Reconfigurable Bag Attachment System for Multi-Scenario Carry
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing handbags lack reconfigurability, limiting their use across various situations as they are designed for specific applications, such as strollers, wheelchairs, or shoulder carry, without the ability to adapt to changing needs.
Innovation Solution
A reconfigurable bag design featuring a bag body with attachment components and straps with fasteners that can be easily coupled and uncoupled to change the handle configuration, allowing the bag to be hung from different locations or carried in various ways, such as from a stroller, wheelchair, or as a crossbody bag.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a bag is designed for a specific use with fixed handles, then it provides stable and reliable functionality for that specific purpose, but it lacks adaptability to change configurations for different situations
Solution Approach 1:
The bag is divided into modular components: a bag body with attachment components and separate straps with fasteners. This segmentation allows the straps to be independently configured in different arrangements while the bag body remains stable. The attachment components are distributed at multiple locations on the bag body, enabling flexible strap positioning without complicating the overall bag structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The attachment components and fasteners are designed as universal elements that can be configured in multiple ways to achieve different bag types (shoulder bag, crossbody bag, stroller bag, wheelchair bag). The same attachment components can accommodate different strap configurations, providing multi-functionality without requiring multiple specialized bags or complex specialized structures for each use case.
2Ease of operation
If a bag has fixed handles for specific use cases, then it maintains simple and reliable structure, but it reduces ease of operation for reconfiguration to different carrying styles
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment system transitions from a static fixed-handle design to a dynamic reconfigurable system. The fasteners can be easily attached and detached, allowing users to dynamically change strap configurations based on current needs. The attachment components remain fixed on the bag body, but their arrangement with straps can be dynamically adjusted without complex mechanisms.
3Adaptability or versatility
If existing bags use fixed handles designed for specific purposes, then they provide reliable functionality for that purpose, but they limit versatility across different usage scenarios
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment components are pre-positioned at multiple locations on the bag body during manufacturing, and the straps come pre-equipped with fasteners. This preliminary preparation eliminates the need for users to modify or assemble complex mechanisms during reconfiguration. Users simply attach the pre-prepared fasteners to the pre-positioned attachment components, making reconfiguration easy and intuitive.
Data Source
AI summary
A reconfigurable bag has a bag body with a bottom, a front wall, a rear wall, and two side walls defining a cavity having an entrance; a first flap; a second flap; attachment components extending from the two side walls adjacent to the entrance and from the bottom; and straps fastenable to the attachment components and/or to another of the fasteners. The flaps are joined to the rear wall. The first flap encloses the entrance in a closed position. The second flap covers a portion of the rear wall. Each strap has a first fastener at a first end and a second fastener at a second end. Each fastener couples to the attachment components and/or to the fastener of an adjacent strap. The bag can hang from a wheelchair, a walker, or stroller handles. The bag can be used over-the-shoulder or crossbody.