Pocket Divider Tab Attachment Mechanism

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing pockets lack a secure attachment mechanism for dividers, leading to easy removal or tearing, which compromises organization and compartmentalization of contents.

Innovation Solution

A pocket assembly with a divider featuring a tab that extends through an opening at the bottom edge and is securely attached to the pocket panel, providing a stable and easy-to-manufacture attachment mechanism.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a divider is placed in a pocket without a secure attachment mechanism, then the pocket can be easily manufactured and assembled, but the divider can be easily removed or torn, compromising organization

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedivider attachment securityVSAvoidattachment mechanism complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The attachment mechanism is segmented into two distinct components: a tab extending from the divider and a corresponding opening in the pocket panel. This segmentation allows the divider to be securely attached through the opening while maintaining simple overall construction and easy manufacturing of individual components.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Reliability

If a secure attachment mechanism is added to the pocket, then the divider becomes securely attached and cannot be easily removed or torn, but the manufacturing and assembly process becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedivider attachment securityVSAvoidpocket assembly manufacturing ease

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The tab is constructed as a thin, flexible extension of the divider that can be easily formed and attached. This thin-film approach provides secure attachment functionality without adding significant structural complexity or manufacturing difficulty to the overall assembly process.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #30Flexible shells and thin films

3Stability of the object's composition

If the tab is folded flat against the outside surface and attached, then the attachment is secure and stable, but the manufacturing precision requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetab attachment stabilityVSAvoidtab folding and attachment precision

Core Design Contradiction:

Stability of the object's compositionVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The tab is pre-formed as an integral extension of the divider during the divider manufacturing process, rather than being attached separately. This preliminary formation ensures proper alignment and reduces the precision requirements for subsequent assembly operations, as the tab is already positioned correctly relative to the divider.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS8152050B2Pocket with secure dividers

Publication Date: 2012.04.10 ACCO BRANDS CORP

AI summary

A pocket assembly includes a major panel and a pocket panel coupled together to define a pocket between the panels. A divider is placed in the pocket to partition the pocket into two or more compartments. The divider comprises a securing element secured to at least one of the major and pocket panels.