Three-phase makeup mirror
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Solution Overview
Problem
Cosmetic mirrors often compromise on portability, field of view, and optimal lighting when attempting to provide multiple magnifications, with many designs restricting the use of more than two mirrors and requiring complex adjustments or multiple lighting assemblies.
Innovation Solution
A modular, portable mirror assembly with a pivotally removable mirror dispensing system that allows for easy access to multiple magnifications within a single lighting zone, featuring a mirror housing with swivel devices for independent positioning of mirrors and a collapsible design for storage, along with adjustable neck and base assemblies for flexibility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple mirrors with different magnifications are provided in cosmetic mirrors, then the user can view at different magnifications, but the device complexity increases and requires multiple lighting assemblies or complex adjustments
Solution Approach 1:
A single lighting assembly serves multiple mirrors with different magnifications (1x, 5x, and 10x) by positioning the light source to illuminate the entire mirror housing interior. The lighting assembly includes LEDs arranged to provide uniform illumination across all mirror surfaces, eliminating the need for separate lighting for each mirror.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple mirrors are nested within the same housing structure, with the 1x mirror forming the back surface of the housing and the 5x and 10x mirrors positioned in front of it. This nested arrangement allows all mirrors to share a common lighting zone and housing space, reducing overall device complexity.
2Volume of moving object
If compact cosmetic mirrors are designed, then portability is improved, but the field of view is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The mirror system is segmented into multiple mirrors with different magnifications (1x, 5x, 10x), each providing different field of view characteristics. The 1x mirror provides a wide field of view for overall viewing, while the 5x and 10x mirrors provide magnified views for detailed work, allowing the compact mirror to offer multiple viewing options without requiring a single large structure.
3Illumination intensity
If ideal lighting with consistent and fixed positioning is provided, then illumination quality is improved, but the ease of operation for varying magnifications is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The mirrors are made dynamically switchable through a rotatable mechanism that allows the user to rotate between different mirrors (1x, 5x, 10x) while the lighting assembly remains fixed. The lighting assembly is positioned to continuously illuminate all mirrors throughout their rotation range, providing consistent lighting regardless of which mirror is currently in use.
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AI summary
Disclosed is an invention in the field of cosmetic mirrors. The present invention particularly relates to a portable makeup mirror device comprising a first mirror, a second mirror, and a third mirror, each of varying mirror magnification factors, being supported by a freestanding frame, said makeup mirror device having the first mirror and second mirror pivoting and upwardly removed from the mirror housing in opposite directions, and once fully deployed are located on opposing sides of the mirror housing central aperture showing a third mirror fixed within the mirror housing. The freestanding frame has a base and a support member having a plurality of pivots for adjusting the base and mirror assembly.