Wearable Ornament Packaging With Loop Backer And Snap-In Base

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing packaging solutions for wearable ornaments like figurines do not effectively allow for both secure shipping and aesthetically appealing display, nor do they enable the figurine to be easily worn without piercing clothing, while maintaining the collectible's resale value and visual appeal.

Innovation Solution

A loop backer and post system that frictionally retains the pins of the figurine, allowing it to be worn or displayed, with the post snapping securely into the packaging base to prevent dislodgment during shipping and providing a 'flying' display posture, and a base system that secures a transparent cover to prevent sliding and allows for adjustable display configurations.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If pins are used to attach the figurine to clothing, then the figurine can be worn, but the clothing is pierced and damaged

Engineering Contradiction:

ImprovewearabilityVSAvoidfabric piercing

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

A pin backer device serves as an intermediary between the pins and the fabric. The pins are inserted into the pin backer instead of directly into the fabric, and the pin backer's curved surface distributes the pressure over a larger area, preventing fabric piercing while enabling wearability

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Adaptability or versatility

If the figurine is removed from packaging for display, then it can be worn without piercing clothing, but the packaging integrity is compromised

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvewearable display optionVSAvoidpackaging integrity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The packaging system is segmented into separate functional components: the figurine, the pin backer, and the display stand. The pin backer can be attached to the figurine while it remains in the packaging, allowing the wearable function to be prepared without removing the figurine from its protective packaging

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

3Ease of operation

If a pin backer is used to prevent fabric piercing, then wearability is maintained, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesafe wearabilityVSAvoidadditional components

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The pin backer is designed to be integrated with the figurine itself, merging the protective function into the existing object rather than requiring a completely separate device. This reduces overall system complexity while maintaining safe wearability

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS20230086056A1Wearable ornament implements

Publication Date: 2023.03.23 COLLECT AWESOME INC

AI summary

A packaging arrangement for a wearable ornament, such as a pin-backed figurine that is supplied with a loop backer enabling the figurine to be coupled with a rope or chain, includes a post for display of the figurine using with the loop backer when not being worn. The figurine on the post may be snapped into a base, the base having a base top and base bottom that are separable from one another. A transparent cover encloses the figurine on the post atop the base, with a backing held in place behind the figurine in the packaging by retention tabs proximate to top corners of the transparent cover, by alignment ridges of the base top and by support posts inside the base bottom. The figurine may therefore be worn either through being pinned or on a rope or chain, or may be displayed either on just the post or on the post atop the base.