Modular Storage Device for Luggage Organization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing luggage systems and storage devices face challenges in accessing and organizing essential items due to their unorganized layout, which leads to difficulty in finding specific objects and inefficient repacking when switching between different types of luggage.
Innovation Solution
A storage device with a planar element forming an organization system, featuring pocket elements with specific functionalities and a holding device that allows for easy attachment to various luggage types, ensuring essential items are always in designated places and easily accessible, while maintaining compatibility with different luggage formats.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If objects are placed at the bottom of the pocket element, then the storage capacity is increased, but the accessibility and ease of finding objects deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from a traditional bottom-mounted pocket layout to a vertical wall-mounted arrangement. The pocket element is configured with multiple pockets distributed across vertical surfaces, allowing objects to be stored at various heights rather than concentrated at the bottom. This dimensional reorganization enables users to access items by reaching upward or sideways rather than digging through bottom layers, simultaneously maintaining storage capacity and improving accessibility.
2Ease of operation
If the entire interior of the bag element is emptied to find an object, then the object can be accessed, but the contents of other luggage get messed up and time is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The storage system is divided into multiple discrete, organized pockets rather than a single undifferentiated space. Each pocket is dedicated to specific items or categories, creating a segmented organizational structure. This allows users to access individual pockets independently without disturbing others, eliminating the need to empty entire compartments and significantly reducing search time and repacking effort.
Solution Approach 2:
Items are pre-sorted and placed in designated pockets according to their function or frequency of use before the user needs them. This preliminary organization means that when users need an object, it is already in its predetermined location rather than mixed with other items. The system performs the sorting action in advance, eliminating the need for users to search through and reorganize contents during access.
3Adaptability or versatility
If inner pockets are arranged on the bottom of an outer pocket, then the organization function is provided, but the space for other things is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent relocates pockets from a horizontal bottom-layer arrangement to a vertical wall-mounted configuration. By utilizing the vertical dimension of the bag's interior walls rather than consuming horizontal floor space, the system provides comprehensive organizational coverage without reducing the volume available for main storage items. This dimensional shift allows both organization and maximum space utilization.
4Device complexity
If essential items are not assigned to specific bag elements, then the bag structure is simple, but the user must transfer items when changing bags which is time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The pocket element is designed as a universal, self-contained organizational unit that can be transferred between different bag types. It features standardized attachment mechanisms that work with various luggage formats, and its modular design allows it to function independently or as part of different bag systems. This universality enables users to maintain their organized essential items across multiple bags without reorganization, reducing repacking time while adding minimal structural complexity.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a storage arrangement (1) having a surface-area element (3) which forms an organization system (2) and has a plurality of pocket elements (5, 7, 8), arranged in each case at a defined location on one side (4) of the surface-area element (3), and/or accommodating devices (6) for accommodating pocket elements (7) or functional elements. A respective pocket element (5, 7, 8) here is assigned to a content (16) with a certain functionality, wherein the content (16) of the pocket elements (5, 7, 8) forms a user's basic equipment, with essential items which are constantly required, and the surface-area element (3) is designed in a transferable manner, in the form of a corresponding part of the storage arrangement (1), for optional insertion into at least one item of luggage (21, 22) or an item of clothing (23), for definable functions or for certain parts of the journey or day and can be attached thereto by means of a holding device (24). Also provided is a luggage system having at least two items of luggage (21, 22) and at least one such storage arrangement.