3D Decorative Add-On With Sliding Inserts for Easy Interchange
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing decorative accessories and embellishments are often thin and flat, making them less noticeable and less attractive as they fail to enhance the visual appeal of objects they are attached to.
Innovation Solution
A decorative add-on with a prominently 3D aesthetic portion and a removably attached elongate, flat, and thin attachment portion, featuring insert sections that engage with matching receptacles on the object, enhancing visibility and allowing for easy interchangeability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If decorative accessories are made thin and flat to be unobtrusive, then they are less conspicuous, but their attractiveness and appeal are diminished
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from traditional 2D flat decorative accessories to 3D dimensional accessories that protrude from the surface. The aesthetic portion is formed with three-dimensional depth, allowing the decorative element to stand out and catch light, thereby enhancing attractiveness while maintaining the unobtrusive quality through controlled projection dimensions.
Solution Approach 2:
The decorative accessory is divided into distinct functional segments: an attachment portion (flat, thin) that maintains low profile and unobtrusiveness, and an aesthetic portion (3D, protruding) that provides visual appeal. This segmentation allows each part to fulfill its specific role without compromising the other.
2Difficulty of detecting and measuring
If decorative accessories are made 3D to enhance visibility and appeal, then they become more attractive, but they may become more difficult to attach and remove
Solution Approach 1:
The accessory is segmented into a flat attachment portion and a separate 3D aesthetic portion. The attachment portion maintains a thin, low-profile design that facilitates easy attachment and removal, while the aesthetic portion provides the desired 3D visual appeal. This segmentation resolves the contradiction by assigning different functional characteristics to different parts.
Solution Approach 2:
The attachment portion is designed with universal attachment mechanisms (such as adhesive backs, clips, or magnetic elements) that can be easily applied to various surfaces. This multi-functional design allows the same attachment mechanism to handle both the ease of attachment and the secure retention of the 3D aesthetic portion.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution significantly enhances the visibility and appeal of the decorative add-on by ensuring it stands out prominently on the object while being easily removable and interchangeable, applicable to various objects such as shoes, clothing, vehicles, and buildings.
Implementation Method 1
The attachment portion can be made of flexible resilient material, such as flexible resilient plastic. This facilitates convenient insertion of the insert sections into the sheaths, and secure retention of the insert sections in the sheaths.
Implementation Method 2
Further or alternatively, the insert sections can include magnetic material and flexible, resilient material. Further or alternatively, the insert sections can be interferingly engaged in the sheaths. In a further exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a decorative add-on is attachable to a front side of a housing of an exterior rear view mirror of a motor vehicle such as a car. Insert sections of an attachment portion of the decorative add-on can be magnetic, corresponding to ferromagnetic receptacles provided on the housing.
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AI summary
A decorative add-on in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is structured and arranged to be attached to an article such as a shoe. The decorative add-on includes an aesthetic portion and an attachment portion. Typically, the aesthetic portion is prominently or noticeably 3D. The attachment portion is removably attached to the shoe. The attachment portion has a medial section, and two elongate insert sections at opposite sides of the medial section. The medial section is fixed to an inner side of the aesthetic portion. The insert sections are slidingly engaged in two matching elongate sheaths provided on the shoe. The attachment portion can be made of flexible resilient material. This facilitates convenient insertion of the insert sections into the sheaths, and secure retention of the insert sections in the sheaths. Further or alternatively, the insert sections can include magnetic material and flexible, resilient material.