Golf Cart Cooler Retention Strap for Stable Exterior Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing golf cart coolers face challenges with size limitations, rigidity issues, and potential system failure due to concentrated weight and force distribution, leading to spills and instability when attached to the front of a golf cart.
Innovation Solution
A soft-shell cooler with a continuous strap system that covers at least 50% of the exterior perimeter, providing rigidity and distributing weight and force across the cooler's surface to prevent failure and spills, while allowing for secure attachment to a golf cart.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a four-strap mounting system is used to attach the cooler to the golf cart, then the cooler can be securely mounted, but there are four potential points of failure where weight and force are concentrated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines four separate strap attachment points into a single continuous strap that wraps around the cooler and attaches at one location to the golf cart. This merging of multiple attachment points into one continuous structure eliminates the multiple potential failure points while maintaining secure mounting capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The continuous strap is segmented into multiple sections that wrap around different sides of the cooler, distributing the mounting function across multiple locations while maintaining a single attachment mechanism. This segmentation allows the strap to engage with the cooler at multiple points without requiring multiple separate attachment systems.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the cooler is constructed from flexible material without support structures, then the cooler is portable and adaptable, but it cannot maintain rigidity and prevent contents from spilling
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a flexible shell construction for the cooler body, allowing portability and adaptability. The flexible material is wrapped around the cooler contents and secured, creating a form-fitting structure that maintains shape without requiring rigid support frameworks. The flexibility of the shell allows the cooler to be compressed for transport while maintaining structural integrity when in use.
3Quantity of substance
If a large-sized cooler is placed on the exterior of the golf cart, then storage capacity is increased, but the cooler occupies space and may become unstable
Solution Approach 1:
The patent utilizes the vertical dimension by wrapping the continuous strap around the cooler and attaching it to the golf cart at an elevated position. This dimensional approach allows the cooler to be mounted on the exterior without occupying valuable horizontal storage space inside the cart, while the wrap-around configuration ensures stable attachment.
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AI summary
A system and device for a removably attachable golf cart cooler. Embodiments of the golf cart cooler provide for a soft-shell cooler that is removably attachable to the front of a motorized golf cart, the cooler comprising a continuous retention strap positioned across the exterior of the cooler. The continuous retention strap may comprise fasteners for attaching the golf cart cooler to a golf cart. While attached, the continuous strap can help to distribute weight across the entire length of the continuous strap, alleviating tension on the fasteners. Additionally, the continuous strap can act as a retention member, aiding in maintaining the shape and rigidity of the cooler and preventing contents from falling out.