Floating Earring Conceals Attachment via Superior Concha Piercing

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional earrings can be easily identified as attached to the ear when viewed frontally, compromising aesthetics and privacy.

Innovation Solution

The earring is designed with a piercing technique that hides the attachment point, using a post and member structure where the post is anatomically hidden by the ear's anatomy, creating a floating effect, making the attachment point inconspicuous.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If the earring is attached to the ear using a conventional visible attachment method, then the attachment is secure and easy to implement, but the attachment point is readily visible when viewed frontally, compromising aesthetics and privacy

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of earring attachmentVSAvoidvisibility of attachment point

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSDifficulty of detecting and measuring

Solution Approach 1:

The piercing is relocated from the conventional front-facing earlobe to the superior concha region, utilizing the three-dimensional anatomy of the ear. This dimensional change allows the attachment mechanism to be positioned in a location that is anatomically concealed from frontal views, while still providing secure attachment functionality.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Solution Approach 2:

The post serves as an intermediary element that extends through the ear tissue from the superior concha piercing. It is anatomically concealed by the superior helix and inferior antihelix crus when viewed frontally, yet it provides the necessary structural function for securing the earring to the ear.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Difficulty of detecting and measuring

If the post is positioned to create a floating effect by extending over the hole, then the attachment point is concealed when viewed frontally, but the structural complexity of the earring increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveconcealment of attachment mechanismVSAvoidstructural complexity of earring

Core Design Contradiction:

Difficulty of detecting and measuringVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The post is designed to extend from the member (such as a setting for a stone, rectilinear member, or arcuate member) and pass through the ear tissue. This merging of the post with the member structure eliminates the need for separate attachment components, thereby concealing the attachment mechanism while avoiding excessive structural complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Difficulty of detecting and measuring

If the piercing is located in the superior concha or helix to achieve anatomical concealment, then the attachment point is hidden when viewed frontally, but the piercing technique becomes more complex and difficult to perform

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvevisibility of holeVSAvoidease of piercing procedure

Core Design Contradiction:

Difficulty of detecting and measuringVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The piercing is performed at a predetermined location in the superior concha or helix region, which has been pre-selected to provide optimal anatomical concealment. This preliminary positioning of the piercing site allows for standard piercing techniques to be used while achieving the desired concealment effect, thereby balancing piercing complexity with aesthetic requirements.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS11596210B2Piercing techniques, earrings therefor, and methods of manufacture and use thereof

Publication Date: 2023.03.07 VENUS BY MARIA TASH INC

AI summary

This disclosure enables various piercing techniques, earrings therefor, and methods of manufacture and use thereof. In particular, these technologies can preclude a bystander from readily comprehending how an earring is attached to an ear of a wearer when the bystander views the ear of the wearer frontally straight-on. This preclusion occurs by providing a floating effect for the earring based on where the ear is pierced and how the earring is structured.