Hand Mixer Attachment Holder for Secure Multi-Implement Retention
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing hand mixer attachment systems lack an efficient and secure method to retain multiple implement attachments when not in use, leading to potential loss or misplacement.
Innovation Solution
An attachment holder with mounting projections and a device retention projection featuring multiple channels that securely engage with the hand mixer's attachment hubs, allowing for retention of multiple attachments when not in use, and easy assembly with the mixer.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple implement attachments are retained separately, then attachment security is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple attachment retention functions into a single integrated holder unit. The holder includes a body with multiple attachment hubs and multiple implement attachments retained within a single structured assembly, allowing all attachments to be secured together rather than separately, thus improving security while maintaining manageable complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The holder is designed as a multi-functional device that can retain multiple different types of implement attachments simultaneously. The body includes multiple attachment hubs and retention mechanisms that can accommodate various implements, making the holder universally applicable to different attachment types while providing secure retention for all.
2Reliability
If attachments are integrated with the mixer, then attachment security is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system is divided into separate functional segments: the holder unit containing multiple attachments, and the mixer body with attachment hubs. This segmentation allows the holder with attachments to be easily assembled or disassembled from the mixer as a single unit, improving ease of operation while maintaining secure retention when connected through the attachment hubs.
3Reliability
If multiple attachments are retained in a holder, then loss prevention is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The holder structure employs a nested arrangement where multiple implement attachments are retained within the body of the holder. The attachments are positioned in designated slots or compartments within the holder's structure, allowing them to be stored together in an organized manner that prevents loss while avoiding excessive structural complexity through efficient space utilization.
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AI summary
An implement attachment holder for a hand mixer includes a body defining opposed first and second surfaces and first and second mounting projections coupled with the body and extending away from the first surface of the body at respective first and second locations spaced apart at a first distance along a first direction. The attachment holder further includes a device retention projection extending away from the second surface of the body and partially along the first surface to at least partially overlie the first and second locations from which the first and second mounting projections extend. The device retention projection further defines at least three attachment channels extending in a second direction normal to the first direction at spaced-apart locations along the device retention projection.