Stackable Jewelry Bands with Radial Interlocking Protrusions
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current jewelry systems lack a design that allows for easy stacking and interlocking configurations, limiting versatility and customization in wearable accessories.
Innovation Solution
A stackable jewelry system comprising annular members with protrusions that can be radially offset, enabling bands to interlock and rotate, allowing for various stacking configurations and easy combination of multiple bands.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional jewelry designs are used, then simplicity of design is maintained, but versatility and customization options are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The jewelry system is divided into multiple separate bands, each with its own protrusions and openings. These segmented bands can be worn individually or stacked together, allowing customers to create customized combinations. Each band functions as an independent module that can be mixed and matched with others in the collection.
Solution Approach 2:
The bands are designed to nest within each other when stacked, with protrusions fitting into openings of adjacent bands. This nesting arrangement allows multiple bands to occupy the same spatial envelope on the finger, creating a compact stacked configuration while maintaining individual band identities.
2Reliability
If bands are designed to interlock securely, then stability of stacking configuration is improved, but ease of removal becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The interlocking mechanism is designed to be dynamic rather than permanent. The protrusions fit into openings to provide stability during wear, but the fit is not so tight as to prevent removal. This dynamic design allows the configuration to be stable under normal conditions while remaining easily adjustable when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The protrusions are designed as discrete elements that can be easily extracted from their corresponding openings. This extraction capability allows bands to be quickly removed from the stack by simply pulling the protrusion out of the opening, providing ease of removal while maintaining secure fit during wear.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple bands are stacked together, then versatility and customization are enhanced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
All bands in the system are designed with the same basic protrusion and opening geometry, making them universally compatible with each other. This universal design allows any band to be stacked with any other band in the collection, providing extensive versatility without requiring different interlocking mechanisms for different band types.
Solution Approach 2:
The bands maintain homogeneous structural characteristics with consistent protrusion and opening designs throughout the collection. This homogeneity simplifies the interlocking mechanism by using repeated, standardized elements rather than complex varied geometries, reducing overall system complexity while enabling multiple stacking configurations.
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AI summary
A stackable jewelry system including first and second bands which can be stackable to form a stacked configuration in which (i) the first and second bands dispose in coaxial relation, and (ii) a second protrusion of the second band can be capable of radial alignment with a first opening of the first band.