Ever wished you could clamber aboard your cumbersome luggage to zoom down a hill or coast through an airport?
Driven by the same desire, Slovenian frequent flier Bostjan Zagar has come up with the answer -- a foot-powered scooter-suitcase known as Olaf.
"The idea comes from having to catch the next connection flight in three minutes when the gate is on the other side of the world and you need to move faster than those moving walkways," Zagar tells CNN.
Disappointed with available luggage solutions to this problem, Zagar used his background as an automotive engineer and his time waiting for flights to sketch up an alternative.
Now, after three years of "testing, testing, testing," and a soon-to-finish fundraising campaign on Kickstarter, the Olaf is ready to hit the streets.
It's available in three models: an airline-approved carry-on suitcase with a built-in kick scooter; a backpack with kick scooter and a kick scooter that can carry another bag.
All three feature wheely suitcase-style collapsible handles and can double up as a hand trolleys.
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有沒有想過有一天你能跨上你那笨重的行李箱,讓它帶你滑下山或穿行機(jī)場呢?
一位斯洛文尼亞的飛行常客波斯簡·扎加爾(Bostjan Zagar)就有這種想法,而且他找到了解決方案——一種名叫奧拉夫(Olaf)的滑板車行李箱。
“這個點(diǎn)子是這么來的,當(dāng)我急需在三分鐘之內(nèi)趕上一班中轉(zhuǎn)飛機(jī),而登機(jī)口在機(jī)場的另一端,顯然我需要走得比自動人行道更快才行,”扎加爾對CNN說。
扎加爾對現(xiàn)有的行李箱設(shè)計感到失望,作為一名汽車工程師,扎加爾利用等飛機(jī)的時間想出了一個解決草案。
經(jīng)過三年不斷的試驗,現(xiàn)在這款奧拉夫滑板車行李箱已經(jīng)做好“上路”的準(zhǔn)備,當(dāng)然這也得益于Kickstarter上即將結(jié)束的籌資活動的幫助。
奧拉夫有三種模式:第一種是允許帶上飛機(jī)的行李箱,它有一個內(nèi)置滑板車;第二種是帶滑板車的背包;第三種是一個能再帶一個包的滑板車。
這三種模式都有如下特征:都是帶輪子的手提箱,手柄既可折疊,又可拉長成手推車。
(譯者 chuckbupt 編輯 祝興媛)
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