Flexible Cable Frame for Jewelry with Knot-Integrated Decorative Elements
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing jewelry designs lack adaptability to the profile of the body, resulting in a rigid and inflexible fit, which affects the perceived quality and comfort, and often require excessive materials, increasing costs.
Innovation Solution
A flexible support frame with junction nodes that allow decorative elements to contribute to cohesion and adaptation, featuring adjustable rigidity through varying crossing densities, enabling the frame to deform and follow body contours while maintaining structural integrity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If a rigid mesh structure is used to support decorative elements, then the structural strength is improved, but the adaptability to body profiles deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The support frame is segmented into multiple rigid or semi-rigid elements connected by flexible joints, allowing each segment to maintain structural integrity while the overall structure adapts to body contours through joint movement
Solution Approach 2:
The support frame incorporates flexible joints that enable dynamic movement and adaptation to body profiles, transforming a static rigid structure into a dynamic system that can conform to various shapes while maintaining strength
2Adaptability or versatility
If the mesh is made flexible to adapt to body profiles, then the adaptability is improved, but the structural hold and perceived quality deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The frame is divided into rigid segments connected by flexible joints, concentrating flexibility at specific points while maintaining rigidity in the load-bearing decorative element supports
Solution Approach 2:
Different parts of the frame have different properties: rigid sections provide structural hold and support decorative elements, while flexible joints provide adaptability to body profiles
3Strength
If twisted metal wires are used to form lace structure, then the structural firmness is improved, but the flexibility to adapt to profiles deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The twisted wire structure is segmented into discrete elements connected by flexible joints, allowing the firm twisted sections to provide strength while the joints enable profile adaptation
4Stability of the object's composition
If decorative elements are threaded into the support frame at junction nodes, then the cohesion of the frame is improved, but the complexity of positioning and fixing deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The decorative elements themselves serve as the fixing mechanism by being threaded through the junction nodes, eliminating the need for separate fixing components and simplifying the overall structure
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 provides a comfortable, fluid, and adaptable jewelry piece that enhances the appearance of movement and flexibility, allowing precise positioning of decorative elements and varying rigidity to suit different body profiles, thereby improving both aesthetics and wearability.
Implementation Method 1
the frame is able to deform elastically and follow the movements of this part of the body
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AI summary
A jewellery article (10) is proposed comprising: - at least one cable (12) defining a plurality of strands (18) arranged in relation to each other to form a flexible support frame (14), - a plurality of decorative elements (16) each threaded into at least two strands (18) of said at least one cable (12) so that each decorative element (16) forms a joining knot (19) of the flexible support frame (14).