Rotating Luggage Boot Rod for Package Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing luggage boot systems for motor vehicles do not effectively prevent packages from sliding onto the glass or dashboard during transport, compromising visibility and stability, and the cross rods used to prevent sliding are inconvenient and time-consuming to mount and dismount.
Innovation Solution
A device with longitudinal elements that can be easily rotated between parallel and transverse positions relative to the luggage boot bars, minimizing air friction and whistling when not in use, and quickly locked into a transverse position to secure packages, using a reversible locking mechanism to prevent sliding.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If cross rods are connected transversely to the luggage boot bars to prevent package sliding, then package stability is improved, but air friction and whistling increase when the vehicle is moving
Solution Approach 1:
The longitudinal element is designed to be rotatable between a first position (parallel to the first bar) and a second position (transverse to the first bar), allowing the system to dynamically adapt its configuration based on whether packages need to be secured or the vehicle is in transit without packages
2Object-generated harmful factors
If reversible connection with vices is used to allow cross rods to be disconnected when not in use, then air friction is reduced, but mounting and dismounting operations become time-consuming and complex
Solution Approach 1:
The longitudinal element is designed to be rotatable between a first position (parallel to the first bar) and a second position (transverse to the first bar), allowing the system to dynamically adapt its configuration based on whether packages need to be secured or the vehicle is in transit without packages
Solution Approach 2:
The reversible locking mechanism replaces the traditional vice-based mechanical connection system with a simpler locking mechanism that enables quick transition between positions without requiring complex mounting and dismounting operations
3Reliability
If cross rods are permanently fixed to the luggage boot, then package security is maintained, but the device complexity and unnecessary friction increase when the boot is not in use
Solution Approach 1:
The longitudinal element is designed to be rotatable between a first position (parallel to the first bar) and a second position (transverse to the first bar), allowing the system to dynamically adapt its configuration based on whether packages need to be secured or the vehicle is in transit without packages
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AI summary
The invention relates to a device which is connectable to a luggage boot of a motor vehicle in order to make the same quickly and easily ready to safely transport one or more packages. The device of the invention comprises at least a first rod which is connectable to a bar of the luggage boot, parallel thereto. The device further comprises at least a second rod hinged to the first rod at a respective end thereof. The second rod is rotatable with respect to the first rod between a first position at which the second rod is arranged substantially parallel to the aforesaid bar of the luggage boot, and a second position at which the second rod is arranged substantially transversely to the aforesaid bar of the luggage boot. The device of the invention also comprises means by which the second rod may be reversibly locked in the first or in the second positions mentioned above. The invention also relates to a luggage boot comprising the aforesaid device and to a motor vehicle provided with a luggage boot comprising the aforesaid device.