Eyewear Hanger Structure for Secure Hat Attachment

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Solution Overview

Problem

Eyewear tends to fall when stored at the back of a hat, leading to an undesirable situation.

Innovation Solution

A hanger with a holder and engagement structures is designed to securely attach to a hat or head, featuring retention rods and flexible engagement structures to prevent eyewear from moving.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If eyewear is stored at the back of a hat, then storage convenience is improved, but the eyewear tends to fall off

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestorage convenienceVSAvoideyewear retention

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

A hanger device is introduced as an intermediary between the hat and the eyewear. The hanger includes a holder that receives the eyewear and engagement structures that attach to the hat, providing a reliable connection that prevents the eyewear from falling while maintaining storage convenience.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The hanger is divided into distinct functional segments: engagement structures for attaching to the hat and a holder for securing the eyewear. This segmentation allows each part to perform its specific function effectively, with the engagement structures providing secure attachment and the holder ensuring the eyewear remains in place.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Reliability

If engagement structures are made flexible to enable secure engagement with the hat, then attachment reliability is improved, but structural complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveattachment reliabilityVSAvoidstructural complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The engagement structures incorporate flexible rod portions, particularly the third rod portion with an arch shape that can flex in the lateral direction. This flexibility enables the engagement structures to adapt to the contours of the hat and secure the hanger reliably without requiring complex adjustment mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #30Flexible shells and thin films

Solution Approach 2:

The engagement structures are designed to be dynamically adaptable rather than rigid. The flexible third rod portion can deform laterally during engagement and then return to its original position, providing a self-adjusting mechanism that simplifies the attachment process while ensuring reliable engagement.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

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 hanger effectively secures eyewear to a hat or head, preventing it from falling and ensuring stable storage.

Implementation Method 1

the third rod portion is configured to flex in the lateral direction to enable the secure engagement of the hanger with the hat or the head

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectElasticity: Elasticity

Implementation Method 2

the holder includes a layer of non-slip coating

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectFriction: Friction

Data Source

PatentUS20260003207A1Hanger for Eyewear

Publication Date: 2026.01.01 LEON TROY BERNARD

AI summary

A hanger suitable for storing an eyewear on a hat or a head of a person includes a holder for holding the eyewear, and a pair of engagement structures. The engagement structures extend in a longitudinal direction from the holder and coupled to the holder. Further, the engagement structures are arranged spaced apart from each other, and the holder extends in a lateral direction between the pair of engagement structures. Moreover, the engagement structures are adapted to engage with the hat or the head and secure the holder to the hat or the head of the person.