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Corrugated transport system bids for Dyson engineering gong: video

A novel corrugated board contraption designed to help shoppers transport heavy loads by hand is vying for a major international prize.

The product, Move-it, is a kit of self-adhesive cardboard parts that is designed to allow consumers to transport up to 20kg of goods home on foot.

Inventor David Graham has entered Move-It into the James Dyson Awards for design innovation. Shortlists for the award are due to be announced by the inventor and vacuum cleaner pioneer next Tuesday (24 August).

Once home, entry documents for the device say, Move-it can be reused or recycled since every element of its construction is made of corrugated board.

"What makes Move-it truly unique is that every single part is cardboard," the documents claim.

"Wheel, axle, chassis and handle can all be mashed up at the recycling facility and made into new cardboard products; and the special repulpable contact adhesive that sticks the wheels and handle to the box is designed to disperse harmlessly in water."

Graham’s entry says that Move-it is the results of a university engineering project in which he was researching the topic ‘Moving small loads in London on public transport’.