Toy-Revealing Solid Bath Agent With Multi-Stage Water Effects
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing bath agents with toys, such as those described in Japanese Utility Model Registration No. 3164108, primarily focus on the toy's functionality as a finger puppet, lacking in amusement value beyond simple play.
Innovation Solution
A solid bath agent with a soluble main-body containing a toy, designed to make the toy invisible until dissolution, and capable of changing the liquid's appearance in multiple stages through color shifts, foam generation, and/or mineral decoration, enhancing the toy's visibility and play experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the toy is placed in the bath agent visible from the outside, then the toy is easily seen and accessible, but the amusement value and surprise element are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The toy is nested inside the soluble main-body, which acts as an outer shell. Before dissolution, the toy is hidden within the main-body structure. After dissolution, the toy becomes visible and floats to the surface. This nesting mechanism provides both initial concealment for surprise and subsequent visibility for play.
Solution Approach 2:
The soluble main-body contains color-changing components that transform the appearance of the bath water in multiple stages. The color changes provide visual feedback about the dissolution progress and enhance the amusement value by creating dynamic visual effects before the toy becomes visible.
2Loss of time
If the main-body dissolves quickly, then the toy becomes visible faster, but the multi-stage liquid transformation is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The soluble main-body is designed with multiple functional layers or components that dissolve at different rates or in different stages. This segmentation allows the main-body to provide initial structural support for concealment, then progressively dissolve to reveal the toy while simultaneously creating multi-stage liquid transformations through different color-changing or foam-generating components.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the main-body is designed for complete dissolution, then the toy is fully revealed, but the structural integrity before dissolution is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
Different parts of the soluble main-body have different dissolution characteristics. The outer shell or surface portions are designed to dissolve more quickly to reveal the toy and create visual effects, while inner portions maintain structural integrity longer to provide sustained support and create multi-stage transformations. This local differentiation allows both early revealability and sustained structural strength.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution provides a highly amusing bath experience by gradually revealing the toy and transforming the bath water's appearance, increasing user engagement and enjoyment.
Implementation Method 1
a soluble main-body (10) of any one of a plurality of types; and a toy (20) contained in the main-body (10), wherein the main-body (10) is configured such that the toy (20) is invisible from the outside before the main-body (10) dissolves
Implementation Method 2
configured to cause a liquid that has dissolved the main-body to be changeable in a plurality of stages after the main-body starts to dissolve
Data Source
AI summary
A solid bath agent includes a soluble main-body of any one of a plurality of types; and a toy contained in the main-body, in which the main-body is configured such that the toy is invisible from the outside before the main-body dissolves, and is configured to cause a liquid that has dissolved the main-body to be changeable in a plurality of stages after the main-body starts to dissolve. When the main-body dissolves, a first type of change in which a color of a liquid is changed to a first color and a second color, a second type of change in which the liquid is foamed by an operation such as stirring, and a third type of change in which a sub-body is brought into a floating state in the liquid can be performed, and the performance when the doll body appears from the inside of the main-body is diversified.