Magnetic Accessory Holder With Clothing-Mounted Retaining Channels
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing solutions for storing small accessories like wireless earbuds and golf tees are inadequate in providing secure, accessible, and comfortable storage, often leading to loss or damage due to loose carrying or bulky cases.
Innovation Solution
A magnetic accessory holder with a backing plate and retaining bracket that uses embedded magnets to securely attach to clothing, featuring elongated channels or receptacles for easy access and storage of accessories.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If accessories are carried loosely in pockets, then ease of access is improved, but security and risk of loss deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the accessory holder with clothing by integrating magnets into the backing plate that attaches to the clothing fabric. This merging of the holder and clothing creates a secure yet accessible storage solution, eliminating the need to carry separate cases while preventing loss through magnetic retention.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces magnets as an intermediary mechanism between the holder and clothing. The magnets provide the bonding force that secures accessories to the holder while allowing easy removal when needed, thus resolving the contradiction between secure storage and ease of access.
2Reliability
If bulky cases are used for storage, then security is improved, but portability and comfort deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the essential security function from bulky cases and implements it through a thin backing plate with magnets. This extraction eliminates the need for heavy protective cases while maintaining security through magnetic attachment to clothing, achieving both security and portability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses a thin, flexible backing plate as the holder structure instead of rigid bulky cases. The thin plate integrates magnets to provide security while being lightweight and comfortable for wearing on clothing, thus resolving the contradiction between security and portability.
3Shape
If magnets are fully embedded in the backing plate, then aesthetic appearance is improved, but magnetic attachment strength deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by having magnets partially embedded in the backing plate rather than uniformly fully embedded. This allows specific regions (where aesthetics matter) to be smooth while other regions maintain protruding magnets for strong attachment, thus balancing aesthetic appearance with magnetic strength.
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
Provides secure and convenient storage for accessories, reducing the likelihood of loss and damage while maintaining ease of access, enhancing user experience.
Implementation Method 1
The aligned sets of magnets can fasten the retaining bracket to the backing plate by magnetic attraction
Data Source
AI summary
A magnetic accessory holder can include a backing plate and a retaining bracket attached magnetically to each other. The backing plate can include an elongated body with a first set of magnets embedded in the body. The retaining bracket can include an outer surface and an inner surface, each of which extends between the top and bottom surfaces of the retaining bracket. The inner surface can include elongated channels each of which forms a receptacle extending from the top surface to the bottom surface of the retaining bracket. The retaining bracket can also include a second of magnets, where the magnets of the first set and of the second set are positioned to align with each other to fasten the retaining bracket to the backing plate by magnetic attraction, and where each receptacle is configured to receive a protruding portion of an electronics accessory.