Chair-Mounted Storage Wrap for Folding Chair Transport

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Solution Overview

Problem

Folding chairs lack a convenient and integrated solution for enclosing the space underneath the seat, especially when collapsed, which can lead to issues during transportation and storage, and there is a need for a solution that can protect contents from elements.

Innovation Solution

An apparatus comprising interconnected panels that attach to a chair to form an enclosure around the seat, featuring a wrapping mechanism with releasable fasteners and additional features like mesh panels for ventilation, pockets for storage, and a carrying strap, allowing the chair to be securely transported without a separate bag.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a separate bag is used to carry the collapsed chair, then the chair can be transported, but it requires an additional separate item and increases overall complexity

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveconvenience of chair transportationVSAvoidneed for separate carrying bag

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines the carrying bag function with the chair structure itself by attaching the bag to the chair frame. The bag is integrated into the chair assembly, eliminating the need for a completely separate carrying item while maintaining the transportation function.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The chair structure is designed to serve multiple functions: it provides seating when unfolded and transforms into its own carrying solution when collapsed. The attached bag becomes part of the chair's multi-functional system, serving both as storage and as the transportation container.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Object-affected harmful factors

If the space underneath the chair is left open, then the chair structure remains simple, but contents are exposed to elements and lack protection

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveprotection of contents from elementsVSAvoidstructure of enclosure apparatus

Core Design Contradiction:

Object-affected harmful factorsVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The enclosure apparatus is designed to nest within the chair structure when not in use. The panels can be folded or collapsed to fit within the chair's own frame, providing protection when needed while maintaining simplicity when the protection is not required.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

Solution Approach 2:

The enclosure is constructed from flexible panels that can adapt to the chair's shape and collapse with it. This flexibility allows the enclosure to provide protection when the chair is stationary while being easily stowed when the chair needs to be transported.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #30Flexible shells and thin films

Data Source

PatentUS8746790B2Apparatus that attaches to a chair to provide storage or to assist with chair transportation

Publication Date: 2014.06.10 LEISUREEASE LLC

AI summary

Subject matter described includes an apparatus that attaches to a chair to provide storage and to assist with carrying the chair. For example, the apparatus might include side panels that are attached to one another, such that the side panels contiguously extend around the chair legs when the apparatus is attached to a chair. In addition, the apparatus includes a top panel that extends from one of the side panels over the chair seat and that releasably fastens to one or more other side panels. The apparatus might also include a wrapping mechanism that attaches to a chair and that includes a releasable fastener. The releasable fastener is positioned to be fastened when the wrapping mechanism wraps around a collapsed chair.