Snow-glider for suitcase and bag

Dragging a suitcase or trolley bag over even short stretches of snow can be a literal drag. Let's fix that.

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As a car-less shift worker in the arctic, I carried my belongings in a trolley bag / suitcase when commuting between work and home (7 hours by bus and ferry).
During the winter season, sidewalks were routinely full of snow, leaving me heaving for air and cursing my circumstance.
In 2018/2019 I began, ran, and eventually put this project on ice, as member of an arctic entrepreneurship incubator. I didn't want to make another niche gadget that would further deplete natural resources with little tangible benefit to society.

The benefit being that this gadget lets travellers comfortably walk their heavy trolleybags for 2-300m rather than zero, in snow.

However, it would be a shame for the effort and money ($3000) I put in to be wasted. Therefore I'm publishing the prototype sketches, models as well as relevant business documents here.

Maybe we can co-design a solution, allowing for sustainable production, distribution and recycling.

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13-01-2018 Canvas koffert med integrerte ski.pdf Adobe Portable Document Format - 41.64 kB - 06/12/2023 at 21:43	Preview	Download

13-01-2018 Canvas avtagbare ski til koffert.pdf Adobe Portable Document Format - 40.51 kB - 06/12/2023 at 21:43	Preview	Download

ski-20mm-shorter.3mf mesh of smaller ski model 3mf - 1.53 MB - 06/12/2023 at 21:17		Download
ski-full.3mf mesh of full ski model 3mf - 1.48 MB - 06/12/2023 at 21:17		Download
cern_ohl_s_v2_user_guide.pdf Include licence user guide for ease of reuse Adobe Portable Document Format - 226.19 kB - 06/12/2023 at 21:14	Preview	Download

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Jacob • 01/22/2024 at 16:53 • 0 comments

I got involved in Makerspace Bodø, and started bringing this project with me as a display article on our external events. Through that I met another maker, whose enthusiasm convinced me to un-shelve this project and work on it together with him. So... let the ski hit the snow-covered pavement!

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This is going to be a long and hard project - and a really expensive one too. I'm happy to take you along for the ride!

Snow-glider for suitcase and bag

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13-01-2018 Canvas koffert med integrerte ski.pdf

13-01-2018 Canvas avtagbare ski til koffert.pdf

ski-20mm-shorter.3mf

ski-full.3mf

cern_ohl_s_v2_user_guide.pdf

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