Magnetic Item Attachment Kit for Quick Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Small, compact items are frequently lost or misplaced, leading to inefficiencies in locating them and the need for replacement, highlighting the need for a cost-effective and efficient method to attach and detach items quickly.
Innovation Solution
A kit featuring a magnetic assembly with a strong magnetic attraction system, including a magnetically attractable inner and outer plate, and an engagement pin, allowing for quick connection and disconnection of items, potentially integrated with RFID tags and other devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If items are made small and compact, then portability is improved, but items are easily lost or misplaced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple items into a single organized case with compartments, merging their functions while maintaining individual accessibility. This resolves the contradiction by keeping items compact within the case (improving portability) while providing structured organization that prevents loss and misplacement (improving reliability).
Solution Approach 2:
The case serves multiple functions: it stores and organizes multiple items, provides quick access through openable compartments, and can be carried portably. This multi-functionality addresses the contradiction by making the compact case not just a container but an active organizational system that prevents item loss.
2Reliability
If traditional attachment methods are used, then item security is improved, but attachment and detachment time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The case is divided into separate openable compartments that can be accessed independently. This segmentation allows users to quickly open only the specific compartment needed rather than accessing the entire case, reducing time loss while maintaining secure closure of other compartments.
Solution Approach 2:
The compartments are designed to be dynamically openable and closable, transitioning between locked and accessible states. This dynamic design allows rapid attachment and detachment of items while maintaining security when closed, resolving the contradiction between security and speed.
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
Enables secure, efficient attachment and detachment of items, reducing the time spent searching for misplaced items and minimizing replacement costs, while maintaining a secure magnetic hold.
Implementation Method 1
a magnet for providing a magnetic attraction strong enough to movably hold the magnet adjacent a first outer plate
Data Source
AI summary
Kits enabling one or more items to be attached or detached using an assembly with a magnet for providing a magnetic attraction strong enough to movably hold the magnet adjacent a first outer plate for a quick connecting and disconnecting of an item.