Knitting Needle Storage with Adjustable Display Flap
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing knitting and crocheting needle storage devices do not efficiently accommodate needles of various types, diameters, and lengths, nor do they easily transition between storage and display configurations while ensuring easy access and removal.
Innovation Solution
A flexible storage and display device comprising a main flap, a display flap, and a strap, with snap mechanisms for secure closure and adjustable display angles, using hook and loop fasteners for quick release, allowing for easy folding and secure positioning of needles.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a traditional storage case is used, then needles can be stored, but access and removal are difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The case transitions from a static closed storage configuration to a dynamic open display configuration, allowing easy access to needles while maintaining secure storage when closed. The display flap can be folded to different positions, transforming the case between storage and display modes.
Solution Approach 2:
The case is divided into functional segments: a main body for storage, a display flap for presentation, and individual needle positions with securing mechanisms. This segmentation allows independent access to individual needles while maintaining overall case integrity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a simple storage case is used, then manufacturing is easy, but it cannot accommodate various needle types and sizes
Solution Approach 1:
The case is designed with universal adaptability to accommodate different needle types, diameters, and lengths through adjustable display angles and flexible positioning mechanisms, while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.
Solution Approach 2:
Different portions of the case have specialized features: the main body provides general storage, the display flap offers adjustable positioning, and individual needle positions have specific securing mechanisms. This local specialization enables versatility without requiring complete structural complexity throughout.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the case is made rigid for stable storage, then storage stability is improved, but folding and portability are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The case employs dynamic elements including foldable flaps and adjustable positioning mechanisms that allow the structure to transition between stable closed configuration and flexible open configuration, providing both stability during storage and ease of operation during use.
Solution Approach 2:
The case utilizes flexible components such as the display flap and folding mechanisms that enable portability and easy storage, while maintaining structural stability when in the closed or display position through appropriate hinge and support designs.
Data Source
AI summary
A knitting needle storage/display device includes a display flap, and a main flap, which is foldable at first and second fold regions, to form a first end flap portion, a middle flap portion, and a second end flap portion. A strap, being intermittently secured to the display flap, releasably supports a knitting needle between adjacent pairs of intermittently secured locations. The display flap, being secured to the main flap, can be folded between its first and second ends into a display position, and be releasably secured thereat using hook and loop fastening materials. The folded display flap in the display position exposes the ends of the needles. Snap members releasably secure the first and the second end flap portions together, when respectively folded at the first and second fold regions, in either a closed position, or an open position while the display flap is in the display position.