Sliding Key Organizer for Compact Storage and Fast Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional key holding devices, such as key rings and wallets, are often disorganized and cumbersome due to the varied shapes and sizes of keys, leading to clutter and difficulty in accessing specific keys.
Innovation Solution
A key organizing device with a sliding mechanism that allows for the attachment and detachment of keys, enabling them to be extended for use and retracted for storage within a compact housing, along with a cover and optional sleeve for aesthetic appeal and protection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If keys are held on a simple key ring or in a wallet with rings, then keys can be carried conveniently, but the keys become disorganized and cumbersome due to varied shapes and sizes
Solution Approach 1:
The key holding device is divided into multiple slots, each capable of independently holding a single key. This segmentation allows each key to be positioned in its own designated space, preventing the chaos and tangling that occurs with traditional key rings while maintaining easy portability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple keys of varied shapes and sizes are held together, then all keys can be accessed in one place, but searching for a specific key becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
Each slot in the key holder is designed with specific dimensional characteristics suited for holding keys. The slots provide localized organization where each key has its own designated space, making it easy to locate specific keys by touch or visual inspection without searching through a tangled mass.
3Ease of operation
If keys are extended for use, then key functionality is maintained, but the device becomes bulky when not in use
Solution Approach 1:
The key holder incorporates movable slots that can slide along the housing to extend keys for use or retract them for compact storage. This dynamic mechanism allows the device to transition between an extended state for key access and a retracted state for minimized bulk, solving the contradiction between functionality and compactness.
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AI summary
An organizing device including housing, cover, and sliding mechanism. The housing includes a cavity, at least one open end and at least one sliding mechanism opening extending in the longitudinal direction along the housing for receiving and retaining at least part of the sliding mechanism within the housing. The cover is removeably attached over the open end of the housing. Sliding mechanism includes an actuation portion or thumb actuator and mounting portion for mounting a key or other user device. The mounting portion of the sliding mechanism is positioned inside cavity of the housing and the actuation portion of the sliding mechanism extends though the sliding mechanism opening in the housing. In one implementation, the mounting mechanism may be permanently or removeably fixed to the user device. In the case of a key, the mounting mechanism may be mounted to the key blade to form the modified key. The sliding mechanism is movable longitudinally along the housing to retract and extend the user device in and out of one end of the housing.