Cosmetic Container with Sliding Product Holder and Button Slider
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing containers for cosmetics and pharmaceuticals are inefficient in terms of material usage, often requiring excessive material and unused space, leading to waste, especially when the products are expensive or small in quantity, and lack versatility in cross-sectional shapes and connectivity.
Innovation Solution
A compact container design featuring a product holder that slides within a hollow sheath with a button slider mechanism, allowing for force translation along the longitudinal axis to move the product holder between elevations, enabling volume savings and connectivity of multiple containers with various cross-sectional shapes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of substance
If traditional lifting mechanisms (screw, spring, bellows) are used to move cosmetic products from a first elevation to a second elevation, then the product can be dispensed, but the apparatus requires excessive material and unused space, leading to waste and larger product size
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts and eliminates the traditional lifting mechanism (screw, spring, bellows) from the apparatus. Instead, the product holder itself is designed to be movable along the longitudinal axis, allowing the product to be dispensed directly without requiring separate lifting components. This extraction of the lifting function reduces material usage and eliminates unused space within the apparatus.
Solution Approach 2:
The product holder serves multiple functions: it contains the cosmetic product, provides the dispensing mechanism through its movability, and eliminates the need for separate lifting apparatus. By making the product holder itself movable along the longitudinal axis, it combines the functions of containment and dispensing, reducing overall material requirements.
2Quantity of substance
If traditional containers are designed to hold cosmetics, then the product can be stored, but unused space within the container increases the overall product size
Solution Approach 1:
The invention transitions from a static container design to a dynamic one where the product holder can move along the longitudinal axis. This movability allows the container to adapt its internal volume to match the actual quantity of product, eliminating unused space. As the product is dispensed, the holder moves to maintain optimal space utilization, reducing the overall container volume required.
3Device complexity
If traditional apparatus designs are used, then the structure is simple, but the product holder requires a base and screw lifting apparatus that adds complexity and size
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the screw lifting apparatus and base components from the traditional design. The product holder is designed to move directly along the longitudinal axis without requiring these separate lifting mechanisms, thereby simplifying the overall structure and reducing the volume of the stationary object.
4Adaptability or versatility
If traditional container designs are used, then the container can hold cosmetics, but the container size is larger due to unused space and base requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The invention allows the product holder to have various asymmetric cross-sectional shapes (round, oval, square, rectangular, or non-uniform) along its longitudinal axis. This asymmetry principle enables flexible design adaptation to different cosmetic product shapes and packaging requirements, while the movable design eliminates unused space, reducing the overall container volume.
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AI summary
There is a container that allows the movement of a cosmetic product in a holder within a sheath from a first position to a second position with the force translated from a button slider outside the sheath to underneath the product holder.