Weighted Cooling Sleep Mask with Segmented Chambers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional sleep masks are not effective in blocking ambient light, leading to disrupted sleep, and they often lack comfort and sufficient weight to provide adequate pressure for enhanced sleep quality.
Innovation Solution
The development of weighted and cooling sleep masks with interior chambers filled with high-density materials such as glass, stone, and bioplastics, which provide both cooling and weight distribution across the face, including areas like the eyes and temples, along with insulating materials for improved comfort and light blocking.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional sleep masks are used, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but they are not effective in blocking ambient light and lack sufficient weight for comfort
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses composite materials by combining high-density materials (glass, stone, bioplastics) with insulating materials (fabric, foam) to create a multi-functional sleep mask that provides both weight for comfort and thermal insulation, resolving the contradiction between effectiveness and complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The sleep mask is divided into multiple interior chambers that can be independently filled with different materials (cooling pieces in some chambers, insulating material in others), allowing optimized light blocking and weight distribution without requiring a completely complex monolithic structure
2Ease of operation
If high-density cooling pieces are added to provide weight and cooling, then comfort and sleep quality are enhanced, but the weight of the mask increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by concentrating high-density cooling pieces in specific interior chambers that contact key facial areas (eyes, temples), providing targeted weight and cooling where most beneficial for sleep quality, rather than uniformly distributing weight throughout the entire mask
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the physical parameters of the mask by incorporating materials with varying densities and thermal properties, allowing the mask to provide sufficient weight for comfort while managing overall weight through strategic material selection and placement
3Temperature
If multiple interior chambers with different materials are used, then cooling and insulation performance are improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mask structure is segmented into multiple interior chambers that can be independently constructed and filled with different materials (cooling pieces, insulating material), simplifying the manufacturing process compared to creating a single complex multi-material component while still achieving superior thermal regulation
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines different materials (high-density cooling materials like glass and stone with insulating materials like fabric and foam) within the chamber structure, achieving improved thermal regulation through material composition rather than complex structural design
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
These masks effectively block ambient light, enhance sleep quality by applying pressure through weight distribution, and offer improved comfort through thermal regulation, addressing the limitations of conventional sleep masks.
Implementation Method 1
such materials have an especially high specific heat, such as water, glass and some stones... such materials also have especially good thermal conductivity
Implementation Method 2
along with insulating materials for improved comfort and light blocking
Implementation Method 3
such materials have a higher density, to apply weight to a user's face and in particular areas thereof
Data Source
AI summary
New forms of weighted and cooling sleep masks, and methods for their manufacturing and use, are provided. In some embodiments, a weighted sleep mask includes a plurality of interior chambers, loaded with cooling pieces, in unique arrangements. Such cooling pieces include material(s) with a relatively high density and cooling capacity, including materials with relatively high specific heat, such as stone or recycled glass. The cooling pieces may be at least partially enveloped with an insulating material. The plurality of interior chambers may be positioned in an array to cover, cool and press against and cool particular regions of the face, such as pressure points, and the eyes. A plurality of channels may run between the plurality of chambers, permitting the mask to conform with and exhaust heat and vapor at or about other areas of the face.