Backpack Restraint Straps for Stable Suitcase Handle Stacking
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Solution Overview
Problem
The struggle to maneuver through crowded spaces with multiple pieces of luggage and backpacks, causing strain and potential clumsiness, is exacerbated by tight airport aisles and long security lines, necessitating a solution for stable and efficient movement of multiple bags without lifting them separately.
Innovation Solution
A kit with adjustable restraint strapping, including first and second straps that can be attached to a bag using fasteners like Chicago Screws or stitching, allowing multiple bags to be secured together, forming a stable unit that can be easily maneuvered using a single handle.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If multiple bags are carried separately, then each bag can be accessed independently, but the user experiences strain and clumsiness when maneuvering through crowded spaces
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple separate bags into a single integrated unit by attaching them to a common handle structure. The handle assembly allows multiple bags to be clustered together and manipulated as one unit, reducing the physical strain and clumsiness of carrying separate bags through crowded spaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a handle assembly as an intermediary structure that mediates between the user and multiple bags. This handle acts as a central attachment point that distributes the weight and control of multiple bags, making them easier to maneuver without directly carrying each bag separately.
2Stability of the object's composition
If restraint straps are added to secure multiple bags, then stable transport is achieved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The restraint straps are designed to serve multiple functions: they secure bags to the handle, adjust to different bag sizes and configurations, and allow for easy attachment and detachment. This multi-functionality reduces the need for multiple specialized components, thereby limiting the increase in device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The restraint system incorporates adjustable and flexible straps that can dynamically adapt to different bag configurations rather than requiring rigid, pre-configured structures. This flexibility allows the same restraint mechanism to handle various scenarios without requiring multiple specialized components.
Data Source
AI summary
A kit for attachment to a retrofit a bag, backpack, duffel bag and/or travel bag includes a plurality of first fasteners. A first restraint strap is configured to attach to a first area of the bag by one or more of the plurality of first fasteners. A second restraint strap is configured to attach to a second area of the bag by one or more of the plurality of first fasteners. Each of the first restraint strap and the second restraint strap include one or second fasteners configured to detachably fasten the first restraint strap and the second restraint strap together in a substantially-horizontal position. The first restraint strap and the second restraint strap when attached to each other define an adjustable perimeter to restrain the bag to a vertically extending handle of a suitcase, and may also restrain another second bag in addition or in lieu of the suitcase.