Patent ID: 7415394
Filing Date: 2008-08-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for developing a product, the method comprising developing a three-dimensional product design; translating said three-dimensional product design into a two-dimensional product design, wherein said two-dimensional product design includes at least one product structure having at least two structure sections; obtaining a rigidly malleable material to create said at least one product structure, wherein said rigidly malleable material is a sheet material selected based on said two dimensional product design; generating said at least one product structure by shaping said rigidly malleable material based on said two-dimensional product design such that said at least one product structure includes said at least two structure sections separated by at least one forming groove and at least one forming tab, said at least one forming tab having a forming tab height and a forming tab width, wherein the number of at least one of said at least one forming groove and said at least one forming tab is determined by dividing a first parameter by a second parameter, wherein the first parameter is determined by dividing the square of the product of 575 and the material thickness by the shortest distance between the forming groove and an edge of the rigidly malleable material and, wherein the second parameter is determined by the product of 24000, a tab height, a tab width, a number of forming tabs and a material factor, wherein the material factor based on said rigidly malleable material wherein T inch is a desired push/pull force in pounds (lbs), M Thickness is the thickness of said groove and an edge of said rigidly malleable material, T is said tab height, T is said tab; and hand forming said product structure based upon said at least one forming groove.