Magnetic Foil Holder and Color Board for One-Handed Highlights
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current hair coloring and highlighting processes require an assistant to handle foil strips, leading to increased costs and inefficiencies due to the need for two-handed operations and potential color transfer during the application process.
Innovation Solution
A hair coloring assistance device with a U-shaped foil strip holder and magnetic regions that allows for single-handed operation, featuring adjustable components to accommodate varying foil strip and board sizes, enabling independent use by hairstylists.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If an assistant is used to handle foil strips and board setup, then the hair coloring process can be completed with proper foil placement and board preparation, but labor costs increase and the process becomes less efficient
Solution Approach 1:
The device enables the hairstylist to independently perform tasks that previously required an assistant. The integrated board with built-in foil storage and magnetic attachment mechanisms allows single-handed operation, eliminating the need for assistant assistance in foil placement and board preparation.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention combines multiple functions into a single integrated device: the color board, foil storage compartments, magnetic attachment mechanisms, and cutting tools are merged into one unit. This consolidation eliminates the need for separate assistant operations for each component.
2Reliability
If the hairstylist uses both hands for applying color and setting foil on the board, then proper foil placement can be achieved, but color transfer to hands and board contamination occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The foil setting function is extracted from the hairstylist's hands and integrated into the board structure itself. The board includes built-in mechanisms for foil attachment and positioning, allowing the hairstylist to apply color with one hand while the board handles foil placement independently.
Solution Approach 2:
The magnetic attachment mechanism acts as an intermediary between the foil and the board. Magnets embedded in the board automatically hold and position foil strips without direct hand contact, preventing color transfer while ensuring accurate foil placement.
3Manufacturing precision
If standard sized boards (5×8, 5×11, 5×15 inches) are used with corresponding foil sizes, then the board and foil dimensions match for proper application, but the process requires precise manual measurement and setup
Solution Approach 1:
The board is designed with multiple compartments and magnetic attachment points that accommodate various foil sizes (5×8, 5×11, 5×15 inches) within a single universal structure. This eliminates the need for separate boards for different foil sizes and simplifies the setup process.
Solution Approach 2:
The board includes pre-configured compartments and magnetic attachment mechanisms that are prepared in advance. Foil strips can be pre-placed in the compartments during setup, and the magnetic system automatically positions them correctly during use, eliminating the need for manual measurement and adjustment during the coloring process.
4Quantity of substance
If the hairstylist works alone without an assistant, then labor costs are reduced, but the ability to properly set foil and prepare the board independently is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The device is designed to be fully operable by a single hairstylist without assistant assistance. All functions including foil storage, magnetic attachment, board preparation, and color application are integrated into one unit that can be controlled with one hand.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple functions previously requiring separate operations by different people are merged into a single device: foil storage compartments, magnetic attachment mechanisms, color application surfaces, and cutting tools are combined into one integrated system that one person can operate independently.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables hairstylists to work independently, reducing labor costs and ensuring precision and consistency in hair coloring and highlighting processes.
Implementation Method 1
The color board interface extension region is configured with two magnetic regions. The color board includes at least two magnetic areas on a bottom surface of the color board that are dimensionally configured to align with the two magnetic regions on the top surface of the foil strip holder.
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates to a hair coloring assistance device including a foil strip holder, a color board interface extension region with two magnetic regions and base. A color board having at least two magnetic areas on a bottom surface of the color board interfaces with the foil strip holder and engage with the color board interface extension region with the magnetic regions. A plurality of foil strips is placed onto the foil strip holder and the color board is placed onto the color board interface extension region. The color board when placed onto the hair styling assistance device, the magnetic regions of the foil strip holder engage with the magnetic areas of the color board, enabling a hair styling professional to execute a single-handed operation of placement of a single foil strip placed onto the foil strip holder onto the color board for use during hair coloring processes.