Modular Carrying Device With Hook And Loop Fasteners
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional carrying devices lack customization and adjustability, limiting their versatility in accommodating different objects and user preferences for storage and attachment configurations.
Innovation Solution
A modular carrying device featuring flexible panel members with compartments and adjustable straps equipped with hook and loop fasteners, allowing for customizable attachment and configuration as a saddle bag or other forms, enabling flexible storage and attachment to various objects.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional carrying devices use fixed structure and configuration, then manufacturing is simple, but adaptability and versatility are poor
Solution Approach 1:
The carrying device is divided into multiple independent modular components including panel members with coupling features, adjustable straps with connectors, and compartment assemblies. These segmented modules can be independently configured and reconfigured to create different carrying configurations, directly enabling customization while maintaining manageable complexity through standardized interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The coupling features and connectors are designed as universal interfaces that can accommodate multiple types of attachments and configurations. The same coupling feature can connect to different strap types, panel orientations, and compartment arrangements, allowing a single set of modular components to serve multiple functions and adapt to various user needs.
2Adaptability or versatility
If conventional carrying devices use fixed strap configuration, then structure is simple, but adjustability for different objects is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The strap system incorporates adjustable length mechanisms and repositionable connectors that allow dynamic modification of strap configuration. Users can adjust strap length and reposition connectors along the panel members to accommodate different object sizes and shapes, transforming a static structure into a dynamically adaptable attachment system.
Solution Approach 2:
Connectors serve as intermediary elements between the straps and panel members, providing a standardized interface that enables flexible attachment. These connectors can be positioned at various locations along the straps and panel members, acting as mediators that facilitate different attachment configurations without requiring complex integrated mechanisms.
3Adaptability or versatility
If conventional carrying devices lack modular compartments, then structure is simple, but storage customization is poor
Solution Approach 1:
Storage functionality is segmented into separate compartment modules that can be independently attached to panel members. Each compartment is a self-contained unit with standardized coupling features, allowing users to select and attach only the storage compartments needed for their specific requirements, creating customized storage configurations without unnecessary complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The compartment modules are designed with universal coupling features that match the panel member interfaces, allowing the same compartment design to be attached to different panel orientations and positions. This universal interface enables flexible storage configuration while maintaining simple standardized construction across all compartment units.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The modular design provides users with adjustable and customizable storage solutions, allowing for secure attachment to diverse objects, enhancing versatility and user convenience.
Implementation Method 1
The connectors are configured to removably attach the flexible strap to the coupling features of the back side. The connectors extend between a first connector end and a second connector end of the strap at either end of the strap. Preferably, the connectors are hook and loop fasteners.
Data Source
AI summary
The invention herein relates to a customizable carrying device. The carrying device has at least one flexible panel member with a front side and a back side. The front side is configured with pockets for the storage of items. The pockets may come in the form of an open pocket or a zippered pocket. There may be only one pocket or a plurality of varying pockets. The back side is configured with a coupling feature, such as hook and loop fasteners. The coupling feature of the back side extends across the back thereof. The carrying device comes with one or more flexible straps. The straps are configured such that proximate to each end is a connector feature. The straps may be used to attach one panel member to another panel member such that a saddle bag assembly is created.