Collapsible Laundry Basket with Wheeled Base and Telescoping Handle
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing collapsible laundry and storage containers lack versatility and ease of use, particularly in navigating stairs and efficient storage configurations, with limitations in adjustable volume and carrying options.
Innovation Solution
A wheeled and extendable multi-purpose enclosure with adjustable sides, a telescoping handle, and shoulder straps, featuring a rigid base with wheeled supports, magnetically secured flaps, and a collapsible skeletal frame that converts between expanded and collapsed positions for easy storage and carrying.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If the enclosure is designed with a rigid structure to maintain structural integrity, then strength is improved, but collapsibility and storage efficiency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The enclosure is divided into a rigid base structure and flexible side panels that can be independently collapsed. The base remains rigid to maintain structural integrity, while the sides are segmented into collapsible sections that can be folded flat for storage, resolving the contradiction between strength and collapsibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The side panels are designed with dynamic collapse mechanisms that allow them to transition between rigid and flexible states. When in use, the sides maintain their shape for structural integrity; when storage is needed, they can be collapsed flat without compromising the base structure's strength.
2Ease of operation
If the enclosure includes multiple carrying options (wheels, handle, shoulder straps) to improve ease of operation, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The enclosure integrates multiple carrying functions into a single unified design. The base includes both wheel mounts and attachment points for shoulder straps, while the handle can be positioned in multiple locations. This multi-functional approach provides various carrying options without requiring separate independent mechanisms, thus improving ease of operation while controlling complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the sides are made adjustable to improve adaptability, then versatility is improved, but structural stability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The side panels incorporate adjustable mechanisms that allow users to modify the enclosure volume while maintaining structural stability. The sides can be extended or collapsed to different positions and locked in place, providing adaptability for different storage needs while ensuring the structure remains stable in each configured state.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables efficient navigation of stairs, flexible storage configurations, and easy carrying, while maintaining structural integrity and volume adjustability, addressing the limitations of prior art in versatility and usability.
Implementation Method 1
fold over material which is held in place by attracting magnets
Data Source
AI summary
A wheeled enclosure having an interior volume defining body including a rigid base and a plurality of upwardly extending and flexible sides. A plurality of wheeled supports are incorporated into the rigid base, a perimeter establishing inner frame extending upwardly from the rigid base and provides structural support to the flexible sides such that the frame is converted between upward expanded and inward collapsed positions. A telescoping handle extends from a rear of the body and may be pivotally secured to an edge of the rigid base. The handles may extend from upper locations of a pair of opposite sides of the body in order to establish a reclosable top to the volume defining body. An accessory supporting pocket may be secured to an exterior of at least one of the flexible sides. Shoulder supporting straps are secured to upper edges of the sides to facilitate carrying the body in a handle retracted and enclosure expanded position.