Clamshell Cigar Case With Cedar Slots to Prevent Wrapper Damage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing travel bags are inadequate for carrying cigars as they are too small, do not allow multiple cigars, and can cause damage due to sliding or contact between cigars.
Innovation Solution
A cigar case with a clamshell design, cedar wood spacers, and elastic holders to maintain cigars spaced apart, along with compartments for accessories like cutters and lighters, ensuring protection and organization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If generic travel bags are used to carry cigars, then the case can be simple and easy to manufacture, but the cigars can slide or move within the bag and contact each other or other surfaces, causing damage to the cigar skin or wrapper
Solution Approach 1:
The case is divided into multiple compartments and sections, including a main compartment for cigars, an insulated cooler compartment for accessories, and a padded tablet pocket. This segmentation prevents cigars from sliding or contacting each other by providing dedicated spaces with dividers and organizational structures.
Solution Approach 2:
Different sections of the case have specialized properties tailored to specific needs: the main cigar compartment has soft lining and dividers for protection, the cooler compartment has insulation for temperature-sensitive accessories like lighters and cutters, and the tablet pocket has padding for electronic protection. This local quality ensures each item is protected according to its specific requirements.
2Device complexity
If existing generic travel bags are used, then the case design is simple, but the case is too small and does not allow carrying of many cigars along with accessories
Solution Approach 1:
The case employs a nested organizational structure where smaller compartments and pockets are integrated within the main case body. The insulated cooler compartment, tablet pocket, and various organizational pockets are nested within the overall case structure, maximizing space utilization while maintaining a compact form factor that can accommodate multiple cigars and accessories.
Solution Approach 2:
The case utilizes three-dimensional space efficiently through vertical organization and multi-level compartments. The design incorporates depth optimization with adjustable dividers and layered pockets that exploit the vertical dimension, allowing accommodation of numerous cigars standing upright or horizontally stacked, along with accessories stored in suspended or side pockets.
3Quantity of substance
If multiple cigars are carried in a generic travel bag, then the carrying capacity is increased, but the cigars can contact each other or other surfaces causing damage to the cigar skin or wrapper
Solution Approach 1:
The case incorporates soft lining materials, padded dividers, and cushioned compartments that are pre-installed to protect cigars from contact damage. These protective elements are built into the case structure beforehand, creating a protective environment that prevents cigars from contacting each other or hard surfaces during transport.
Solution Approach 2:
The case is divided into multiple compartments and sections, including a main compartment for cigars, an insulated cooler compartment for accessories, and a padded tablet pocket. This segmentation prevents cigars from sliding or contacting each other by providing dedicated spaces with dividers and organizational structures.
Data Source
AI summary
A cigar case opens in a clamshell manner and has a left side, a spine portion and a right side. A pocket on the left side and the right side can receive and hold multiple cigars in curved slots of a cedar wood spacer inside the pocket. The left side and right side have elastics to receive and hold accessories such as a cigar cutter, a cigar lighter and a personal cigar case.