Microphone Adhesive Device with Channel and Segmented Base
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for adhering microphones or devices to the body, such as surgical tape, often detach during sweat and movement, require complete removal and reapplication, and can irritate the skin, while alternative solutions are expensive or fail to provide optimal sound quality.
Innovation Solution
A body adhesion device with a channel and adhesive layer, where the microphone or device is secured through apertures and a release liner, allowing easy removal and reapplication without skin irritation, using silicone or synthetic resin materials for flexibility and water-resistance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If surgical or athletic tape is used to adhere the microphone to the user's face, then the microphone can be securely attached, but the tape detaches during sweat and movement and requires complete removal and reapplication
Solution Approach 1:
The adhesion device is segmented into a reusable adhesive base plate and a removable microphone holder assembly. The base plate remains on the user's skin while the microphone can be easily inserted into and removed from the holder, eliminating the need to remove and reapply the entire adhesive system.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary adhesive base plate that mediates between the user's skin and the microphone. This base plate provides reliable adhesion to the skin while the microphone attaches to the base plate through a separate mechanical holder system, allowing independent removal of the microphone without affecting the adhesive attachment.
2Reliability
If traditional tape is used to adhere the microphone, then the microphone can be attached to the body, but it irritates the user's skin and hair, especially during removal
Solution Approach 1:
The adhesive base plate uses a small portion of the skin surface for adhesion, concentrating the adhesive effect locally rather than covering large areas of skin and hair. This localized adhesion reduces the total amount of adhesive contacting the skin, minimizing irritation while maintaining sufficient bond strength.
Solution Approach 2:
The adhesive base plate is designed as a disposable or easily replaceable component that can be discarded after use, eliminating the need to remove and clean adhesive residue from the user's skin and hair. The low-cost base plate is applied fresh for each use, avoiding cumulative irritation.
3Strength
If larger tape areas are used to secure tubes or cables, then secure adhesion is achieved, but additional skin and hair are subjected to the adhesive causing irritation
Solution Approach 1:
The adhesive base plate is designed to concentrate adhesion strength in a localized area rather than distributing it over a large surface. The small adhesive contact area maintains strong bond strength for securing tubes or cables while minimizing the total area of skin and hair exposed to adhesive, reducing irritation.
4Reliability
If lapel clips or custom harness systems are used instead of tape, then the microphone can be securely attached, but they are expensive and distract the audience
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the essential function of secure attachment from complex systems like lapel clips and harnesses, implementing it through a simple adhesive base plate with an integrated holder. This simplified design eliminates unnecessary complexity and cost while maintaining reliable attachment, and the minimal profile does not distract the audience.
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 device provides a reliable, sweat-resistant, and easy-to-use solution for adhering microphones or devices, reducing skin irritation and allowing for quick removal and reapplication without disturbing makeup or costumes, while maintaining sound quality.
Implementation Method 1
The second surface comprises an adhesive layer that is coextensive with the second surface, and a release liner coupled to the adhesive layer
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AI summary
A body adhesion device provides a reliable means of adhering a microphone, tube, or cable to a user's face or body that is resistant to peeling off during use and allows the user to easily remove and replace the microphone, tube, or cable. A body adhesion device features a first surface opposite a second surface, the first surface having an elevated element, a first aperture, a second aperture, and a channel therebetween such that a microphone, tube, or cable may be secured through insertion of the microphone, tube, or cable into the channel. A second surface having an adhesive layer that is coextensive with the second surface allows a user to peel away a release liner and adhere the device to the desired location on the user's face or body.