Soap-holding attachment

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Solution Overview

Problem

Bar soaps often fall and become a slip-and-fall hazard when not properly secured, and existing solutions do not effectively address this issue.

Innovation Solution

A soap-holding attachment comprising a soap mount embedded within the bar of soap and a detachable finger ring with a coupler that prevents the soap from falling by securely holding it in the user's hand.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a bar of soap is held in the hand, then it is easy to use, but it may fall and create a slip-and-fall hazard

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of useVSAvoidslip-and-fall hazard

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

A finger ring with a coupler mechanism serves as an intermediary device between the user's finger and the soap bar. The coupler engages with the soap mount embedded in the soap, creating a secure connection that prevents the soap from falling while maintaining ease of use. This intermediary solution resolves the contradiction by providing both secure holding and user convenience.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The soap mount is embedded within the bar of soap during manufacturing, creating a nested structure where the mounting mechanism is contained inside the soap itself. This nested design allows the soap to maintain its normal form factor while incorporating a secure attachment mechanism that prevents falling.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

2Reliability

If the soap mount is embedded within the bar of soap during manufacturing, then the coupling is secure, but the manufacturing process becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecoupling securityVSAvoidmanufacturing process complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The soap mount is embedded within the bar of soap during the manufacturing process, before the soap is used. This preliminary action ensures that the mounting mechanism is securely integrated into the soap structure from the beginning, providing reliable coupling without requiring complex post-manufacturing assembly steps.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Adaptability or versatility

If the finger ring detachably couples to the soap mount, then the attachment is versatile and removable, but the coupling mechanism becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedetachable couplingVSAvoidcoupling mechanism complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

A coupler mechanism serves as an intermediary component that enables detachable coupling between the finger ring and the soap mount. This coupler provides a standardized interface that allows the soap to be easily attached and detached from the finger ring, offering versatility while managing complexity through a dedicated coupling component.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS11547186B1Soap-holding attachment

Publication Date: 2023.01.10 BOONE ERIC

AI summary

The soap-holding attachment comprises a soap mount and a finger ring. The soap-holding attachment may be adapted to retain a bar of soap in a hand of a user such that the bar of soap is prevented from falling if dropped. The soap mount may be adapted to be imbedded within the bar of soap. The finger ring may be adapted to be worn on a finger of the user. The finger ring may detachably couple to the soap mount via a coupler. As a non-limiting example, the user may hold the bar of soap in a palm of their hand with the finger ring around the finger such that if the user releases the bar of soap, the bar of soap may not drop.