Keepsake Cavity Frame Shoulder Retention Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing keepsake arrangements are cumbersome, time-consuming, and difficult to construct, requiring complex assembly and depending on hand pressure to create impressions, making them less user-friendly and aesthetically pleasing.
Innovation Solution
A keepsake arrangement featuring a cavity with an impressible material sealed by a sealable lip and a frame with a shoulder section that extends over the opening, allowing for easy retention of the material after the seal is removed, and a method involving removing the seal, making an impression, and coupling the frame to retain the material, which can be quickly and easily assembled without complex components.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a seal is used to seal the impressible material in the cavity, then the impressible material can be retained and moisture maintained, but the assembly becomes more complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The seal is integrated directly into the cavity structure, forming a unified component rather than a separate attachment. This merging eliminates the need for separate sealing operations and reduces assembly steps, resolving the contradiction between reliable retention and assembly complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The seal is designed to be self-retaining through its integration with the cavity lip, eliminating the need for additional fastening components or complex assembly procedures. The seal automatically maintains its position and function once installed
2Reliability
If clamping elements, nuts and bolts are used to clamp the receptacle to the frame, then the impressible material can be secured, but the construction becomes cumbersome and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The complex fastening system (clamping elements, nuts, and bolts) is completely removed from the design. The cavity and frame are redesigned to provide inherent securing through their geometric integration, eliminating the need for separate fastening components and simplifying construction
Solution Approach 2:
The securing function is merged into the structural design of the cavity and frame themselves. The interlocking geometry of these components provides automatic securing without requiring additional fastening hardware, making construction simple and intuitive
3Ease of operation
If the receptacle depends on hand pressure to displace the clay above the edges, then the impression can be made, but the arrangement is less user-friendly and requires complicated assembly
Solution Approach 1:
The cavity is pre-configured with integrated sealing and retention features built into its structure. This preliminary design integration ensures that the impressible material is automatically sealed and retained without requiring complex assembly operations or specialized user techniques
Solution Approach 2:
The sealing, retaining, and structural support functions are merged into the cavity and frame components. This integration eliminates the need for separate mechanisms and complicated assembly procedures, making the device simple to construct and user-friendly
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 user-friendly, aesthetically pleasing keepsake arrangement that is easy to construct and manufacture, allowing for quick creation and retention of impressions, overcoming the deficiencies of prior art by eliminating the need for complex assembly and ensuring the impressible material remains in place without falling out.
Implementation Method 1
a seal, sealingly coupled to a lip about the cavity, for sealing the impressible material in the cavity and for maintaining moisture in the impressible material
Implementation Method 2
maintaining moisture in the impressible material while the seal is sealingly coupled to the lip about the cavity
Data Source
AI summary
A keepsake arrangement comprising a cavity defined by at least one cavity wall and having an opening, an impressible material disposed in the cavity, a seal, sealingly coupled to a lip about the cavity, for sealing the impressible material in the cavity and for maintaining moisture in the impressible material while the seal is sealingly coupled to the lip about the cavity, a frame releasably coupleable to at least a portion of the lip that extends about the cavity, the frame comprising a shoulder section that extends over the opening when the frame is coupled to the at least one cavity wall, wherein the shoulder section is dimensioned to assist in retaining the impressible material in the cavity when the seal is removed from the lip about the cavity and the moisture is removed from the impressible material. A method of making a keepsake utilizing a keepsake arrangement as disclosed herein is also provided.