Baseball Cap Temple-Arm Grip Structure for Secure Eyewear Retention
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing baseball caps do not effectively secure eyewear, such as sunglasses, on the brim, leading to frequent falling off.
Innovation Solution
A baseball cap with orifices on either side, designed to accommodate temple arms, and gripping structures at the perimeter edges of these orifices to securely hold eyewear in place.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional baseball cap design is used, then the cap structure remains simple, but eyewear cannot be securely held on the brim
Solution Approach 1:
The cap is divided into functional components: the brim for positioning eyewear, the cap portion for housing temple arms, and gripping structures for securing them. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function effectively while maintaining overall structural integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The temple arms are inserted through orifices in the cap portion and nested within the cap's interior space. The gripping structures are positioned at the perimeter edges of these orifices, creating a nested arrangement where the temple arms are held within the cap portion's confines.
2Reliability
If gripping structures are added to hold temple arms, then eyewear security improves, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The gripping structures are positioned specifically at the perimeter edges of the orifices in the cap portion, where they are most effective for gripping temple arms. This localized application of gripping functionality provides effective temple arm retention while minimizing the overall complexity of the cap structure.
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AI summary
An eyewear-holding baseball cap includes a cap portion, a brim, orifices in said cap portion, and gripping structures. The cap portion has a pair of the orifices, one positioned in each of the left and right sides of the cap portion. The orifices are designed to permit insertion of left and right temple arms of eyewear resting on the brim into the interior of the cap portion. One of the gripping structures is positioned at a perimeter edge of each of the orifices to grip a temple arm inserted through each of the orifices to minimize or prevent eyewear resting on the brim from falling off.