Resilient Pet Tag Holder Dampening Rattling Noise
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Solution Overview
Problem
Pet tags attached to collars often rattle and produce undesirable noise due to their movement and impact, which existing holders fail to adequately address.
Innovation Solution
A flexible, resilient pet tag holder with a hollow sleeve and slot design that securely encloses the tag, using a translucent material to dampen sound and featuring a fastener for attachment to the collar, preventing rattling by completely enclosing the tag.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-generated harmful factors
If pet tags are attached to collars using S-shaped hooks or rings, then the tags can be securely attached to the collar, but the tags rattle and produce undesirable noise during pet movement
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the noise-generating function from the tag system by removing the tag from direct contact with the collar. The tag is enclosed within a holder that attaches to the collar, separating the attachment function (performed by the holder) from the tag, thereby eliminating the rattling noise while maintaining secure attachment.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a holder as an intermediary component between the tag and the collar. This holder serves as a mediator that provides both secure attachment to the collar and noiseless enclosure for the tag, resolving the contradiction between secure attachment and noise reduction.
2Object-generated harmful factors
If pet tags are enclosed in a holder to prevent rattling, then noise is reduced, but access to the tag information becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a flexible, resilient body that forms the holder enclosure. This flexible material allows the holder to deform slightly, enabling easy insertion and removal of tags while maintaining the enclosed, noiseless structure. The flexibility facilitates access to tag information without compromising noise reduction.
Solution Approach 2:
The holder incorporates dynamic elements including a resilient body that can deform and a slot mechanism that allows the holder to open and close. This dynamic design enables easy access to the tag for reading information or replacement while maintaining the enclosed structure that prevents rattling noise during normal pet movement.
3Strength
If a rigid holder structure is used to enclose the tag, then the holder provides structural strength, but the holder cannot dampen sound effectively
Solution Approach 1:
The patent utilizes a composite structure combining a flexible, resilient body with noise-dampening properties. The material composition provides both the necessary structural strength to maintain holder shape and the acoustic damping characteristics to absorb and reduce sound from tag movement, resolving the contradiction between strength and sound dampening.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the physical parameters of the holder material, specifically using a flexible, resilient material with appropriate elasticity and damping characteristics. This parameter selection allows the holder to maintain structural integrity while effectively absorbing and dampening sound waves generated by tag movement, unlike rigid materials that would transmit noise.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The pet tag holder effectively silences the noise caused by tag movement and impact, providing secure and quiet attachment to pet collars while allowing easy access and visibility of the tag information.
Implementation Method 1
The body is made of a flexible, resilient material that dampens sound
Implementation Method 2
The body defines a hollow sleeve having an interior cavity adapted for receiving and enclosing at least one pet tag... effectively silences the noise caused by tag movement and impact
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AI summary
A pet tag holder (20) supports from a pet collar (42) a pet tag (40) having a hole. The pet tag holder (20) comprises a flexible, resilient body (22) including a major front wall (24), an opposed major rear wall (26), side edge walls (28) interconnecting the front and rear walls (24, 26), a top edge wall (30), and a bottom edge wall (32). The top and bottom edge walls are continuous with the side edge walls (28) and interconnect the front and rear walls (24, 26). The body (22) defines a hollow sleeve having an interior cavity (33) adapted for receiving and enclosing at least one pet tag (40) and a slot (34) for inserting the tag (40) into the sleeve.