Elastic Tie With Malleable Wire Anchoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing tying devices fail to securely and efficiently bundle various items like power cords, cables, and loose objects due to lack of effective friction and malleability, leading to entanglement and loss.
Innovation Solution
An elastic band with malleable elements at both ends, featuring a gripping surface and internal chamber for malleable wires or substances, which provides frictional grip and secure anchoring through overlapping and bending, allowing for easy and secure bundling without requiring twisting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional tying devices are used, then items can be bundled, but they lack sufficient frictional grip and securing strength
Solution Approach 1:
The tying device combines an elastic band with malleable wire elements to create a composite structure that integrates the elasticity and friction-grip of the band with the structural strength and malleability of the wire, achieving both high securing strength and operational simplicity
Solution Approach 2:
The malleable wire elements are strategically positioned at specific locations (ends or segments) of the elastic band, providing localized areas of enhanced strength and malleability where anchoring is needed, while the rest of the band maintains its elastic properties for wrapping and tension
2Ease of operation
If twisting actions are required for anchoring, then secure binding is achieved, but the operation becomes complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The malleable wire elements automatically conform and anchor themselves when the elastic band is wrapped around items, eliminating the need for manual twisting or knot-tying actions by the user, thus simplifying the operation and reducing tying time
Solution Approach 2:
The malleable wire elements are pre-positioned within the elastic band structure, ready to perform the anchoring function as soon as the band is wrapped and tensioned, eliminating the need for subsequent twisting or securing actions
3Reliability
If malleable elements are embedded in the band, then secure anchoring is achieved, but the manufacturing process becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The malleable wire elements are nested within the elastic band structure, with the wire elements positioned inside or along the band's length, allowing the band to enclose or support the wire elements in a compact integrated assembly that simplifies manufacturing
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 solution effectively retains items in a bundled configuration with enhanced frictional grip and holding strength, ensuring secure storage without the need for complex twisting, while allowing easy release by reducing the curvature of the malleable wire.
Implementation Method 1
an elastic band, having malleable elements at both ends
Implementation Method 2
the band can be made from material that is not only elastic but also has a gripping surface on the exterior that provides for friction contact against objects
Implementation Method 3
malleable wires or malleable elements are inserted into the cavity at each end of the elastic band
Data Source
AI summary
Methods of using a tying device are provided. The tying devices can include an elastic band having at least one elongated malleable member attached to at least one end portion thereof. When the tying devices are wrapped about an object, under tension, in self-overlapping configuration, and the elongated malleable member is bent to approximate a surface contour of the object, even without wrapping the malleable member fully around the object, the combination of friction between the overlapping surfaces of the elastic band, and the rigidity of the elongated malleable member, can be sufficient to retain the tying device securely under tension.