Hang Tag With Resilient Snapping Member for Socket
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional hang tags have poor fastening capabilities and low structural strength, often getting jammed in sockets, making them difficult to remove.
Innovation Solution
A hang tag design featuring a hanging card with a first enhancement member, a second enhancement member, and a label adhering member, including resilient members, snapping sections, and limit members to enhance structural strength, stability, and facilitate easy insertion and removal from sockets.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If a conventional hang tag is used, then the structure is simple, but the structural strength is low and fastening capability is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The hang tag is divided into multiple functional components: a card body, a resilient member with pressing portion, and a snapping member with limiting portion. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function while collectively providing strong fastening capability without excessive overall complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The hang tag combines different material properties within a single structure: a rigid card body for structural support, and a resilient member with elastic properties for providing pressing force. This composite approach enhances overall strength while maintaining reasonable structural complexity.
2Reliability
If a conventional hang tag is used, then the design is simple, but the fastening capability is poor and jamming occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The resilient member is designed to be elastically deformable, allowing it to dynamically adjust during insertion and fastening. The pressing portion can be compressed to facilitate insertion, then rebounds to provide continuous fastening force, preventing jamming while improving reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The snapping member includes a limiting portion with specific dimensional parameters that control the insertion depth and fastening state. By adjusting these parameters, the hang tag achieves reliable fastening without excessive complexity in the overall structure.
3Ease of operation
If the hang tag is inserted into the socket, then secure attachment is achieved, but removal becomes difficult due to jamming
Solution Approach 1:
The resilient member is pre-loaded with elastic energy that automatically engages the snapping member during insertion. This preliminary action ensures secure attachment without requiring additional fastening steps, while the stored energy facilitates easy removal by simply pulling to overcome the elastic force.
4Ease of operation
If the snapping member is allowed to insert freely, then insertion is easy, but excessive insertion depth cannot be controlled
Solution Approach 1:
The snapping member includes a limiting portion that automatically stops the insertion process when it contacts the card body. This self-limiting mechanism provides precise insertion depth control without requiring external control systems or complex manufacturing tolerances.
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 enhanced design provides increased structural strength, stability, and ease of use, preventing jamming and allowing secure attachment and detachment from sockets while preventing excessive insertion and providing a slip-resistant grip.
Implementation Method 1
A pressing of the pressing members flexibly deforms the resilient members and move same toward each other
Data Source
AI summary
A hang tag includes a hanging card including a label adhering member between a first enhancement member and a second enhancement member, the first enhancement member including a through hole, and the second enhancement member including two extending seats projecting out of front and rear ends respectively; two opposite resilient members extending downward from the extending seats, each resilient member including a first inclined section having one end integrally formed with bottoms of the extending seats, and a second inclined section having one end integrally formed with the other end of the first inclined section; two pressing members each formed at a joining portion of the first inclined section and the second inclined section; and a snapping member including two snapping sections on two sides respectively and an interconnection section interconnecting the snapping sections. The snapping member is configured to insert into a socket.