Portable Tongue Scraper with Pivot and Closure
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing tongue scraper devices are not designed for convenient use during travel, lacking a mechanism to easily transition between stored and deployed positions, which hinders effective oral hygiene in portable settings.
Innovation Solution
A tongue scraper device with a housing featuring a pivotally attached tongue scraper that can be easily deployed and stored within the housing, utilizing a closure mechanism to expose or enclose the slot, allowing for easy positioning and repositioning for oral hygiene purposes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If the tongue scraper is stored within the housing, then the device becomes compact and portable, but the tongue scraper cannot be easily accessed and deployed for use
Solution Approach 1:
The tongue scraper is designed to be movable between a stored position within the housing and a deployed position extending outward. A pivot mechanism enables the tongue scraper to rotate between these positions, allowing easy access and deployment while maintaining compact storage when not in use.
2Ease of operation
If the slot is always open for easy access, then the tongue scraper can be easily deployed, but the device lacks hygiene protection and structural integrity
Solution Approach 1:
The closure is designed to be movable between a closed position that seals the slot and an open position that exposes the slot for deployment. This dynamic closure mechanism provides hygiene protection when the tongue scraper is stored while allowing easy access when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The closure acts as an intermediary element between the housing and the tongue scraper. It can be opened to allow the tongue scraper to be deployed and closed to protect the slot, serving as a mediator that enables both hygiene protection and ease of operation.
3Device complexity
If the tongue scraper is fixed in position, then the structure is simple, but the device cannot adapt between stored and deployed states
Solution Approach 1:
The tongue scraper is designed with a pivot mechanism that allows it to rotate between a stored position within the housing and a deployed position extending outward. This dynamic positioning capability enables the device to adapt between stored and deployed states while maintaining relatively simple structure.
Data Source
AI summary
A portable tongue scraper assembly includes a housing that has a slot extending into an interior of the housing. A tongue scraper is pivotally disposed in the housing and the tongue scraper is positionable in a deployed position having the tongue scraper extending upwardly from the housing. The tongue scraper is positionable in a stored position having the tongue scraper being stored within the housing. A closure is pivotally disposed on the housing. The closure is positionable in a closed position when the tongue scraper is in the stored position having the closure closing the slot for enclosing the tongue scraper. The closure is positionable in an open position having the slot being exposed thereby facilitating the tongue scraper to be positioned in the deployed position.