Mobile phone case with compartment configured to store and provide quick access to a pod of sanitizing wipes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile phone cases do not effectively integrate a compartment for storing and easily accessing sanitizing wipes and liquid sanitizers, which are essential for hygiene in a post-COVID-19 world, while also providing adequate protection for the phone.
Innovation Solution
A mobile phone case with a detachable and refillable pod compartment that houses sanitizing wipes and liquid sanitizers, allowing easy access and replacement, and is designed to securely attach to the phone case with a receiver and giver mechanism for leak-proof storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a traditional phone case is used, then the phone is protected, but there is no integrated storage for sanitizing wipes and liquid sanitizers
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements nesting by placing a removable pod containing sanitizing wipes inside the phone case housing. The pod is inserted into a dedicated compartment within the case, allowing the sanitizing storage function to be nested within the protective case structure. This resolves the contradiction by adding versatility through integrated storage while maintaining relatively simple case structure through modular compartment design.
Solution Approach 2:
The phone case is designed to serve multiple functions: protecting the phone and simultaneously storing sanitizing wipes and liquid sanitizers. The removable pod design allows the same case to adapt to different sanitizing needs (wipes or liquid sanitizer), providing universal hygiene functionality. This resolves the contradiction by making the case multi-functional without significantly increasing structural complexity.
2Ease of operation
If sanitizing wipes are stored in the phone case, then hygiene is improved, but access to wipes may be inconvenient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamics by making the pod removable from the case compartment. The pod can be easily taken out when sanitizing wipes are needed, providing dynamic access rather than fixed storage. This resolves the contradiction by enabling easy wipe accessibility through simple removal of the pod, while keeping the compartment mechanism relatively simple without complex locking or opening systems.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a compartment for sanitizing materials is added to the phone case, then hygiene functionality is improved, but the case size and volume increase
Solution Approach 1:
The sanitizing pod is nested within the phone case compartment, allowing efficient use of internal space. The pod contains both wipes and can accommodate liquid sanitizer, maximizing the utility of the added volume. This resolves the contradiction by providing sanitizing storage capability through compact nested design, minimizing the increase in overall case volume.
4Adaptability or versatility
If liquid sanitizer is stored in the case, then sanitizing options are improved, but leakage risk increases
Solution Approach 1:
The liquid sanitizer bottle is nested within the removable pod, which itself is placed in the case compartment. This nested arrangement provides multiple containment barriers, reducing leakage risk. The pod acts as an intermediate container that protects the liquid sanitizer from leaking directly into the case, resolving the contradiction by providing sanitizing method variety through liquid sanitizer storage while maintaining reliability through nested leak-proof containment.
Data Source
AI summary
A cell phone case includes a housing, pod, and cover. The housing has: a first opening creating a first housing cavity to house the cell phone; and a second opening forming a second housing cavity to house the pod. The pod includes: a backing, a container, and a strip. The container has an elongated opening into a cavity that houses sanitizing wipes. A portion of the strip is sized to cover and extend beyond a periphery of the opening, and releasably adhere to the container to seal the opening to house the sanitizing wipes in a waterproof manner. A second portion of the strip is grasped to unseal and reseal the first portion. The cover attaches to the housing to hide the pod, which may be releasably retained in the housing even when the cover is removed. A spray bottle of sanitizer is stored in the second housing cavity.