Cosmetic Wallet Compact with Hook and Loop Attachment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing portable container devices combining smartphones with cosmetic and card storage are often awkward, clunky, and difficult to carry, with designs that complicate access to contents and separation from the handheld device.
Innovation Solution
A cosmetic wallet compact with hook and loop fasteners for attachment to a smartphone, featuring a dual-casing design with a retaining press and ejection aperture for cards, and a mirror panel with pre-filled cosmetics, optimized for easy access and minimal bulk, allowing smooth attachment and detachment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If prior art protective cases and compacts combine smartphone with cosmetic and card storage, then mobility is promoted by reducing the need for larger carrying instruments, but the combined device becomes awkward, clunky and unwieldly
Solution Approach 1:
The compact is divided into separate functional components: a first casing for cards and cash, a second casing for cosmetics, and a detachable attachment mechanism. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently and enables the user to carry only necessary portions, reducing overall bulk while maintaining versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The hook and loop fastener system provides dynamic attachment and detachment capability, allowing the compact to transition between attached and detached states. This dynamic design enables the compact to adapt to different carrying needs, reducing unwieldiness when detached while maintaining security when attached.
2Adaptability or versatility
If prior art protective cases and compacts combine smartphone with cosmetic and card storage, then mobility is promoted, but the combined thickness or height renders the unit extremely difficult to carry in a pocket or handle manually
Solution Approach 1:
The first and second casings are nested within each other when closed, with the cosmetic palette stored within the card casing structure. This nesting arrangement minimizes the overall thickness and volume of the compact, making it pocket-friendly while maintaining all required storage functions.
3Reliability
If prior art protective cases and compacts use integrated design, then contents are retained, but it becomes difficult to remove credit cards, identification cards, and other contents without struggle
Solution Approach 1:
The resilient retaining press acts as an intermediary mechanism between the card and the casing. It provides gentle retention force to hold cards securely while allowing easy removal when needed, mediating between the conflicting requirements of secure retention and easy access.
Solution Approach 2:
The retaining press is positioned locally at specific access points within the first casing, providing targeted retention force only where needed. This localized approach ensures secure card retention while maintaining easy access through the defined aperture, without requiring complex integrated mechanisms throughout the entire casing.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The compact provides easy access to cards and cosmetics while minimizing bulk, ensuring secure attachment and easy handling, enhancing user mobility without the clumsiness of prior devices.
Implementation Method 1
a housing that is adapted to be attached to the back surface of a handheld device using mating strips of hook and loop fasteners
Data Source
AI summary
A cosmetic wallet compact including a housing having a first casing, a second casing and attachment means, such as hook and loop fastener strips, to attach the cosmetic wallet compact to a handheld device. First casing is adapted and sized to hold and retain credit card(s), identification card(s) and folded bill(s) in an interior cavity. First casing incorporates a receiving slot and a window through which its contents may be seen and physically manipulated. At the window, a retaining press is provided which keeps cards in place and from unintentionally exiting the receiving slot after being inserted. An ejection guide aperture is further provided to selectively guide contents out of the receiving slot. Second casing has an interior which defines a palette of color cosmetics and a mirror panel.