Spring-Loaded Cosmetic Case with Segmented Channels
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current portable cosmetic cases do not efficiently store and dispense self-contained items like mascara and eyeliner, leading to a messy and bulky storage solution.
Innovation Solution
A cosmetic case with removable sleeved enclosures housed within independent channels, featuring platform assemblies with springs and cam assemblies for easy translation and identification, allowing for efficient storage and retrieval of cosmetic items.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If cosmetic items are stored loosely within a bag or purse, then storage capacity is maximized, but retrieval efficiency deteriorates as users must struggle to find and retrieve items
Solution Approach 1:
The cosmetic case is divided into multiple independent channels, each capable of holding a single cosmetic item. This segmentation allows items to be organized in specific locations rather than stored loosely, enabling users to quickly locate and retrieve items while maintaining efficient use of storage space within the compact case structure.
2Reliability
If multiple cosmetic cases are stored separately in a bag or purse, then each cosmetic item is protected, but the overall storage solution becomes inefficient, messy, and bulky
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple individual cosmetic cases are merged into a single integrated case with multiple independent channels. Each channel provides separate protection for individual cosmetic items while the unified case structure eliminates the need to carry multiple separate cases, reducing clutter and improving organization in the bag or purse.
3Volume of moving object
If cosmetic items are stored in a compact portable case, then portability is improved, but the case structure becomes complex requiring multiple components
Solution Approach 1:
The cosmetic case employs a nested structure where multiple independent channels are integrated within a single case body. The channels are arranged to nest efficiently within the compact case volume, allowing multiple cosmetic items to be stored in an organized manner while maintaining a small, portable form factor that fits easily in bags or purses.
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
Enables efficient storage and easy access to cosmetic items, reducing clutter and improving usability by using removable sleeved enclosures with visual indicia for item identification and translation mechanisms.
Implementation Method 1
a spring disposed within the platform assembly and operably configured to push the at least one cosmetic enclosure in a direction toward the first position
Implementation Method 2
a cam assembly that the at least one cosmetic enclosure is selectively coupled to the platform assembly through, wherein the cam assembly is operably configured to translate the at least one cosmetic enclosure from the first position to a second position
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AI summary
A cosmetic case and dispenser assembly that includes a cosmetic case cover coupled to a cosmetic case body, in which cosmetic items may be stored within sleeved cosmetic enclosures disposed within independent channels of the cosmetic case body. The sleeved cosmetic enclosures are selectively translatably coupled to platform assemblies disposed within the independent channels of the cosmetic case body, and that allow for the sleeved cosmetic enclosures to translate from a first position to a second position, in which the second position is extended away from the cosmetic case body. A user can efficiently store and easily access cosmetic items within each of the sleeved cosmetic enclosures in the independent channels, and can eject each of the sleeved cosmetic enclosures by applying a force to compress a spring housed within the cosmetic case body, consequently and translating the sleeved cosmetic enclosure out of the cosmetic case and dispenser assembly.