Earring Back Enclosure for Secure Hooped Accessory Attachment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing earring designs lack a secure means to attach additional accessories, such as hooped earrings, and are prone to dislodgment under vertical forces, posing a risk of loss and potential hazards.
Innovation Solution
An earring back design featuring a base with a central opening for a stud earring shaft, flanges for retention, and flat members forming a channel to enclose accessories, ensuring secure attachment and retention through the stud earring shaft.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a friction earring back piece is used to secure a stud earring, then the earring is retained securely to the wearer's ear, but additional accessories cannot be attached to the earring back
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements nesting by placing the hooped accessory inside the enclosure formed by the two flat members extending from the base. The accessory is threaded through the channel and held within the enclosure, creating a nested configuration where one object (accessory) is contained within another (earring back structure). This allows additional accessories to be attached without adding external complexity to the overall earring back design.
2Reliability
If hooks or hinged latches are used to secure earrings, then the earring can be attached to the earlobe, but the earring can easily fall out under vertical forces
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the earring back into distinct functional segments: a base with opening for shaft insertion, a retention component for securing the shaft, and two flat members forming an enclosure. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function effectively - the retention component provides secure attachment through friction engagement, while the flat members create a protected enclosure - without requiring complex interconnections between parts.
3Volume of moving object
If the two flat members are positioned close to the base, then the enclosure is compact, but the channel is too narrow to thread the accessory through
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the channel resiliently expandable. The two flat members are positioned at a distance from the base to form a channel that can elastically expand when the accessory is threaded through it. This dynamic characteristic allows the channel to temporarily increase its dimensions to accommodate the accessory during insertion, then return to its compact configuration to securely hold the accessory in place, effectively resolving the contradiction between compact size and threading accessibility.
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
The earring back securely holds accessories, including hooped ones, by engaging the stud earring shaft, preventing removal and maintaining attachment even under vertical forces, enhancing wearability and safety.
Implementation Method 1
said channel resiliently expands to allow said accessory to be securely held in said enclosure
Implementation Method 2
The shaft is retained by friction between flanges on the friction earring back and the shaft of the stud earring
Data Source
AI summary
An earring having an earring back to securely attach an accessory. The earring back is designed to securely retain the accessory within an enclosure by means of a shaft of a stud earring. The accessory may be a hooped accessory.