Segmented Cover Mechanism for Mobile Waste Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mobile waste storage bags lack a secure cover mechanism, leading to spillage during movement and limiting their application due to the need to avoid waste spillage, which increases user time and effort.
Innovation Solution
A mobile waste storage device with a self-propelled design featuring a storage body, cover sections, and fasteners that securely fasten over the waste receiving space, ensuring containment during movement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a mobile waste storage bag is used without a cover mechanism, then mobility and ease of operation are improved, but waste containment reliability deteriorates leading to spillage during movement
Solution Approach 1:
The cover is divided into two separate cover sections that can be independently positioned and secured. Each cover section can be fastened separately to the storage body using individual fasteners, allowing for flexible coverage and secure containment while maintaining ease of operation during waste collection and transport.
2Reliability
If a cover mechanism with fasteners is added to a mobile waste storage bag, then waste containment reliability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The cover mechanism is segmented into two independent cover sections with corresponding fasteners, allowing each section to be secured separately. This segmentation simplifies the overall mechanism by breaking down the complex task of covering the entire waste storage space into manageable, independent units that are easier to manufacture and operate.
3Reliability
If cover sections are secured with multiple fasteners, then waste containment reliability is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to increased time required to secure and unsecure the cover
Solution Approach 1:
The cover system is divided into two sections that can be fastened independently with separate fasteners. This allows users to secure only the necessary portions of the cover based on waste volume and transport requirements, reducing the time and effort needed compared to securing a single large cover with multiple fasteners across the entire opening.
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AI summary
A method for using a mobile waste storage device is provided. First, a self-propelled storage device with a mobile waste storage device is provided and includes a storage body having a waste receiving space and a plurality of body fastener receiving passageways and a pair of cover sections flexibly attached to the storage body and extending over each other when covering the waste receiving space, each cover section having a cover fastener receiving passageway extending through an end thereof and positioned to correspond with another cover fastener receiving passageway extending through an opposite cover section and one of the plurality of body fastener receiving passageways when the pair of cover sections overlap to cover the waste receiving space. Then, the waste receiving space is filled and the pair of cover sections are secured using a fastener extending through cover fastener receiving passageway, the another cover fastener receiving passageway, and one of the plurality of body fastener receiving passageways. The pair of cover sections to the storage body are fastened using a plurality of fasteners and positioned on the self-propelled storage device to be moved to a location for pick up.