Handbag with Tiltable Front Panel for Access and Compactness
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional handbags lack effective support for stored items, leading to disorganization, and solutions with rigid side panels increase bag size for easier access, compromising compactness.
Innovation Solution
A handbag design featuring a bottom panel, front panel, back panel, and rigid side panels connected by a connector panel, with a tiltable upper part of the front panel that enlarges the top opening for access while maintaining compactness, using flexible linking means and magnetic connection elements for stability and ease of use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If rigid side panels are provided to support items, then item support is improved, but top opening size must increase for access, increasing handbag size
Solution Approach 1:
The front panel is made tiltable relative to the bottom panel, transforming from a static structure to a dynamic one. This allows the top opening to be enlarged on demand by tilting the front panel forward, providing easy access to items while maintaining a compact closed profile. The rigid side panels provide structural support when the bag is closed, but the dynamic front panel allows temporary expansion for access.
Solution Approach 2:
The front panel is divided into an upper part and a lower part that can move relative to each other. The upper part tilts forward independently while the lower part remains fixed to the bottom panel. This segmentation allows the top opening to be enlarged without compromising the structural integrity provided by the rigid side panels and lower front panel.
2Volume of moving object
If flexible panels are used to enclose storage volume, then handbag compactness is improved, but item support deteriorates, causing items to shift and mix
Solution Approach 1:
Different parts of the handbag have different rigidity properties: the side panels and bottom panel are rigid to provide structural support and maintain compactness, while the front panel is made tiltable to provide access. This local differentiation of material properties allows the bag to maintain compactness with rigid panels while providing access functionality.
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AI summary
The invention provides a handbag (100) comprising a bottom panel (110), front panel (120), back panel (130) and two rigid side panels (140, 150), together enclosing a storage volume (101) accessible via a top opening (103). The side panels (140, 150) are connected by a rigid connector panel (170). The handbag (100) comprises a flexible flap (160) extending from the back panel (130) over the top opening (103) to the front panel (120) for closing the top opening (103). The front panel (120) comprises a lower part (122) fixed to the side panels (140, 150). The front panel (120) comprises a rigid upper part (121) tiltably connected to the lower part (122), and tiltable from a closed position resting against the side panels (140, 150) to an open position at a predetermined angle (ϕ) from the side panels (140, 150). The handbag (100) comprises at least one first connection element (125, 175) on the upper part (121), and at least one internal storage compartment (195) for being removably connected to the at least one first connection element (125, 175).