Cap With Exchangeable Visor Using Internal Sliding Rail
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional caps with exchangeable visors are uncomfortable and aesthetically unappealing due to exposed coupling mechanisms, leading to reduced practical use, and pose safety risks when visors contact the neck or back during sports, while also limiting visibility on cloudy days.
Innovation Solution
A cap design featuring a rail part on the cap body, a coupling part for the visor, and a fastening groove part that allows the visor to be easily and selectively coupled and decoupled, using a sliding mechanism with stoppers to secure the visor in place, maintaining the cap's original shape and allowing for various styling options.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the cap visor is separated from the cap body to enable exchangeability, then the creation of various types of styling is enabled, but the coupling configuration is exposed to the outside, making the cap shape different from ordinary caps and giving consumers unfamiliar and uncomfortable feelings
Solution Approach 1:
The coupling mechanism is extracted from the visible exterior and relocated to the interior of the cap body. The coupling part is positioned inside the cap body such that when the visor is attached, the coupling structure is hidden from external view, preserving the ordinary cap appearance while maintaining exchangeability functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The coupling part is nested within the cap body structure. The coupling groove is formed inside the cap body, and the coupling part is positioned within this groove, creating a nested arrangement where the fastening mechanism is contained within the cap's internal structure rather than being exposed externally.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the cap visor is separated from the cap body to enable exchangeability, then the creation of various types of styling is enabled, but the coupling configuration is exposed to the outside, leading to reduced practical use
Solution Approach 1:
The coupling mechanism is extracted from the exterior and placed inside the cap body, eliminating the exposed configuration that caused discomfort. This allows users to wear the cap normally without the coupling structure interfering with comfort or appearance.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of having the coupling mechanism on the exterior of the cap, the design inverts the arrangement by placing the coupling groove and coupling part inside the cap body. This inversion resolves the comfort and appearance issues while preserving the visor exchangeability function.
3Ease of operation
If a conventional coupling mechanism is used for visor exchange, then the visor can be separated and exchanged, but the coupling configuration is exposed and gives unfamiliar feelings
Solution Approach 1:
The coupling structure is extracted from the visible domain and relocated to the interior of the cap body. The coupling groove is formed inside the cap, and the coupling part is positioned within this internal groove, making the fastening mechanism invisible from the outside while maintaining ease of visor separation and attachment.
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AI summary
The present invention relates generally to a cap with an exchangeable visor, and more specifically to a cap with an exchangeable visor, the cap having a cap body configured to surround the head of a person and a cap visor configured to be selectively coupled to and separated from one side of the cap body, the cap including: a rail part configured to be formed on the outer circumferential surface of the bottom of the cap body; a coupling part configured to be coupled to the visor to surround one side of the visor; and a fastening groove part configured to be coupled to one side of the coupling part, and to be engaged with the rail part in a sliding manner.