Stencil Holder with Pivot Base for Cookie Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing stencil holders lack a base for guiding cookie alignment with the stencil, leading to inconsistent decoration and potential damage when transferring the device between cookies, especially for non-symmetrical cookies.
Innovation Solution
A stencil holder with a base pivotally connected to a frame, featuring removable upper and lower supports with fasteners for securing stencils, an extender for accommodating various cookie sizes, and a film guide for precise alignment, allowing for rapid and consistent decoration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a stencil holder device is transferred between cookies for decoration, then multiple cookies can be decorated, but misalignment of the stencil occurs leading to inconsistent decoration
Solution Approach 1:
The device is segmented into a base portion that remains stationary on the decorating surface and a frame portion that can be lifted and repositioned. The base includes alignment features that guide the frame's placement, ensuring consistent positioning across multiple cookies while allowing rapid repositioning between decorations.
Solution Approach 2:
Alignment features such as guides or reference marks act as intermediaries between the base and frame, providing visual or physical cues that ensure precise alignment when the frame is repositioned between cookies, eliminating misalignment issues during multi-cookie decoration.
2Manufacturing precision
If the frame is held in place manually during decoration, then alignment can be maintained, but the user must continuously balance the device on the cookie which may result in damage to the cookie
Solution Approach 1:
The base is designed to self-stabilize on the decorating surface through its weight distribution and contact area, eliminating the need for manual balancing. The frame can be easily placed and removed without requiring continuous user intervention, preventing cookie damage while maintaining alignment through the base's stable positioning.
3Device complexity
If there is no base with alignment guidance, then the device structure is simpler, but the user cannot determine when the cookie is in proper alignment with the stencil
Solution Approach 1:
The base includes localized alignment features such as guides, marks, or shaped edges that provide directional guidance for positioning cookies. These features are strategically placed to indicate proper alignment without requiring complex overall device structure, maintaining simplicity while ensuring precise positioning.
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AI summary
A stencil holder for rapidly and consistently decorating objects placed therein. The stencil holder includes a base pivotally connected to a frame, wherein the frame can move between an open and closed position. The frame includes a lower support that can removably couple with an upper support, wherein the upper support and the lower support cooperatively secure a stencil therebetween in an operational position. The upper support and the lower support each include an opening for accessing the stencil when disposed therebetween. In the closed position, the supports are secured to one another and the frame rests parallel to the base such that the stencil rests directly above the object for applying decoration. In some embodiments, an extender is removably securable to either a top side or lower side of the upper support to allow various sized objects to fit therebeneath.