Case for storing compression pants and shirt, and heat and cold packs
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Solution Overview
Problem
Compression garments with heat/cold packs face challenges in maintaining temperature effectiveness throughout the day, especially when traveling or being away from facilities for extended periods without access to heating or cooling.
Innovation Solution
A storage case with insulated compartments, using thermal insulating aluminum fabric and separate zippers for heat and cold packs, allows for extended use and convenient storage of compression garments and packs, preventing rapid heat transfer and enabling easy access to both heat and cold therapy as needed.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Duration of action of moving object
If compression garments are worn throughout the day without access to heating or cooling facilities, then the garments can be worn continuously for extended periods, but the heat/cold packs will lose their temperature effectiveness
Solution Approach 1:
The storage case is divided into separate insulated compartments for heat packs and cold packs, allowing independent temperature maintenance for each type of pack throughout the day
Solution Approach 2:
Thermal insulating material acts as an intermediary between the heat/cold packs and the external environment, reducing heat transfer and maintaining pack temperatures during transport and storage
2Volume of stationary object
If heat packs and cold packs are stored together, then storage space is utilized efficiently, but rapid heat transfer occurs between packs reducing their effectiveness
Solution Approach 1:
The storage case is segmented into separate insulated compartments for heat packs and cold packs, preventing thermal interaction while maintaining efficient space utilization through compact design
3Reliability
If the storage case has separate insulated compartments for heat and cold packs, then temperature effectiveness is maintained, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The storage case utilizes flexible insulated compartments with thermal insulating material, providing effective temperature separation through a relatively simple and compact structure that does not significantly increase device complexity
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
The storage case maintains the temperature of heat/cold packs effectively, allowing for prolonged use of compression garments and packs, even when away from facilities, ensuring continuous therapeutic support throughout the day.
Implementation Method 1
The interior cavity of the first shell may have a thermal insulating aluminum fabric that may be glued to each of its sides and bottom, and may be stitched at the edges, to provide an insulated shell for creating an insulated compartment
Data Source
AI summary
A portable case is particularly configured to store compression garments, and heat and cold packs to maintain respective elevated and reduced temperatures of the heat and cold packs when stored therein. The case includes a first shell coupled to a second shell to pivot between open and closed positions. A zipper releasably secures the two shells together in the closed position. A first thermal insulating material lines the interior of the first shell. A periphery of a second thermal insulating material is fixedly secured to the interior of the first shell a distance away from its full depth forming an insulated compartment. A third thermal insulating material subdivides the compartment into a first insulated sub-compartment for storing heat packs, and a second insulated sub-compartment for simultaneously storing cold packs in a compact arrangement. First and second zippers respectively provide access into the first and second insulated sub-compartment.