Weighted Elastomer Cable Organizer for Stable Cord Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cord organizers fail to effectively manage and organize multiple cords, often tipping over or sliding due to their lightweight design, and lack additional features that make them useful for portable use.
Innovation Solution
A cord organizer featuring a main body made of elastomeric material with end channels and cable channels, incorporating a weight cavity with a dense weight to provide stability and a grippy surface to prevent movement, along with features that allow it to support mobile devices and keep cords tidy.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Weight of moving object
If the organizer is made lightweight, then portability is improved, but stability deteriorates (tips over or slides)
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates a weight cavity containing a dense weight (metal or stone) within the elastomeric body to provide counterbalancing mass. This counterweight prevents the organizer from tipping over or sliding when cords are placed on it, resolving the stability issue while maintaining overall portability through the flexible elastomeric construction.
Solution Approach 2:
The organizer combines elastomeric material (for flexibility and portability) with dense weight material (for stability) in a composite structure. The elastomeric body provides grip and flexibility, while the embedded weight provides stability, creating a multi-material solution that resolves the contradiction between lightness and stability.
2Stability of the object's composition
If adhesive is used to prevent sliding, then stability is improved, but mobility deteriorates (cannot be moved or may leave residue)
Solution Approach 1:
The elastomeric material provides self-gripping properties through its inherent friction and elasticity, eliminating the need for external adhesives. The material naturally resists sliding on surfaces while remaining movable and portable, as the grip is generated by the material's own physical properties rather than added chemical substances.
3Device complexity
If the organizer is made simple (only cord holding), then device complexity is reduced, but versatility deteriorates (no additional useful features)
Solution Approach 1:
The organizer is designed with multiple functions: cord organization through channels, stable placement through embedded weight, portable transport through flexible elastomeric construction, and surface gripping through friction. This multi-functional design provides versatility without significant complexity, as all features are integrated into a single unified structure.
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 cord organizer effectively keeps cords organized and stable on various surfaces without adhesives, allows for easy transport of mobile devices, and provides additional functionality such as supporting mobile devices at various angles.
Implementation Method 1
The main body's material density allows for its constituent parts to deform under force but it returns to its original shape after the force ceases
Implementation Method 2
a weight held inside a weight cavity that is in the main body
Data Source
AI summary
An organizer, intended for use in managing mobile device cables, has a main body that is optionally made of elastomeric material. The main body optionally contains a weight in a weight cavity. The main body is flexible. The main body has end channels and, in many versions, cable channels. The cable channels have a smaller cross section than the end channels. In some versions, the end channels or the cable channels have triangular cutaways that make it easier for the user to push cables or the like into the channels. In one version, the top and bottom surfaces at the end angle upward and downward with respect to the top and bottom main body surfaces. In some versions, the grips flare inward and form a notch to help retain things within the end channel while making it easy to remove when desired.