Soft Pet Paw Cleaning Cup with Integrated Spikes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing pet paw cleaning cups have complex structures with hard plastic and soft silica gel components, making it difficult to ensure a suitable size for different pet paws, leading to inadequate cleaning.
Innovation Solution
A multifunctional soft pet paw cleaning cup made of a single-layer soft material with integrated soft spikes, designed to fit various paw sizes, and a mold for producing the cup using injection or compression molding, allowing for easy production and deformation to accommodate different paw shapes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If a paw cleaning cup is made with hard plastic and soft silica gel components, then the structural integrity is improved, but the device complexity increases and it becomes difficult to ensure a suitable size for different pet paws
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the hard plastic outer shell and soft silica gel inner portion into a single integrated component. The cup body is formed as one piece with the spikes already embedded in the soft material, eliminating the need for separate assembly of hard and soft parts. This integration reduces device complexity while maintaining structural integrity through the composite material construction.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs composite materials by combining hard plastic and soft silica gel in a single cup body structure. The hard plastic provides structural strength and shape retention, while the soft silica gel provides flexibility and comfort for pet paws. This composite approach allows the cup to maintain both structural integrity and adaptability to different paw sizes without requiring multiple separate components.
2Reliability
If a paw cleaning cup is made with hard plastic and soft silica gel components, then the functional performance is improved, but the ease of manufacture decreases
Solution Approach 1:
By merging the hard plastic outer shell and soft silica gel inner portion into a single molded component, the patent simplifies the manufacturing process. Instead of requiring separate production and assembly operations for multiple parts, the entire cup body with embedded spikes is formed in one molding operation, significantly improving ease of manufacture while maintaining functional performance.
Solution Approach 2:
The spikes are preliminarily formed as part of the soft silica gel inner portion during the molding process, rather than being added as separate components later. This preliminary action of incorporating spikes into the mold cavity ensures they are properly positioned and integrated before the soft material cures, simplifying manufacturing while maintaining the functional performance of providing paw massage and cleaning.
3Ease of manufacture
If a paw cleaning cup is made of single-layer soft material with integrated soft spikes, then the ease of manufacture is improved, but the structural integrity may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses composite materials construction where the soft silica gel inner portion is embedded within the hard plastic outer shell. This composite structure allows the soft material to be easily molded with integrated spikes while the hard plastic provides the necessary structural integrity and shape retention. The combination ensures both ease of manufacture through single-mold construction and sufficient strength for practical use.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs a flexible soft silica gel inner portion that can be easily molded into various shapes and configurations, including integrated spikes, while being contained within a hard plastic outer shell. This flexible shell approach allows for easy manufacturing of complex geometries while the outer shell provides the necessary structural support and integrity to maintain the cup's shape and functionality.
4Adaptability or versatility
If the cup body is made of soft material, then the adaptability to different paw sizes is improved, but the structural stability decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs composite materials with a soft silica gel inner portion embedded in a hard plastic outer shell. The soft inner portion adapts to different paw sizes and shapes, providing comfort and effective cleaning, while the hard outer shell maintains structural stability and prevents deformation during use. This composite construction resolves the contradiction between adaptability and structural stability by assigning different functional properties to different material layers.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by using soft material specifically for the inner portion that contacts the pet's paw, while using hard material for the outer shell that provides structural support. The soft inner layer with integrated spikes provides adaptability to different paw sizes and comfortable paw massage, while the hard outer layer ensures structural stability and shape retention. This localized application of different material properties allows the cup to simultaneously achieve adaptability and stability.
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 soft spikes provide thorough cleaning and massage functions, while the cup's design prevents overflow and splashing, ensuring effective cleaning and hygiene, and the mold simplifies production, reducing costs and increasing efficiency.
Implementation Method 1
The soft spikes provide thorough cleaning and massage functions
Implementation Method 2
a multifunctional soft pet paw cleaning cup made of a single-layer soft material with integrated soft spikes, designed to fit various paw sizes
Data Source
AI summary
A multifunctional soft pet paw cleaning cup includes a cup body made of a soft material. One end of the cup body is an open end. Soft spikes extending towards the center of the cup body are provided on the inner surface of the side wall and/or the inner surface of the bottom wall of the cup body, and the soft spike is made of a soft material. A mold for preparing the paw cleaning cup includes an inner mold core, an outer mold core, an upper mold and a lower mold. The outer mold core has an annular peripheral wall. A first soft spike hole is formed inside the peripheral wall. The inner mold core is provided at the inner side of the outer mold core. The lower mold is located below the outer mold core, and the inner mold core is fixed below the upper mold.