Cork Pendant With Push Pin And Note Compartment
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Solution Overview
Problem
The challenge lies in effectively identifying and organizing wine bottle corks, which often pile up unlabeled, making it difficult to recall the specific events or occasions associated with each cork, thereby diminishing their sentimental value.
Innovation Solution
A device that attaches to the cork with a textured push pin for easy insertion and removal, accompanied by a customizable pendant with a compartment or surface for writing notes, allowing users to record the occasion and details, ensuring the sentimental value is preserved.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If corks are saved in jars, drawers, and bowls using traditional methods, then corks can be stored, but they pile up unlabeled and lose their sentimental value
Solution Approach 1:
The pendant is inserted into a cavity within the cork, creating a nested structure where the identification device is contained within the stored object itself. This allows the cork to serve dual purposes: storage of the physical cork and containment of the identification pendant, eliminating the need for separate storage containers while preserving information.
Solution Approach 2:
The pendant acts as an intermediary element that bridges the cork and the information about it. Rather than directly labeling the cork (which may be lost or illegible), the pendant serves as a mediating device that contains and provides identification information when the cork is removed and viewed.
2Reliability
If a pin is inserted into the cork to attach the pendant, then the pendant can be secured, but pushing or pulling the pin in and out is difficult and painful without proper grip
Solution Approach 1:
The handle of the pin features a textured surface specifically at the grip area, creating local quality enhancement. This texture provides increased friction and grip precisely where the user's fingers contact the pin, making insertion and removal easier without affecting the pin's overall structure or attachment security.
3Strength
If the pin is made to withstand the density and stickiness of the cork, then the pin can be inserted and removed without breakage, but the pin may still be difficult to manipulate
Solution Approach 1:
The pin design differentiates between the shaft (which requires strength to penetrate and withstand cork density) and the handle (which requires texture for ease of manipulation). The textured handle provides grip assistance precisely where needed without compromising the structural integrity and strength of the pin shaft.
4Reliability
If the pendant includes a compartment for the note, then the note can be securely held, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The pendant cavity is nested within the cork structure, utilizing the existing three-dimensional space of the cork rather than adding external components. This nesting approach secures the pendant and its contained note within the cork's internal volume, maintaining a simple overall device structure while providing reliable note retention.
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AI summary
A pendant having a cork and a case having front surface. The pendant includes a window disposed on the front surface of the case and a foldable notecard placeable in the window. Alternately the case may include a note area an inked or embedded message is placeable on the note area. The pendant includes a cord and a securing pin attached to one end for insertion into the cork. The case is attached to a second end of the cord. A finger grip is disposed adjacent to the securing pin. The notecard or the inked or embedded message allows a user to identify cork related information. The cork related information may be cork biography, an occasion, or moments, places, people and memories from the occasion. The cork related information may be information on the wine, champagne or drink that was originated from a bottle sealed with the cork.