Expandable Pouch With Elastic Channels For Tactical Gear

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing tactical gear retention devices either hinder quick access due to flap mechanisms or fail to securely hold gear of varying shapes and sizes due to their fixed dimensions.

Innovation Solution

An expandable carry pouch with molded components and formed channels for guiding and protecting binding devices, allowing for modular design and secure retention of diverse gear without obstructing access, featuring adjustable tension and compatibility with various shapes and sizes.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a flap mechanism is used to secure gear in the pouch, then gear retention security is improved, but access speed deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvegear retention securityVSAvoidaccess speed

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent removes the flap mechanism entirely from the pouch design. Instead of using a flap that must be opened and restrained, the pouch uses elastic material with molded channels that allow direct access to gear while maintaining security through friction and compression forces.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the mechanical flap system with an elastic compression system. The elastic pouch material provides retention forces through its inherent elasticity and compression, eliminating the need for mechanical fasteners, flaps, or restraining mechanisms while maintaining both security and rapid access.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Reliability

If pouch dimensions are fixed to match specific gear dimensions, then gear retention security is improved, but adaptability deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvegear retention securityVSAvoidgear size compatibility

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses elastic material that can dynamically adjust its dimensions to accommodate gear of various shapes and sizes. The elastic pouch stretches and compresses to fit different gear configurations while maintaining retention forces, eliminating the need for multiple fixed-dimension pouches.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The elastic pouch design creates a universal carrier that can securely hold multiple types of gear including magazines, batteries, and other tactical equipment of varying dimensions. The molded channels provide structural guidance while the elastic material adapts to different gear shapes, making a single pouch design suitable for diverse applications.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS9795210B2Expandable carry pouch with variable compression

Publication Date: 2017.10.24 EDGE WORKS MFG CO

AI summary

An expandable carry pouch defining an interior compartment sized and dimensioned to carry tactical gear, the interior compartment defined by a front wall with forward and bottom panel segments, a back wall opposed to the front wall with forward and bottom panel segments, and bottom panel. The front and back walls have a plurality of vertical and horizontal channels such that a binding device is woven through the vertical and horizontal channels to compress the front and back wall towards one another.