Table-Mounted Wrapping Paper Roll Stabilizer
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Solution Overview
Problem
Gift wrapping is a time-consuming process due to the cumbersome handling of wrapping paper rolls, which often move and require multiple steps to secure and measure correctly, leading to inefficiency and potential damage to fragile items.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising a pair of apparatuses secured to a table's side ledge, each engaging a wrapping paper roll and featuring a pivotable clamp to stabilize the roll, allowing easy access to the paper and tape, reducing the need for manual handling and estimation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a roll of wrapping paper is used, then wrapping can be performed, but the roll is cumbersome and moves along the table, requiring multiple steps to secure and measure
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a table-mounted apparatus with a clamp that secures the wrapping paper roll to the table surface. This intermediary device acts as a mediator between the user and the wrapping paper roll, preventing the roll from moving along the table while allowing easy access to the paper for wrapping operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The apparatus allows the wrapping paper roll to serve itself by being securely held in place, eliminating the need for continuous manual handling and repositioning. The self-holding mechanism reduces the need for user intervention to prevent the roll from moving.
2Ease of operation
If the wrapping paper roll is secured to prevent movement, then handling becomes easier, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The apparatus is divided into separate functional components: a table-mounted base with a clamp mechanism and a separate roll-holding structure. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function independently, simplifying the overall design while achieving stable roll positioning.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of holding the roll from above or the side, the clamp secures the roll from below by engaging with the table surface. This inverted approach provides stable support while maintaining simplicity in the clamping mechanism.
3Adaptability or versatility
If manual measurement and cutting of wrapping paper is performed, then flexibility is maintained, but the process becomes time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The apparatus allows the user to preliminarily position the wrapping paper roll and secure it in place before beginning the wrapping process. This preliminary action of securing the roll enables faster subsequent operations as the paper is already in the correct position and does not need to be continuously adjusted.
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
Significantly reduces the time required to wrap and tape articles by stabilizing the wrapping paper roll and providing easy access to tape, enhancing efficiency and minimizing the risk of damage.
Implementation Method 1
a first clamp leg spring-biased relative to a second clamp leg
Implementation Method 2
a pivotable clamp member attached to the upper frame member at a hinge axle
Data Source
AI summary
In a system for facilitating the wrapping and taping of articles with wrapping materials, two or more apparatuses adapted to be secured in adjacent spaced relation on a planar surface are provided so as to support a roll of wrapping material therebetween. Each apparatus has an upper frame member which supports an end of the roll thereon and which includes a cavity for dispensing desired lengths of tape therefrom, and a clamp member adapted to be actuated by a user to removably attach its corresponding apparatus to a ledge of the planar surface so that the supported roll is parallel to and above the planar surface.