Self-supporting Trash Bag with Inflatable Chambers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional trash bags lack structural integrity and require a trash can to be filled, making them impractical for use in situations where a trash can is not accessible.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating inflatable chambers along the flexible bag body to provide structural integrity, allowing the bag to be held upright and open without the need for a trash can, enabling easy filling and disposal of waste.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a traditional flexible trash bag is used without a trash can, then portability and versatility are improved, but structural integrity and ease of operation deteriorate because the bag becomes amorphous and difficult to fill
Solution Approach 1:
The trash bag incorporates inflatable chambers that can be inflated with air or other gases to transform the bag from a collapsed amorphous state to an upright structured state. This dynamic transformation allows the bag to adapt between portable storage and operational states, providing structural support only when needed for filling and disposal.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention uses pneumatic inflation of internal chambers to create structural support within the flexible bag body. By introducing gas pressure into the chambers, the bag gains rigidity and maintains an upright position, enabling easy filling without requiring a trash can while preserving portability when deflated.
2Ease of operation
If a trash can is used to provide structural support, then ease of operation is improved, but portability and versatility worsen because the trash can is not always accessible
Solution Approach 1:
The trash bag is self-supporting through its internal inflatable chambers that provide structural integrity independently. The bag serves its own support function that would otherwise require an external trash can, enabling use in locations where trash cans are not accessible while maintaining ease of operation through the inflation mechanism.
3Ease of operation
If the trash bag is made completely flexible for easy manipulation, then ease of operation is improved, but structural integrity deteriorates making the bag amorphous and difficult to maintain upright
Solution Approach 1:
The bag material remains flexible and manipulable, but the overall structure gains stability through the inflatable chambers. The flexibility is preserved in the deflated state for easy storage and deployment, while stability is activated on-demand through inflation, allowing the bag to maintain an upright position during use.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention uses flexible bag material combined with inflatable chambers to create a structure that is both flexible and stable. The thin film bag body provides flexibility for manipulation while the inflated chambers provide the structural framework, combining the benefits of both flexible and rigid structures.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The inflatable chambers enable the trash bag to maintain a specific shape, facilitating easy filling and disposal of waste without the need for a trash can, enhancing usability in various locations.
Implementation Method 1
one or more inflatable chambers that extend along the flexible bag body. The inflatable chambers may be configured to hold the flexible bag body upright and maintain the top bag opening in an open position when the inflatable chambers are inflated
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AI summary
Embodiments of a trash bag are disclosed. In one embodiment, the trash bag includes a flexible bag body and one or more inflatable chambers that extend along the flexible bag body. The inflatable chambers may be configured to hold the flexible bag body upright and maintain the top bag opening in an open position when the inflatable chambers are inflated. In this manner, the inflatable chambers can provide sufficient structural integrity so that a trash can is not needed to use the trash bag.