Accessory Preparation Toy with Curable Resin Mixing

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing toy systems for female infants limit the size, color, pattern, and shape variability of accessories, making them labor-intensive and costly to prepare, restricting the degree of freedom in creative play.

Innovation Solution

An accessory preparation toy using a mixed curable resin material with a two-pack silicone resin, stored in a storage container with separate compartments for the main and auxiliary materials, allowing easy mixing and pouring into molds for curing, incorporating decorative materials like lamé, glass flakes, or coloring liquids to create varied accessories.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If pre-prepared accessory parts are used in traditional toy systems, then the toy structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but the variety of sizes, colors, patterns and shapes is limited

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvevariety of accessory sizes, colors, patterns and shapesVSAvoidtoy system structure

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies parameter changes by allowing the resin material to be poured in various quantities and combinations of decorative materials to create accessories of different sizes, colors, patterns and shapes. The curable resin material can be adjusted in composition and volume to produce diverse accessory variations from a single basic system.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses composite materials by combining curable resin material with various decorative materials such as glitter, foil, beads, and pigments. This composite approach enables the creation of accessories with diverse visual properties and textures while maintaining a unified toy system structure.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #40Composite materials

2Adaptability or versatility

If various pre-prepared plates with accessory parts are made, then accessories of various colors, patterns and shapes can be prepared, but it takes significant labor hours and cost

Engineering Contradiction:

Improve多样性 of accessoriesVSAvoidlabor hours and cost

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies copying by using molds to replicate accessory shapes from the poured resin material. Instead of manually crafting each accessory, the mold captures the desired shape and the resin material is poured into it, automatically replicating the accessory form while allowing customization through material composition and decorative additions.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The patent reduces manufacturing complexity by changing the approach from pre-making various plates to using a single mold with variable resin compositions. By adjusting the resin material parameters (color, decorative content, volume) rather than creating different physical plates, the system achieves diversity with minimal manufacturing effort.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

3Volume of moving object

If the size of accessories is increased beyond the main body size, then larger accessories can be created, but the toy structure becomes more complex and costly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccessory sizeVSAvoidtoy structure

Core Design Contradiction:

Volume of moving objectVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies dimensionality change by transitioning from fixed-size pre-cut accessory parts to volumetric pouring of liquid resin material. This allows the accessory size to be determined by the volume of resin poured rather than being constrained by the physical dimensions of pre-prepared plates, enabling larger accessories without increasing structural complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

Enables easy and simple preparation of accessories with diverse sizes, colors, patterns, and shapes, enhancing play experience by reducing labor and cost while providing a good tactile experience with cured accessories.

Implementation Method 1

the main material and the auxiliary material are mixed together into the mixed curable resin material

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectMixing:

Implementation Method 2

the mixed curable resin material is poured into molds to be cured therein

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectCuring:

Data Source

PatentUS10232278B2Accessory preparation toy

Publication Date: 2019.03.19 SEGA FAVE CORP

AI summary

With a view to providing an accessory preparation toy which can prepare accessories of various sizes, colors, patterns and shapes easily and simply with joy, a storage container includes a main material storage portion, an auxiliary material storage portion and a mixing chamber. A main material and an auxiliary material which make up a mixed curable resin material are stored separately in the main material storage portion and the auxiliary material storage portion. Opening portions of the main material storage portion and the auxiliary material storage portion are formed so as to be opened by pressing the main material or the auxiliary material stored therein with fingers. Lamé flakes which represent a decorative material are mixed into the main material.