Styling Chair Tote Bag With Flap to Block Hair Clippings

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Solution Overview

Problem

Hair clippings often cling to customers' purses when they are placed on the floor during haircuts or color treatments, requiring post-appointment cleaning.

Innovation Solution

A container with a movable flap and strap and buckle assembly that can be removably attached to furniture, such as a styling chair armrest, to keep articles off the floor and secure them above the user's seating position.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If articles are placed on the floor during hair appointments, then they are easily accessible, but hair clippings cling to them requiring cleaning

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveAccessibility of articlesVSAvoidHair clipping adhesion

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an intermediate container (tote bag with enclosure) that sits between the floor and the customer's articles. This intermediary structure prevents direct contact between hair clippings and personal items while maintaining accessibility through the open-top design with removable flap.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Object-affected harmful factors

If articles are kept in an enclosed container, then they are protected from hair clippings, but access to articles becomes more difficult

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveProtection from hair clippingsVSAvoidAccessibility of articles

Core Design Contradiction:

Object-affected harmful factorsVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs dynamic elements including a movable flap that can be opened or removed, and an adjustable strap system that allows the container to be detached. These dynamic features enable easy access to articles while maintaining protection when closed, resolving the contradiction between enclosure and accessibility.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

3Stability of the object's composition

If the container is permanently attached to furniture, then it remains stable, but it cannot be moved or removed

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveContainer stabilityVSAvoidRemovability of container

Core Design Contradiction:

Stability of the object's compositionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The strap and buckle assembly provides a dynamic mounting system that allows the container to be securely attached to furniture during use, then easily removed and repositioned as needed. This reversible attachment mechanism achieves both stability during operation and adaptability for relocation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

4Reliability

If the container is made secure with fasteners, then articles are protected from falling out, but the container becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveArticle retentionVSAvoidContainer structure

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses a simple flap that partially covers the opening rather than completely sealing it, and employs basic snap fasteners rather than complex locking mechanisms. This partial action approach provides sufficient article retention while minimizing structural complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS9434511B1Styling chair tote bag

Publication Date: 2016.09.06 ZIMMER JIN J

AI summary

An article container adapted to removably attach to furniture is provided. The article container may form an enclosure that is enclosed by a movable flap. The article container may provide cooperating straps and buckles for removably securing to the arm rest of the furniture. The article container may be adapted to prevent unwanted objects from contacting the articles retained in the enclosure.