Multi-Tail Fashion Accessory for Item Engagement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing fashion accessories do not allow users to easily engage with and utilize items that are being carried or supported by the accessory while it remains worn.
Innovation Solution
An accessory with elongate, flexible elements of varying lengths, secured together in a central region, allows for the attachment of items like ear plugs, glasses holders, and charms, with connectors and terminations enabling easy access and attachment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If items are stored within a purse or pocketbook, then items can be contained and transported, but users cannot easily engage with and utilize items while the accessory remains worn
Solution Approach 1:
The accessory is divided into multiple free-hanging elements of varying lengths, each capable of independently carrying items. This segmentation allows users to access items on different elements without removing the entire accessory, solving the problem of difficult item engagement while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from a two-dimensional flat purse structure to a three-dimensional multi-element configuration that hangs at different lengths and positions. This dimensional change creates multiple accessible zones for items, enabling easy engagement while the accessory remains worn, without significantly increasing structural complexity.
2Quantity of substance
If a necklace loop is used to suspend items, then items can be carried, but few items can be on the necklace and engaging with such items is difficult
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of a single necklace loop, the invention uses multiple free-hanging elements (at least three) of varying lengths. Each element can carry one or more items, significantly increasing the total number of items that can be carried. The segmentation also makes item engagement easier as users can access items on different elements without disturbing others.
Solution Approach 2:
The free-hanging elements are designed to move independently, allowing items to be accessed and engaged with dynamically as the accessory moves on the user's body. This dynamic configuration enables easy item engagement while carrying multiple items, overcoming the limitations of a static necklace loop.
3Quantity of substance
If multiple items are attached to an accessory, then carrying capacity increases, but accessibility and ease of use of individual items decreases
Solution Approach 1:
Items are distributed across multiple free-hanging elements rather than being clustered together. This segmentation creates spatial separation that reduces the time needed to access specific items, as users can directly reach for the element containing the desired item without sifting through other items. The number of items carried is maintained while access time is reduced.
Solution Approach 2:
By arranging items vertically at different lengths along multiple hanging elements, the invention creates a three-dimensional organization system. This dimensional arrangement allows users to quickly locate and access items based on their position, reducing access time while maintaining high carrying capacity across multiple elements.
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AI summary
An accessory secures items about the about the head, neck or waist of a user. The accessory drapes from the user and has plural elongate, flexible elements with at least first and second groupings having different lengths. Each of the elements extends to free ends separated from each other by a central region. A first grouping of the elements is shorter than the second grouping. All of the groupings are secured together in the central region. A connector is attached to one or both of the free ends of at least one of the elements. A termination is at one or both of the free ends of at least a portion of the plurality of elements. An item is selectively attachable to the connector. In certain implementations, a slidable element is mounted to at least one of the elements which is manually movable to reveal or conceal an attached item.