Eyewear Carrying Device with Spring Clips and Tracking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing eyewear cases are bulky, difficult to carry, prone to loss, and lack space for lens cleaning materials, leading to increased costs and risk of damage to eyewear.
Innovation Solution
A compact device with a hollow body, spring-biased hinged clips for attachment to a waist belt, and a communication tag for monitoring the location of eyewear, allowing easy access and notification of misplaced items.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If existing eyewear cases are made bulky to provide adequate protection and storage space, then protection and storage capacity are improved, but portability and ease of carrying deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The case incorporates a spring-biased hinged clip that allows dynamic attachment to waist belts. The hinged mechanism enables the case to be easily attached and detached while maintaining secure protection when worn, resolving the contradiction between protection and portability by making the case mobile rather than stationary.
Solution Approach 2:
The case serves multiple functions: it protects eyewear, stores cleaning materials, attaches to waist belts for portability, and includes communication tags for tracking. This multi-functionality allows a single device to address protection, storage, and ease of carrying simultaneously.
2Ease of operation
If existing eyewear cases are made compact for easy carrying, then portability is improved, but storage space for cleaning materials and proper eyewear fitting deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The case interior is segmented into distinct compartments: a main cavity for eyewear with an upwardly protruding feature, a second compartment for cleaning materials accessible through a separate opening, and attachment features on the exterior. This segmentation allows efficient use of space while maintaining adequate storage for multiple items.
Solution Approach 2:
The case utilizes vertical space with an upwardly protruding feature inside the cavity to maintain eyewear in a particular position, and includes exterior attachment features on the back section for waist belt connection. This three-dimensional utilization of space maximizes storage capacity within a compact form factor.
3Device complexity
If existing eyewear cases lack attachment features, then simplicity is maintained, but risk of loss and ability to carry on person deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The case includes a spring-biased hinged clip with a catching feature that automatically engages with waist belts. The spring mechanism provides self-service attachment without requiring additional fastening steps or complex locking mechanisms, maintaining simplicity while preventing loss.
Solution Approach 2:
The attachment mechanism uses spring bias to provide adjustable attachment force. The spring can be compressed to release and naturally returns to its biased state to secure the case, changing the physical state from loose to securely attached through a simple parameter change rather than complex mechanisms.
4Ease of manufacture
If existing eyewear cases do not include tracking technology, then manufacturing simplicity is maintained, but ability to detect misplaced items deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The case replaces mechanical search methods with electronic tracking. A communication tag embedded in the case can be detected by monitoring devices, substituting the need for manual searching with automated electronic detection, thereby improving detection capability while maintaining relatively simple manufacturing through integration of off-the-shelf tracking components.
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 device provides a sleek, secure way to carry eyewear, reduces loss and damage, and integrates lens cleaning materials, while enabling location tracking and notification of forgotten items.
Implementation Method 1
A spring biased hinged clip is coupled to an outward facing surface of the back section of the body
Implementation Method 2
A communication tag is configured for transmitting a signal to a monitoring device
Data Source
AI summary
A device for carrying eyewear comprising a hollow body having an upwardly protruding feature located inside the cavity protruding upward from a bottom section. A front section and top section are configured to open away from a back to provide access to the cavity from above the hollow body. A spring biased hinged clip is configured to couple the hollow body to a waist belt. A second spring biased hinged clip is configured for retaining against an inside surface of the hollow body a piece of material configured for cleaning an eyewear lens. A pocket is configured to hold to a communication tag configured for wireless communication with a monitoring device, wherein the monitoring device is configured for sending an alert message for display on a user interface of a remote computing device if the monitoring device determines that a proximity is greater than a threshold proximity.