Mouldable Polymeric Core for Reshappable Stimulation Device
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing sex toys like dildos and vibrators are limited by their fixed shape, which restricts their use and versatility in sexual stimulation, necessitating multiple versions for different functions.
Innovation Solution
A dildo or vibrator with a through-heating, mouldable polymeric core that becomes plastically mouldable at a temperature of about 40°C, allowing users to reshape and adjust it for various uses, combined with a tensile and elastic skin and an optional heating element for temperature control, enabling multiple configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If a fixed shape is used in manufacturing, then manufacturing precision is improved, but adaptability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The apparatus employs a polymeric core material that transitions from a rigid state at room temperature to a plastically mouldable state at body temperature (above 37°C). This dynamic material property change allows the apparatus to be manufactured with a precise base shape while enabling users to reshape it in vivo to various configurations for different sexual stimulation purposes, thereby resolving the contradiction between manufacturing precision and adaptability
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the temperature parameter of the polymeric core material to alter its physical properties. At manufacturing temperature, the material maintains dimensional stability for precise shaping. At body temperature (above 37°C), the material becomes plastically mouldable, allowing shape modification. This parameter-based transformation enables both manufacturing precision and post-manufacturing adaptability
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple versions are produced for different uses, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The invention creates a universal apparatus with a polymeric core that can be reshaped in vivo to serve multiple functions. Instead of producing dozens of separate versions for different sexual stimulation purposes, a single apparatus design with thermally-responsive material properties enables users to adapt one device to various uses by reshaping it at body temperature, thereby reducing device complexity while maintaining high adaptability
3Ease of operation
If the material becomes plastically mouldable at body temperature, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The invention applies local quality by creating a temperature-dependent material property distribution. The polymeric core exhibits different mechanical properties at different temperatures: dimensionally stable at room temperature for manufacturing and storage, and plastically mouldable at body temperature (above 37°C) for user operation. This localized property variation ensures both reliability during manufacturing and ease of operation during use
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 solution provides a versatile sex toy that can be adapted by the user to different shapes and functions, enhancing user experience and reducing the need for multiple versions, while maintaining dimensional stability and safety.
Implementation Method 1
the polymeric core comprises a thermoplastic... becomes plastically mouldable upon heating... heating can be applied via an electrically conductive heating element
Implementation Method 2
heating can be applied via an electrically conductive heating element... The heating element can be realized as a flexible resistance heating wire or a resistance heating band
Implementation Method 3
which becomes plastically mouldable when heated to a temperature of about 40° C. (typically about 38-42° C.) or higher
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AI summary
An apparatus for stimulation of erogenous body zones, such as a dildo and/or vibrator, having a through heating repeatedly moldable polymeric core (2) which becomes plastically moldable upon heating to a temperature above about 40° C., and which is dimensionally stable at normal body temperature and below. In result of its moldability, the apparatus can eliminate the need for separate articles for different kinds of stimulation. A tensile and elastic skin (3) encloses the polymeric core (2). The skin smoothens the shape of the apparatus and reduces the need for precision when reshaping the polymeric core.