses the cover. This nested design allows the strap to maintain its lightweight, thin profile while providing the structural support and comfort needed for carrying heavy loads, as the rain cover material itself provides additional padding.
Data Source
AI summary
A backpack including a body and at least one shoulder strap. A haul handle to be grasped and including a hollow interior and a closure so as form a selectively openable rain cover storage compartment. A rain cover configured and sized to cover at least the backpack body, the rain cover having at least a deployed condition in which the rain cover extends from the top portion downwardly to cover over the entire backpack body to protect the backpack body and the articles contained within the backpack body from precipitation while the backpack is worn by the user during precipitation, and the rain cover having at least a stowed condition within the rain cover storage compartment of the haul handle to provide padding to the haul handle when the hand of the user grasps the haul handle to pick-up the backpack.