Sanitizing device with a removably attached brush component
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face safety risks and mobility challenges when sanitizing distal appendages, such as feet or toes, as they often need to bend or balance to reach these areas, especially for individuals with limited mobility, and existing sanitizing devices require manual operation with a brush or sponge.
Innovation Solution
A sanitizing device with a handle, vertical shaft, and removably attached brush component that adheres to a surface, allowing users to sanitize without bending or balancing, featuring a modular design with adjustable components for improved stability and safety.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a user uses a traditional manual brush or sponge to sanitize distal appendages, then the device is simple and easy to manufacture, but the user must bend or balance to reach the appendages, creating safety risks and mobility challenges
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a vertical dimension by extending the brush component away from the user's body along their limb, allowing sanitization without bending. The device attaches to the user's clothing or body and positions the brush in three-dimensional space near the target appendage, transforming the operation from a bending motion to a reaching motion along the body's vertical axis.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses an extendable shaft or rod as an intermediary between the user's hand and the brush component. This intermediary allows the user to maintain a safe distance and proper posture while still effectively reaching and sanitizing distal appendages, eliminating the need for dangerous bending or balancing maneuvers.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed brush component is used in sanitizing devices, then the structure is simple, but the device cannot be adapted to different sanitation needs or replaced when worn
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the sanitizing device into separate modular segments: a handle component, an extendable shaft, and a brush component. This segmentation allows each part to be independently selected, adjusted, or replaced based on specific sanitation needs, while the overall structure remains relatively simple through standardized connection interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent incorporates adjustable or telescopic features in the shaft component, allowing the distance between the user and the brush to be dynamically changed. This dynamic adjustment capability enables the device to adapt to different body sizes, sanitation targets, and user preferences without requiring multiple fixed devices.
3Reliability
If a non-removable brush component is used, then the device structure is simpler, but bacterial harboring increases and sanitation effectiveness decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent designs the brush component to be easily removable and replaceable, allowing users to discard heavily soiled or worn brushes and recover the main device body. This enables frequent replacement of the brush component to maintain sanitation effectiveness, while the simple connection mechanism minimizes the added complexity.
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AI summary
A device may include a handle component that is configured to permit a user to grasp the handle component during a sanitation process of the user wherein the user sanitizes a distal appendage using the device. The device may include a shaft component that extends in a vertical direction and that is configured to connect the handle component and a connection component. The device may include the connection component that is configured to removably adhere to a surface to permit the device to remain substantially stationary during the sanitation process of the user. The device may include a brush component that is configured to permit the user to perform the sanitation process of the user and that is removably connected to the connection component.