Dog Training Clicker With Integrated Treat Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current dog training clickers require trainers to carry additional treat bags, making it inconvenient to retrieve treats and often resulting in dirty hands.
Innovation Solution
A dog training clicker design that integrates a sliding mechanism allowing treat storage within the device, enabling easy access to rewards without needing a separate treat bag, while maintaining the functionality of making audible prompts for marking correct behaviors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a separate treat bag is used to store dog treats during training, then the treats can be carried conveniently, but the trainer's hands get dirty easily and it is inconvenient to take out treats
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the treat storage function with the clicker device by integrating a treat compartment into the clicker's structure. The treat compartment is positioned adjacent to the button, allowing trainers to access treats directly from the clicker without using a separate treat bag, thereby keeping hands clean and improving convenience during training.
2Quantity of substance
If an additional treat bag is carried during training, then treats are available for rewards, but the overall device complexity increases and portability decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates the treat storage compartment directly into the clicker device structure, combining two previously separate functions (clicker and treat bag) into a single unified device. This reduces the number of separate components trainers need to carry and manage, simplifying the overall system while maintaining treat availability.
Solution Approach 2:
The clicker device is designed to perform multiple functions: making clicking sounds for training cues and storing dog treats for rewards. The treat compartment is integrated into the clicker body, allowing the single device to serve both as a training tool and a treat container, eliminating the need for separate specialized equipment.
3Productivity
If treats are stored in a separate bag, then the clicker functionality remains simple, but the training efficiency decreases due to the time required to retrieve treats
Solution Approach 1:
The treat compartment is pre-positioned within easy reach of the trainer's fingers, adjacent to the button. Treats are loaded into the compartment before training sessions begin, and the compartment design allows for rapid access without requiring the trainer to reach into a separate bag or pocket, thereby minimizing time loss during training.
Solution Approach 2:
By integrating the treat storage compartment directly into the clicker device with the button, the patent eliminates the need to switch between separate treat bag and clicker. The merged design allows trainers to access treats and operate the clicker in a single hand without interruption, significantly improving training efficiency.
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
Enables trainers to reward dogs conveniently without carrying extra treat bags, keeping hands clean and improving training efficiency by integrating treat storage with the clicker functionality.
Implementation Method 1
an elastic sounding plate is arranged in the first accommodating space, and a floating button is arranged at a position, corresponding to the elastic sounding plate, of the first outer shell and abuts against the elastic sounding plate
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention provides a dog training clicker, including a first structural part, a sliding assembly and a second structural part overlaid and arranged in sequence along a first direction; the first structural part includes a first outer shell, the first outer shell is internally provided with a first accommodating space, an elastic sounding plate and a floating button are arranged in the first accommodating space, and the floating button abuts against the elastic sounding plate; the second structural part includes a second outer shell, the first structural part is in sliding connection with the second structural part through the sliding assembly, and the first direction is perpendicular to a second direction.