Mountable Eyeglass Holder for Secure Surface Storage

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Solution Overview

Problem

Individuals with corrective eyewear often face challenges in keeping track of their glasses, as they are easily misplaced or damaged when removed and placed on surfaces, leading to frustration and potential loss or damage.

Innovation Solution

A mountable, secure eyeglass holder designed for easy application and removal from vertical or horizontal surfaces, featuring a rigid container with a curvilinear and linear outer region and a portable fastener for secure attachment, ensuring the glasses remain stable and accessible.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If eyeglasses are placed on table top or desk surface, then they are easily accessible, but they are at risk of being knocked to floor and damaged

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveAccessibility of eyeglassesVSAvoidSafety of eyeglasses

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The holder is divided into a rigid container portion for receiving eyeglasses and a separate portable fastener portion for attachment, allowing the container to be securely mounted on vertical surfaces while maintaining easy accessibility

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The holder transitions from horizontal surface placement to vertical surface mounting, changing the dimensional orientation from table-top level to wall-mounted level, thereby removing the risk of being knocked off while maintaining accessibility

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Loss of time

If eyeglasses are kept in a fixed location, then they are easy to find, but they cannot be easily accessed when needed

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveTime to locate eyeglassesVSAvoidAccessibility of eyeglasses

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of timeVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The portable fastener enables dynamic repositioning of the holder to different locations on vertical surfaces, allowing the user to optimize the holder's position based on current needs while maintaining a consistent, known location for the eyeglasses

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

3Reliability

If a secure holder is used to prevent loss, then eyeglasses are protected from damage, but the holder structure becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveSecurity of eyeglassesVSAvoidHolder structure complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

By separating the holder into a simple rigid container and a separate portable fastener, each component can be designed with minimal complexity while together they provide secure attachment and protection

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The portable fastener acts as an intermediary element that provides the securing function without requiring the container itself to be complex, allowing the container to remain a simple protective receptacle

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS9918576B1Eyeglass holder and associated use thereof

Publication Date: 2018.03.20 BELTZ RAYMOND

AI summary

An eyeglass holder is removably affixed to vertical and horizontal support surfaces. Such an eyeglass holder includes a rigid container suitably sized and shaped for removably receiving an existing eyeglass therein. The container has an exterior surface provided with a curvilinear outer region and a linear outer region contiguously mated with the curvilinear outer region. Notably, a portable fastener is removably affixed to the linear outer region of the exterior surface of the container.