Modular Luggage Organizer with Detachable Compartments

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional luggage is bulky, inefficient in organizing and accessing personal belongings, and often requires multiple bags to accommodate different types of items, increasing the risk of loss or damage.

Innovation Solution

A luggage bag with a removable, modular organizer that includes detachable compartments and a garment flap, allowing for secure, convenient storage and access of various items within a single container, featuring collapsible or rigid walls, wheels, and a telescoping handle for enhanced portability.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If conventional luggage is used, then it provides basic storage capacity, but it is bulky and inefficient in organizing and accessing personal belongings

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveorganizing and accessing personal belongingsVSAvoidluggage size
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSVolume of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The luggage bag is divided into multiple detachable compartments that can be independently accessed and organized. Each compartment can be separated and removed, allowing travelers to efficiently access specific items without opening the entire bag, thereby improving organization and accessibility while maintaining a compact overall structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple separate bags are used to accommodate different types of items, then various belongings can be stored separately, but the risk of loss or damage increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccommodation of various belongingsVSAvoidrisk of loss or damage
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple storage functions into a single integrated luggage bag. Different types of belongings (garments, electronics, toiletries, etc.) are stored in separate but connected compartments within the same bag, providing both the organization of multiple categories and the security of a unified container that reduces the risk of loss or damage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Adaptability or versatility

If conventional luggage is used, then it provides storage capacity, but it fails to accommodate various types of belongings in a single container

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccommodation of various types of belongingsVSAvoidluggage structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The luggage employs segmented compartments with specialized features for different item types (garment sections, electronic pockets, shoe compartments). Each segment is designed for specific belongings, yet all segments are integrated into a unified bag structure through connection mechanisms, achieving versatility without excessive complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

4Ease of operation

If a removable organizer is added to the luggage bag, then organization and accessibility are improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveorganization and accessibilityVSAvoidluggage structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The organizer components are designed to be dynamically adjustable and removable. Compartments can be detached and reattached as needed, allowing the bag to adapt between a simple storage mode and an organized multi-compartment mode. This dynamic design provides enhanced organization when needed while maintaining structural simplicity when the organizer is removed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS9215918B2Luggage bag with removable organizer
Publication Date: 2015.12.22 OREGAMI LLC
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AI summary

Embodiments of the invention provide a luggage bag, which includes an outer container and an organizer that is contained therein. The outer container includes a detachable garment flap having an envelope for storing one or more garments therein. The organizer includes a plurality of foldable compartments. The organizer can be stored within the outer container and covered by the detachable garment flap. The compartments can stack and fold onto each other and can fold into and out of the outer container. The compartments can be removably attached to each other by a connector, such as pile tape, snaps, buttons, etc. The compartments can be modular such that the organizer can be configured to include any desired number of compartments. In some embodiments, the organizer can occupy substantially the entire interior volume of the outer container. The compartments of the organizer are configured to unfold, deploy, and extend from the outer container.