Identification Tag Peripheral Guide Ball Rotation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing identification tags lack convenience and ease of use, particularly in displaying medical information and quick identification of pets, objects, and luggage, as they often require magnification or are not easily adaptable for various orientations and settings.
Innovation Solution
The identification tag features an exterior housing with peripheral c-shaped channels and a guide ball system allowing for easy rotation and positioning, along with customizable identification elements made from decorative materials, enabling quick access and versatile attachment to chains, necklaces, or keychains.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If identification tags use small printed text to display medical information, then the amount of information that can be displayed increases, but the readability and ease of viewing deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from two-dimensional small printed text to three-dimensional raised tactile characters. This dimensional change allows the same information to be conveyed through touch rather than sight, resolving the contradiction between displaying comprehensive medical information and maintaining readability. The raised characters can be felt and read by touch without requiring magnification.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the optical reading mechanism (visual inspection of small text) with a tactile reading mechanism (touching raised characters). This substitution eliminates the need for magnification and allows users to read medical information through touch, solving the readability problem while maintaining full information display capacity.
2Ease of manufacture
If identification tags are made with fixed orientation, then manufacturing simplicity is improved, but adaptability to various wear positions and orientations deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces rotational freedom to the identification tag through a swivel mechanism or rotating attachment point. This allows the tag to dynamically adjust its orientation to match any wear position (neck, wrist, leash, etc.) while maintaining the same simple manufacturing process for the tag itself. The dynamic orientation capability resolves the contradiction between manufacturing simplicity and adaptability.
3Loss of information
If identification tags require magnifying glass to read information, then information density increases, but ease of operation and quick identification deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the optical magnification system (magnifying glass) with a tactile magnification system (raised characters). The raised characters provide natural visual magnification through their three-dimensional form and shadow effects, while also enabling tactile reading. This eliminates the need for separate magnifying tools and allows for immediate reading without additional devices, resolving the contradiction between information density and ease of operation.
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AI summary
An identification locket having a novel construction and tracks extending the entire periphery of the exterior housing and being entirely embedded therein. The tracks form c-shaped channels in the side walls and being adapted to house at one guide ball and the guide being further characterized by a guide rope and bail being placed thereon. The guide ball is freely rotatable and is configured to rotate within the tracks. The side walls and the tracks have at least on mating projecting edge. The guide ball is configured to rotate within the track with backward or forward movements and the track is configured to rotate a plurality of the guide balls relative to each and wherein the guide rope freely rotates on the outside of the tracks.