Embroidery Thread Organizing Card with Color Samples
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of cross-stitch needlecraft kits face difficulties in correctly identifying and sorting embroidery threads due to color names without samples, leading to errors and thread shortages, as existing kits lack efficient organization and identification systems.
Innovation Solution
An embroidery thread organizing card with color-coded information zones, thread groups, and barcode for material management, allowing users to easily identify thread colors, stitches, and strand numbers, reducing sorting time and errors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If embroidery threads are packed in bundles without organization, then packaging is simple, but users have difficulty identifying and sorting correct threads
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the embroidery thread packaging into organized sections with individual compartments for different thread colors and types. Each compartment is clearly labeled and arranged systematically, allowing users to easily locate and identify specific threads without searching through bundled threads.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary organizing structure (the divided packaging system with labels and compartments) that mediates between the threads and the user. This intermediary provides visual cues and physical organization that facilitate thread identification and selection.
2Measurement precision
If instruction sheets use color names without samples, then printing is simple, but users cannot accurately identify thread colors
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates actual color samples or color-coded indicators directly on the packaging or instruction materials. These visual color references allow users to accurately match thread colors with the required colors for different sections of the embroidery work, eliminating ambiguity associated with color names alone.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses physical color samples that replicate the actual thread colors. These samples serve as accurate visual copies of the threads themselves, allowing users to compare and identify the correct threads without relying on textual descriptions that may not convey the true color.
3Productivity
If all embroidery information is printed on instruction sheets, then material usage is simple, but users must repeatedly check and sort threads during embroidery
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the thread storage organization with the embroidery instructions by integrating color codes, section identifiers, and thread information directly onto the packaging structure. This combination allows users to access both the physical threads and the instructional information simultaneously, eliminating the need to repeatedly refer to separate instruction sheets and sort through threads.
Data Source
AI summary
An embroidery thread organizing card including a thread organizing structure having a front panel and a back panel, a barcode provided on a front side of the front panel near one corner thereof for material management, and instruction information provided on a rear side of the back panel showing things to be noted during embroidering, a plurality of information zones provided on the front side of the front panel, and a plurality of embroidery thread groups having a number and a location corresponding to that of the information zones and being clamped at an end to the thread organizing structure. Each of the information zones shows a thread color sample and information related to the use of the corresponding embroidery thread group. A user picking a thread for embroidery can at the same time obtain information related to the picked thread, so as to avoid using a wrong thread and to embroider efficiently.