Foldable jewelry box
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional jewelry boxes are inefficient in organizing and storing earrings due to tangling and misplacement, and existing display racks are bulky and inconvenient for portability.
Innovation Solution
A foldable jewelry box with elongated vertical and horizontal fingers attached via tension springs, allowing for dedicated storage and display of earrings, which can be easily folded for portability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a conventional jewelry box stores multiple types of jewelry items in single compartments, then the jewelry box can hold various items, but the small jewelry items may tangle with each other and be difficult to organize
Solution Approach 1:
The jewelry box is divided into multiple compartments, each dedicated to storing specific types of jewelry items. This segmentation prevents different items from tangling with each other while maintaining organized storage. Each compartment acts as an independent storage space with appropriate structures for its designated jewelry type.
2Quantity of substance
If a conventional jewelry box stores multiple items in single compartments, then the box can hold various jewelry, but smaller items like earrings may get misplaced
Solution Approach 1:
Each compartment is designed with specific local qualities tailored to the type of jewelry it stores. For example, earring compartments have dedicated slots or holders that securely fit earring posts, preventing them from getting misplaced. The compartment structures have differentiated features such as magnetic holders, notched surfaces, or shaped recesses that match the geometry of specific jewelry items.
3Ease of operation
If conventional earring display racks are used to organize and display earrings, then earring organization is improved, but the racks become large-sized and bulky and inconvenient to carry
Solution Approach 1:
The earring display and storage structures are designed to nest within the jewelry box compartments. When not in use, the display elements can be folded or retracted into the box body, transforming the bulky display rack into a compact portable box. This allows the device to provide both organized display functionality and portability by collapsing to a small size when transport is needed.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The solution effectively prevents tangling and misplacement of earrings, allows for convenient storage and display of various earring types in a single box, and enables easy carrying due to its foldable design.
Implementation Method 1
Each horizontal tension member may include a spring that may horizontal couple adjacent elongated vertical fingers, such that an inward binding force may be formed between the adjacent elongated vertical fingers.
Data Source
AI summary
A jewelry box is disclosed. The jewelry box may include a base and a plurality of vertical elongated fingers pivotably attached to the base. The plurality of vertical elongated fingers may be placed adjacent to each other and at a first predetermined distance from each other. Further, the plurality of vertical elongated fingers may be configured to pivot around vertical elongated fingers distal ends to move the plurality of vertical elongated fingers between an open position and a closed position. The plurality of vertical elongated fingers is in the open position when the plurality of vertical elongated fingers is perpendicular to a base plane and in the closed position when the plurality of vertical elongated fingers is parallel to the base plane. The jewelry box may further include a plurality of horizontal tension members, which may form an inward binding force and may horizontally couple vertical elongated fingers.