Piercing Hole Cleaning Elements With Size-Coded Grip Handles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing piercing cleaning kits lack variety in cleaning element sizes and color coding, and do not have a finger grip for easy handling, making them inefficient for cleaning different sized piercing holes effectively.
Innovation Solution
A cleaning kit with a plurality of cleaning elements of varying sizes and color-coded handles, each designed to match specific piercing hole diameters, and featuring a handle grip for easy insertion and removal, using absorbent strands to clean and sanitize pierced holes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a single cleaning element size is used in the cleaning kit, then the device complexity is reduced, but the adaptability to different piercing hole sizes is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning kit is segmented into multiple cleaning elements, each with a different size specifically designed to clean different sized piercing holes. This segmentation allows the kit to adapt to various piercing sizes while maintaining simple individual element designs.
Solution Approach 2:
The cleaning kit is designed as a universal solution that can clean multiple types of piercings (earlobes, cartilage, nose, eyebrow, lip, tongue, nipple, belly button) by including cleaning elements of various sizes, making it adaptable to different body parts and piercing hole dimensions.
2Ease of operation
If cleaning elements without color coding are used, then the manufacturing process is simpler, but the ease of selecting the correct size for specific piercing holes is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
Different cleaning elements are color-coded to indicate their respective sizes and the appropriate piercing hole diameters they are designed to clean. This color coding system provides visual guidance for easy selection without complicating the manufacturing process.
3Ease of operation
If cleaning elements without finger grips are used, then the device complexity is reduced, but the ease of gripping and handling during cleaning is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning elements feature finger grips at specific locations (ends of the cleaning elements) to provide enhanced grip and control during the cleaning process. This localized addition of ergonomic features improves handling without significantly increasing overall device complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The kit effectively cleans and sanitizes pierced holes by removing debris and bacteria, minimizing tissue damage, and ensuring thorough cleaning of various piercing sizes with ease and safety.
Implementation Method 1
These known piercing cleaning kits are often saturated with a cleaner that would help to clean the old piercing hole.
Data Source
AI summary
A cleaning kit, device and method are used to clean an old piercing in a body part of a user. The cleaning kit may have a plurality of cleaning elements wherein each cleaning element is sized to clean a particular sixed piercing hole. Each cleaning element may be color coded and may have a gripping point. Each cleaning element may be wetted in a cleaning solution that aids in the cleaning of the old piercing hole.