Rotatable Clamping Parts for Adjustable Neck Massager Fit
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional neck massagers struggle to adapt to the diverse shapes and sizes of different users' necks, leading to discomfort during use.
Innovation Solution
The neck massager features rotatable clamping parts and arms that can adjust to fit various neck sizes and shapes through a combination of rotating axes, positioning assemblies, and limiting mechanisms, allowing for customizable fit and comfort.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the neck massager uses a fixed clamping structure, then the device complexity is low, but the adaptability to different neck shapes and sizes is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The clamping parts are designed to be rotatable relative to the clamping arms, allowing dynamic adjustment of the clamping structure to adapt to different neck shapes and sizes. This rotational mechanism enables the device to change its configuration without requiring multiple fixed components, thus improving adaptability while controlling complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The clamping structure is divided into separate components: clamping arms and rotatable clamping parts. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently, with the clamping parts being able to rotate to different positions to fit various neck contours, thereby enhancing versatility without proportionally increasing overall device complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the clamping parts are made rotatable to fit different necks, then the adaptability improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The clamping parts are designed to be rotatable relative to the clamping arms, allowing dynamic adjustment of the clamping structure to adapt to different neck shapes and sizes. This rotational mechanism enables the device to change its configuration without requiring multiple fixed components, thus improving adaptability while controlling complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The rotatable clamping parts serve multiple functions: they can rotate to different angles to accommodate various neck shapes, maintain clamping force, and provide a universal fit for different users. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional specialized components, thereby enhancing adaptability without proportionally increasing device complexity.
3Ease of operation
If the clamping arms are positioned fixedly, then the manufacturing precision is low, but the ease of operation is reduced due to discomfort
Solution Approach 1:
The clamping parts are designed to be rotatable relative to the clamping arms, allowing dynamic adjustment of the clamping structure to adapt to different neck shapes and sizes. This rotational mechanism enables the device to change its configuration without requiring multiple fixed components, thus improving adaptability while controlling complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
The disclosure provides a neck massager including a main body, two clamping arms connected to two ends of the main body, respectively, and two clamping parts corresponding to the two clamping arms, respectively. The two clamping parts are rotatably disposed on the two clamping arms, respectively; the two clamping parts are disposed opposite to each other to clamp a user's neck; each clamping arm includes a first rotating axis, and each clamping part is rotatable around the first rotating axis; each clamping part includes at least a first end and a second end that are different in distance from the first rotating axis; each clamping part includes a circumferential side surrounding the first rotating axis; and the first end and the second end are respectively disposed at two ends of the circumferential side of each clamping part.