THREE IN ONE HYBRID BACKPACK SCOOTER

Project members:

1.V.Tharun Kumar 2. K. Rajith Rahul 3. R.Vishal 4. S.B. Raja GaneshIII Year/Mechanical III Year/Mechanical III Year/Mechanical III Year/Mechanical Project Guide: M. Rajmohan Department of mechanical engineering

Sri Sairam Institute of Technology, West Tambaram, Chennai- 600 044.

1. INTRODUCTION :Lifting heavy bags is one of the most commonly faced difficulty by students and kids in todays world. School going children prefer taking less books or make their parents carry their bags due to its heavy weight. The ultimate aim of this project is not only to reduce the difficulty of carrying heavy weight but also to bring wheels under the foot to reduce walking over long distance. The Three in one Backpack scooter is a machine which is inbuilt with bags and provides the following three advantages: Acts as backpack to carry the load Acts as long board or trolley Acts as scooter1.1 SOCIAL RELEVANCEThis project is environmental friendly as it does not produce any harmful gases. The bag is washable. It can be reused and the plastic material used for the components can be recycled after breakage. Though the product can be used as scooter for short distances it does not use any external non-renewable energy or fuel to drive the vehicle. It is manually pushed by human foot and this force is used to drive the wheels to move over a distance. 1.2 INNOVATIONIn the recent days the children are getting attracted to the new launches which reduces their difficulties. This hybrid backpack scooter is designed with an innovative idea of making it as a vehicle which reduces the difficulty of carrying the load as well as walking with it. The basic idea is to combine the skateboard and the trolley design to make it as a multipurpose product.

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By combining and implementing the mechanisms of products in the images shown above, the hybrid backpack scooter can be made available in the market to increase the use of it and reduce the difficulty of carrying the load. The life prolongs over a long period of time by using the alloy wheels which can support the load without any deformation and produce rolling motion. These wheels are fixed so that the product can be used as both trolley as well as vehicle.

1.3 MARKET SURVEY AND NEED The need of bags are much high for various purposes in day to day life. The students and kids would easily get attracted to this product and the sales would definitely be high as there are no harmful effects or disadvantages. Once the product is made available in market the new trend would be set and by seeing each other people would definitely go for this buy. 1.4 PRODUCT FEASIBILITY The designing and fabrication parts includes simple working mechanisms and does not involve any complicated ideas, thereby making this product extremely feasible for manufacturing. The components requires for the fabrication process are readily available in the market and there is no demand for it, which makes the work easier.

1.5 ECONOMICSSl.NoModuleCost (INR)

1Spacious Leather Bag2000

2Alloy wheels,Elements like bolts, nuts, screws, etc. ,Brake Lever,Brake cables,Machining operations,Tools,Labour cost,Brake pad,Steel Rods,Handle bar.68,000

3Testing (such as material, load, strength, etc..)15,000

4Excess charges and Miscellaneous15,000

Total1,00,000

(One Lakh rupees only)

2. CONCLUSIONIn developing countries such as India where education is given much importance, due to its population size and growth, the hybrid backpack scooter would definitely be loved by many people and soon become a new trend among the youngsters of the country. The highlights of this product includes the multipurpose features aiming in reducing the difficulty of carrying heavy loads and walking for long distances.