Lens Filter Storage Case With Angled Access and Soft Retention
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing storage solutions for cinematography lens filters do not adequately protect and organize these filters when not in use, leading to potential damage and disorganization.
Innovation Solution
A storage device with a two-part casing and lid design featuring angled openings, magnetic attraction, and compressive strips to securely hold the lens filters, allowing for efficient stacking and protection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a rigid casing is used to protect the lens filter, then protection reliability is improved, but the risk of scratching the filter surface increases
Solution Approach 1:
The insertable strip is made of a material with lower hardness than the casing material, creating a localized soft contact surface within the rigid casing structure. This allows the casing to provide overall protection while the soft strip specifically prevents surface scratching of the lens filter.
Solution Approach 2:
The insertable strip acts as an intermediary element between the rigid casing and the lens filter. It mediates the interaction by providing a compliant contact surface that prevents direct hard contact, thereby eliminating the scratching hazard while maintaining structural protection.
2Volume of moving object
If the lid is hinged on the longer side edge, then clearance space is improved, but the swing angle is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The hinge is deliberately positioned on the longer side edge rather than the center or shorter edge, creating an asymmetric configuration. This asymmetric placement optimizes the balance between clearance space requirements and swing angle, allowing the lid to clear internal components while maintaining adequate opening angle for access.
3Stability of the object's composition
If compressive force is applied to secure the lens filter, then stability is improved, but potential deformation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The insertable strip is made of a material with specifically selected mechanical properties (lower hardness, appropriate compressibility) that allow it to apply stabilizing compressive force without exceeding the deformation threshold of the lens filter. The material parameters are chosen to provide just enough friction and compression to prevent movement while protecting the filter.
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 secure, organized, and protective storage for cinematography lens filters, preventing damage and facilitating easy access while maintaining filter integrity.
Implementation Method 1
The casing of the storage device can include magnetic parts so that multiple storage devices can magnetically attract and be stacked horizontally and vertically while magnetically attached to one another.
Data Source
AI summary
A storage device for a cinematography lens filter used with the lenses of video recorders and cameras is disclosed. The storage device may have a casing and a lid. The casing may have a two-part body including a first casing enclosure and a second casing enclosure, the two-part body having a latch receiver near an angled top opening of the two-part body. The lid may be attached to the casing and also have a two-part body including a first lid section and a second lid section, the lid having a latch on a lid side edge and an angled bottom opening that inclines upward towards the latch.