Customizable Pendant with Modular Gemstone Holder
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing pendants do not allow for customization in terms of gemstone size, color, or style, limiting users' ability to change or add gemstones for various life events or personal preferences.
Innovation Solution
A pendant design featuring an anchor portion with elongated sides and a gemstone holder that accommodates various shapes and sizes of gemstones, ensuring secure retention while allowing for customization and light passage, with options for different shapes and support types.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a pendant is designed with fixed gemstone settings, then the structural simplicity is maintained, but the adaptability for customization is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The pendant is divided into modular components: an anchor portion with multiple slots and removable gemstone holders. Each gemstone holder can be independently attached or detached from specific slots, allowing users to customize the arrangement without redesigning the entire pendant structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The anchor portion is designed with multiple identical slots that can accommodate various types of gemstone holders (single gemstone, multiple gemstones, different shapes). This universal slot design allows the same anchor to serve multiple customization purposes.
2Reliability
If gemstone holders are securely retained in the anchor portion, then the reliability is improved, but the ease of operation for removal and reattachment is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The gemstone holder features a dynamic retention mechanism where a portion can be pressed to release the holder from the slot. This allows the holder to transition between a secured state (when not pressed) and a removable state (when pressed), balancing reliability and ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The retention mechanism is designed to be user-operated without requiring tools or additional components. The user simply presses the designated portion of the gemstone holder to release it, making the system self-servicing and easy to operate.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the anchor portion has multiple slots for gemstone holders, then the adaptability for various gemstone arrangements is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
All slots in the anchor portion are designed with identical dimensions and retention mechanisms. This homogeneous design allows any gemstone holder to be placed in any slot, providing flexibility without increasing the complexity of individual slot designs.
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AI summary
A pendant comprising: an anchor portion having three elongated sides, at least two of the three elongated sides having a plurality of supports, a first end and a second end, a bottom substantially rectangular support that is attached on three sides to the second end of each of the three elongated sides to create an open side, a bottom side and two parallel elongated sides, wherein the two parallel elongated sides have a substantially oval shape opening proximate to the first end and having the plurality of supports; wherein the bottom substantially rectangular support extends above the open side and the two parallel elongated sides; and a gemstone holder having a two side portions, a side opening between the two side portions, a top for the receipt of a gemstone and a bottom opening.