Elizabethan Collar Size Adjustment Implement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional Elizabethan collars lack fine size adjustment capabilities, leading to issues such as falling off or being too tight, and fail to accommodate animals' varying sizes due to weight gain, fur growth, or activity levels, causing stress and discomfort.
Innovation Solution
A belt-like size adjustment device with convex and concave snap buttons is integrated into the Elizabethan collar, allowing for precise size adjustments by shifting button positions diagonally downward, and serving as an extension device to accommodate various neck sizes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If snap buttons are placed at designated positions only, then the collar structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but the size adjustment precision is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The collar is divided into multiple size adjustment zones with separate button groups (first, second, third, and fourth button groups) positioned at different locations. Each button group provides discrete adjustment steps, allowing precise size customization without requiring continuous button placement throughout the collar.
Solution Approach 2:
Buttons are arranged not only in the circumferential direction but also in the diagonal direction relative to the animal's body axis. This multi-dimensional button arrangement expands the adjustment possibilities beyond a single linear scale, enabling fine-tuned size adaptation through diagonal positioning adjustments.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the collar size is fixed, then the manufacturing cost is low and结构简单, but the collar cannot adapt to animals with varying sizes due to weight gain, fur growth, or activity levels
Solution Approach 1:
The collar transitions from a fixed size design to a dynamic adjustment system where multiple button groups can be repositioned along diagonal paths. This allows the collar to adapt to changing animal dimensions throughout the day and night, accommodating weight fluctuations, fur growth, and activity-related size variations.
Solution Approach 2:
The same button mechanism serves dual purposes: it provides both size adjustment within a given collar and extends the effective size range of the collar. By repositioning buttons diagonally, the collar can accommodate a broader spectrum of animal sizes without requiring multiple separate collar products.
3Reliability
If the collar is made too tight to prevent falling off, then the collar remains secure, but the animal experiences stress and discomfort
Solution Approach 1:
The multiple button groups positioned at different diagonal locations provide feedback mechanisms for achieving the optimal fit. By trying different button combinations and positions, the user can find the configuration that secures the collar preventively while maintaining comfortable clearance, avoiding both excessive tightness and loose fitting.
Solution Approach 2:
Different button groups are positioned to provide localized adjustment capabilities at specific regions of the collar. This allows precise control over the tightness at different locations, ensuring secure fit where needed while maintaining comfort in other areas, thereby reducing animal stress while preventing collar displacement.
Data Source
AI summary
In snap-button-type Elizabethan collars, a button is latched only at intervals, and it is impossible to make fine adjustments to the size. Therefore, such Elizabethan collars have presented issues in terms of difficulty of adjustment at intended sizes, such as when the Elizabethan collar slips off of an animal on which the collars is to be worn, or when the collar is too tight and cannot be worn, However, these issues are resolved by adding a size adjustment implement. In the present invention, a belt-form size adjustment implement (reference 4 in FIG. 2) is formed, the size adjustment implement being a simple component of a snap button, and having characteristics such that a protrusion-size button and a recess-side button are driven into the front and rear thereof. A protrusion Ia of the size adjustment implement and a recess 4b of an original Elizabethan collar body, and a recess 2a of the size adjustment implement and a protrusion 3b of the original Elizabethan collar body, are respectively combined where the protrusion 3b and the recess 4b are predicted.