Closure Mechanism Multi-Frequency Feedback Slider
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing resealable pouch closure mechanisms with sliders primarily provide either tactile or audible feedback but not both simultaneously, lacking a multi-frequency feedback experience for users.
Innovation Solution
A closure mechanism featuring first and second elongate closure members with regularly spaced features that interact with a slider to produce simultaneous tactile and audible feedback at different frequencies, enhancing the user experience with a unique multi-frequency sensation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a closure mechanism uses a slider with regularly spaced features to produce tactile feedback, then the user can sense the actuation, but it does not produce audible feedback simultaneously
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines tactile and audible feedback mechanisms into a single slider assembly. The slider includes both regularly spaced features for tactile engagement with the closure members and additional features that produce audible feedback when the slider is actuated, allowing both types of feedback to occur simultaneously during a single user action.
Solution Approach 2:
The slider is designed to perform multiple functions: it provides tactile feedback through regularly spaced features that engage with the closure members, and simultaneously provides audible feedback through additional features that create sound during actuation. This multi-functional design eliminates the need for separate feedback mechanisms.
2Loss of information
If a closure mechanism uses a slider with regularly spaced features to produce audible feedback, then the user can hear the actuation, but it does not produce tactile feedback simultaneously
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates both audible and tactile feedback capabilities into a single slider component. The slider includes regularly spaced features that provide tactile engagement with the closure members and additional features that generate audible feedback, ensuring both feedback types occur during the same actuation event.
Solution Approach 2:
The slider serves multiple functions simultaneously: it creates audible feedback through its design features while also providing tactile feedback through regularly spaced engagement features. This universal design allows the single component to deliver both sensory feedback types without requiring separate mechanisms.
3Loss of information
If a closure mechanism uses multiple series of regularly spaced features on both closure members, then multi-frequency feedback is produced, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the feedback mechanism into multiple segments: a first series of regularly spaced features on the first closure member, a second series on the second closure member, and corresponding features on the slider. Each series interacts to produce feedback at different frequencies, creating a multi-frequency feedback pattern through segmented structural elements.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extends the feedback mechanism from a single dimension to multiple dimensions by incorporating features on both the first and second closure members, as well as on the slider itself. This multi-dimensional arrangement of regularly spaced features creates complex multi-frequency feedback patterns while distributing the structural requirements across multiple components.
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AI summary
A closure mechanism includes a first elongate closure member having a series of spaced features disposed along an entire length of the first elongate closure member. A second elongate closure member includes a series of spaced features disposed along an entire length of the second elongate closure member. The second elongate closure member sealingly engages the first elongate closure member. A slider interacts with (i) the series of spaced features on the first elongate closure member to produce a first feedback at a first frequency, and (ii) the series of spaced features on the second elongate closure member to produce a second feedback at a second frequency. The first feedback at the first frequency differs from the second feedback at the second frequency.