Ambigram Coin Rotating Legend for Emotional Support
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing coins lack an ambigram legend cut-out design that provides comfort and inspiration to individuals experiencing grief or serious illness, as they do not offer a palliative means to convey the message of companionship and hope during challenging times.
Innovation Solution
The development of an ambigram coin with a cut-out hollow design that reads 'ME' on one side and 'WE' when rotated 180 degrees, accompanied by a kit including a displaying device, printed gift card, and pre-composed messages, to be worn as jewelry or carried as a pocket piece, offering a symbolic reminder of companionship.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional coin designs with fixed legends are used, then manufacturing is simple and cost-effective, but the coin cannot provide dynamic messaging or emotional comfort to individuals experiencing grief
Solution Approach 1:
The coin incorporates a rotatable element with different legends positioned at various angles. When the coin is rotated, different messages become visible, allowing the same physical object to convey multiple meanings and emotions dynamically. This resolves the contradiction by enabling adaptability through rotation while maintaining a relatively simple overall coin structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention adds the dimension of rotation to the traditionally two-dimensional coin face. By positioning legends in three-dimensional space around the coin's circumference, the design enables multiple messages to be embedded in a single object without increasing planar complexity, thus achieving versatility without proportionally increasing device complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If custom engraved messages are added to coins for personalization, then emotional value increases, but manufacturing complexity and cost increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of creating unique custom engravings for each coin, the invention uses pre-formed legend elements that can be rotated into position. These legend copies provide personalization through selection and arrangement rather than through custom manufacturing processes, thereby maintaining ease of manufacture while achieving personalization capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The coin design uses a universal template where the same physical structure can display multiple pre-determined messages. This universal design allows the coin to serve multiple emotional and commemorative functions without requiring custom manufacturing for each instance, thus preserving ease of manufacture while providing personalization through message selection.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the coin includes multiple functional elements (displaying device, pocket, gift box), then the palliative effect is enhanced, but the kit complexity and size increase
Solution Approach 1:
The invention combines multiple functional elements into a unified gift kit package. The coin, displaying device, pocket, and gift box are presented as an integrated set, where each component serves a specific purpose in the overall palliative function. This merging approach enhances the comprehensive emotional support provided while organizing complexity into a coherent, manageable kit structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The kit is divided into distinct functional segments: the coin itself, the displaying device for showcasing the message, the pocket for carrying the coin, and the gift box for presentation. This segmentation allows each element to be optimized for its specific function while maintaining overall kit coherence, thereby enhancing palliative functionality without creating overwhelming complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
An ambigram coin comprises a coin body including a field having an obverse side, a reverse side, bound by a circumferential edge side, a central portion including a cut-out hollow ambigram legend therethrough. The ambigram coin includes two opposing cut-out hollow apertures that provide an opening through which a displaying device is passed therethrough. The ambigram coin includes a cut-out ambigram including the hollow letters “M” and “E”, ambigram “ME” at an obverse display position such that when the ambigram coin is vertically rotated symmetrically 180 degrees the cut-out ambigram “ME” reads as the cut-out ambigram “WE”, at a reverse display position. In another aspect, a kit is provided that includes an ambigram coin kit. In another embodiment, the ambigram coin further comprises a displaying device coupled to a connecting device so that the ambigram coin is used worn as jewelry.