Multi-compartment Resealable Bag with Tearable Seams
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional storage bags with single compartments limit the variety of items that can be stored without mixing, requiring multiple bags to separate different types of items, such as perishables and non-food items.
Innovation Solution
A multi-compartment storage bag with resealable compartments made of flexible or rigid materials, featuring tearable or perforated seams and various resealing elements like zippered closures, magnetic closures, or snap closures, allowing for separation and organization of items within the bag.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a single-compartment storage bag is used, then the device complexity is low, but the adaptability or versatility is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The storage bag is divided into multiple separate compartments that can hold different types of items. Each compartment is separated by internal dividers or seams, allowing users to store perishables, non-perishables, and other items separately within a single bag structure, thereby increasing storage variety without requiring multiple separate bags.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple storage bags are used to separate different items, then the adaptability or versatility improves, but the device complexity and quantity of materials increase
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple storage compartments are merged into a single bag structure, allowing users to store different types of items (perishables, non-perishables, etc.) in separate compartments within one bag. This combines the functionality of multiple bags into one, reducing the quantity of materials needed while maintaining item separation capabilities.
3Productivity
If conventional storage bags are used, then the ease of manufacture is high, but the productivity of storage organization is low
Solution Approach 1:
The bag is manufactured with pre-formed internal dividers or seams that create separate compartments during the manufacturing process. This segmentation is integrated into the bag production itself, allowing for efficient storage organization without requiring post-manufacturing assembly steps, thereby maintaining ease of manufacture while improving storage productivity.
Data Source
AI summary
The subject matter disclosed herein relates to a storage apparatus having multiple compartments. In one aspect, a multi-compartment bag can be formed of a flexible material, and each compartment of the multi-compartment bag can have two or more seams and one resealable opening edge. The seams in each compartment can include at least one tearable seam that can include at least a perforated seam configured to physically separate one of the compartments from the multi-compartment bag. In another aspect, a multi-compartment container can be formed of a rigid material having one or more removable lids, an upper portion, and a lower portion. The upper portion and the lower portion can each have a plurality of compartments. The upper portion can be separated from the lower portion by an intermediate layer.