Weighted Eyelid Shroud for Anti-Flutter Lash Treatments
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Solution Overview
Problem
Involuntary eye-fluttering during eyelash or eyebrow treatments poses risks of chemical exposure and light sensitivity, as existing solutions like taping a coin to the eye are unsanitary and inadequate.
Innovation Solution
An anti-flutter eyelid covering system with a weighted, light-blocking eyelid shroud adhered by a hypoallergenic adhesive, designed to reduce eyelid movement and protect the eye during treatments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a weighted eyelid shroud is applied to suppress eyelid fluttering, then eye safety and treatment precision are improved, but device complexity increases compared to simple taping methods
Solution Approach 1:
The eyelid covering system is divided into distinct functional components: a base shroud structure, a separate weighted component, and an adhesive layer. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function optimally while maintaining overall system effectiveness in suppressing eyelid fluttering during treatments.
Solution Approach 2:
The system combines multiple materials with different properties: a flexible shroud material conforming to the eyelid, a weighted component providing gravitational pressure, and a hypoallergenic adhesive for secure attachment. This composite approach creates a unified device that addresses both safety and comfort requirements.
2Stability of the object's composition
If a weighted component is added to the eyelid shroud to press upon the eyelid by gravity, then eyelid stability is improved, but weight of the device increases
Solution Approach 1:
The weighted component is strategically positioned on the eyelid shroud to concentrate gravitational pressure precisely where needed on the eyelid. This localized weighting provides maximum stabilizing effect with minimal overall device weight, as the weight is focused rather than distributed throughout the entire device.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If a light-blocking material is used in the eyelid shroud to prevent light sensitivity, then eye comfort is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The light-blocking function is merged directly into the eyelid shroud material itself rather than being a separate component. The shroud is constructed from or coated with light-blocking material, combining structural support and light protection into a single integrated element, thereby reducing overall device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The eyelid shroud serves multiple functions simultaneously: it provides the structural base for attachment, delivers weighted pressure through the integrated weight, blocks light from reaching the eye, and prevents chemical exposure. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate components, simplifying the overall device 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
The system effectively keeps the eyelid closed, preventing chemical exposure and light sensitivity, ensuring safer and more precise application of eyelash or eyebrow enhancements.
Implementation Method 1
the eyelid shroud is weighted, or has a weighted component that is weighted, to, in use, press by gravity upon the eyelid sufficiently to reduce a natural fluttering effect
Implementation Method 2
an adhesive on the base face of the eyelid shroud
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AI summary
An eyelid covering and metal eye covering that calms eyelid movement. It is the first available option made to artists in this field that gives them a solution to help a widely known problem with safety in the lash field. An anti-flutter eyelid covering system has an eyelid shroud shaped to cover a user's eyelid in use, and defining an exterior face and a base face; an adhesive on the base face of the eyelid shroud; in which the eyelid shroud is weighted, or has a weighted component that is weighted, to, in use, press by gravity upon the eyelid sufficiently to reduce a natural fluttering effect of a user's eyelid while the user's head is reclined.