Sanitizing weighted bracelet
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing weighted bracelets do not provide a safe and effective means for users to sanitize or disinfect their hands during exercise.
Innovation Solution
A sanitizing weighted bracelet with a flexible sanitizing container and a nozzle that allows for the emission of sanitizing liquid, housed within a housing structure and operated by a one-way valve, enabling users to sanitize their hands while exercising.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a weighted bracelet is used for exercise, then exercise functionality is provided, but no sanitizing capability is available
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines a sanitizing system (container, pump, nozzle) with a weighted bracelet into a single integrated device. The sanitizing raised section is incorporated into the bracelet strap, allowing the bracelet to serve dual purposes: exercise weighting and hand sanitizing, thereby resolving the contradiction between maintaining simple structure and adding sanitizing functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The weighted bracelet is designed to perform multiple functions: providing exercise resistance through metallic weights and delivering sanitizing solution through an integrated pump system with nozzle. This multi-functionality allows a single device to replace both exercise equipment and hand sanitizer, addressing the versatility improvement while managing overall device complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a sanitizing system is added to the bracelet, then sanitizing function is provided, but the device becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The sanitizing system is segmented into distinct functional components: a flexible sanitizing container for solution storage, a pump system for dispensing control, and a nozzle for targeted application. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently and simplifies the overall integration into the bracelet structure, managing complexity while providing complete sanitizing functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs a nested structure where the flexible sanitizing container is housed within a housing structure that is integrated into the bracelet strap. The pump system is positioned within the same raised section, creating a compact nested arrangement that minimizes the overall footprint and reduces the apparent complexity of the integrated sanitizing system.
3Productivity
If quick access to sanitizer is provided during exercise, then sanitizing efficiency is improved, but accessibility design becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The pump system is designed to be manually operated by the user through direct manipulation, eliminating the need for complex automated dispensing mechanisms. The user can quickly pump the sanitizing solution onto their hands with simple hand movements, achieving rapid sanitizing access while keeping the access mechanism simple and intuitive.
Solution Approach 2:
The nozzle is positioned and angled to direct the sanitizing solution uniformly onto the user's hands in a consistent pattern. This homogeneous distribution allows for efficient and effective sanitizing coverage with minimal pumping actions, improving productivity while maintaining a simple nozzle design without complex adjustment mechanisms.
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
Enables users to sanitize their hands efficiently and safely during exercise by providing quick access to a sanitizing solution through a nozzle angled towards the user's body, ensuring effective disinfection.
Implementation Method 1
the flexible sanitizing container operably configured to be accessible through the access aperture and flexed to cause emission of a sanitizing liquid configured to be housed in the flexible sanitizing container through the nozzle
Implementation Method 2
operably configured to limit emission of the sanitizing liquid configured to be housed in the flexible sanitizing container in one direction through the nozzle
Data Source
AI summary
A sanitizing weighted bracelet with a strap body operably configured to define an enclosure to surround a user's limb, at least one raised section operably configured to house and retain at least one metallic weight, and a sanitizing raised section an upper surface at least partially defining an upper surface of the strap body and defining an access aperture, with a front surface defining an aperture, with a rear surface, and defining at least one channel spatially connected to the access aperture and the aperture defined by the front surface of the sanitizing raised section. The sanitizing raised section also includes a flexible sanitizing container disposed therein and that includes a nozzle projecting outwardly from the aperture of the sanitizing raised section. The flexible sanitizing container is operably configured to be accessible through the access aperture and flexed to cause emission of a sanitizing liquid from a nozzle thereon.