Glove Pair Holding System with Magnetic Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing glove systems do not efficiently allow for the temporary removal of one or both gloves for tasks requiring haptic perception, leading to issues with glove storage and retrieval.
Innovation Solution
A glove pair brage system with specifically designed holding elements on each glove and a holding device, such as a belt, allowing for solvable connections that ensure compatible holding, enabling easy attachment and detachment of gloves.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If gloves are attached to a holding device for storage, then gloves are securely stored and easily found, but it becomes difficult to temporarily remove one or both gloves for tasks requiring tactile perception
Solution Approach 1:
The holding system is segmented into multiple independent holding elements (first holding element on the holding device, second holding element on one glove, third and fourth holding elements on the other glove). This segmentation allows individual gloves to be independently attached or detached while the other glove remains secured, enabling temporary removal for tactile tasks while maintaining overall system reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The holding elements are designed with dynamic attachment capabilities using magnetic forces and friction-fit connections that allow easy attachment and detachment. The magnetic holding elements can be quickly attached by bringing gloves near the holding device and easily detached when needed, providing dynamic responsiveness to operational requirements.
2Reliability
If holding elements are designed to allow attachment to the holding device, then gloves can be securely stored, but unintended holding or misconnection may occur
Solution Approach 1:
The holding elements are designed with asymmetric compatibility: the first holding element on the holding device is compatible only with specific second, third, or fourth holding elements on the gloves. This asymmetric design ensures that gloves can only be properly connected to their intended holding elements, preventing misconnection while maintaining secure attachment.
Solution Approach 2:
The holding elements act as intermediaries with specific magnetic and mechanical properties that mediate the connection between gloves and the holding device. The magnetic holding elements provide controlled attraction forces that ensure proper connection while preventing unintended holding, and the friction-fit connections provide mechanical mediation for secure yet reversible attachment.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple holding elements are provided on each glove, then flexible attachment options are available, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The holding elements are designed with universal functionality where the first holding element on the holding device can interact with second, third, or fourth holding elements on either glove. This multi-functionality allows the same basic holding element design to serve multiple attachment configurations, providing versatility while avoiding the need for entirely different holding element types for each configuration.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The system allows for the secure attachment and detachment of gloves from the holding device, ensuring that gloves are always available for use, and enabling activities with or without gloves based on the task at hand.
Implementation Method 1
the holding elements are designed such that both the gloves can be detachably connected to each other as well as to a glove or the pair of gloves to the first holding element
Data Source
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AI summary
The invention relates to a glove pair retention system for detachably connecting a first and a second glove (14, 16) of a glove pair (12) to a first retaining element (18) of a retaining device (10), such as a belt, by means of retaining elements that the gloves have. The first glove (14) has a second retaining element (22) and the second glove (16) has a third and a fourth retaining element (24, 26), wherein the retaining elements are designed such that both the gloves can be detachably connected to each other and to a glove or the glove pair to the first retaining element.The system is characterized in that the first retaining element (18) and the second retaining element (22) are designed to act in the same way so that holding between them is excluded, and that the third and fourth retaining elements (24, 26) are designed to act in the same way so that holding on both the first retaining element and the second retaining element is possible.