Skateboard Container With Isolated Wheels for Stable Transport
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Solution Overview
Problem
Skateboards are bulky and obtrusive, making them difficult to transport, and their free-rolling wheels pose a hazard by rolling away, especially in confined spaces like planes, trains, and bicycles.
Innovation Solution
A container with a housing, wheels, handles, and struts that allows for easy transport of skateboards by pivoting the top panel, securing the board with straps, and mounting to vehicle racks, isolating wheels from environmental surfaces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If skateboard wheels are left free-rolling for easy access, then convenience is improved, but safety deteriorates due to rolling away hazards
Solution Approach 1:
The skateboard wheels are extracted from their functional rolling state and placed into a contained, isolated state within the housing. The housing physically separates the wheels from the environment, preventing them from rolling away while still allowing access to the skateboard when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The skateboard with its wheels is nested inside the housing structure. This nesting contains the potentially hazardous rolling wheels within a protective enclosure, eliminating the rolling away hazard while maintaining the ability to access and use the skateboard.
2Ease of operation
If skateboard is transported without containment, then ease of transport is improved, but stability deteriorates due to wheel movement
Solution Approach 1:
The instability caused by free-moving wheels is extracted and isolated within the housing. The housing structure provides a stable enclosure that prevents wheel movement during transport, while the skateboard remains accessible for use.
Solution Approach 2:
The housing is designed to preliminarily stabilize the skateboard and its wheels before transport begins. By containing the wheels in a fixed position within the housing, the instability problem is addressed in advance, allowing safe and stable transport.
3Ease of operation
If skateboard bulk is reduced for easier transport, then portability is improved, but functionality deteriorates due to wheel isolation
Solution Approach 1:
The skateboard is nested within the compact housing structure, reducing its effective bulk and improving portability. The housing acts as a container that consolidates the skateboard and its wheels into a more manageable form factor for transport.
Solution Approach 2:
The wheels are extracted from their exposed state and placed within the housing, reducing the overall bulk and profile of the skateboard assembly. This extraction allows for more compact storage and transport while the wheels remain functional when the skateboard is accessed.
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AI summary
A container for a skateboard includes a housing, at least one strut, at least one wheel and at least one handle. The housing has a front panel, a rear panel, a bottom panel and first and second side panels surrounding a primary compartment. A top panel is pivotably coupled with the rear panel to selectively open the primary compartment to surroundings. The at least one strut is operatively coupled between the top panel and the housing. The at least one wheel is provided to an exterior of the first and/or second side panels near a corner formed by the rear panel meeting the bottom panel and is rotatable about an axis normal with the first and/or second side panels. The at least one handle telescopes along the bottom panel towards and away from the front panel.