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Key/Keyring combo is all too easy
- barsae 17y agoDo one thing well. What happens when I break the ring? I have to get a new key. Also, a keyring of keyrings is going to be quite a pocketfull.
- gchpaco 17y agoConsidering the number of keys I've bent which didn't have big gaping holes there, I suspect this would need to be hardened to work right, which would make grinding obnoxious. Still, not an inherently terrible idea.
- francoisdevlin 17y agothe only catch is that hardening has a tendency to make materials brittle. Steel is good because it bends.
- chaosmachine 17y agoThis doesn't work because there's nowhere to grip when you're trying to turn the key.
- trickjarrett 17y agoI think it's brilliant. The concerns raised here are valid, perhaps only half of it is open and the front half would be solid to give it more strength and support, but as it stands now I think it's a brilliant idea.
- chaosmachine 17y agoHere you go. You can keep the patent. :) http://imgur.com/nvohH.jpg http://imgur.com/nvohH.jpg
- ranprieur 17y agoHere's a comment someone made on reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/901i7/please_tell_me_why_didnt_i_think_of_this/c0az6rx http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/901i7/please_tel... In programming, this would be an example of bad design. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_concerns http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_concerns In combining the key and ring into one object you make it so that the key+ring doesn't act the same as another key. You can't remove the key+ring or you leave the other keys without a ring. You have to make sure you have a single key+ring (unless you want to make them into a chain), if you get rid of one key+ring you have to convert one of your other keys into a key+ring to take its place.
- sanj 17y agoSure, but that assumes that all keys are equal. Mine aren't. If I could find my house key more easily because it was the ring itself, I'd be happy.
- tome 17y agoYou can surely find a simpler solution to the problem of "find my house key more easily"!
- erlanger 17y agoThat's exactly what I thought: I want my keyring to work with _any_ keys. Further, this key makes the entire key-keychain apparatus uncomfortable. It holds fewer keys and they are likely to hang at an awkward angle.
- idigthought 17y agothe key should be rotated 90 degrees to fit in with the keys i put on the ring.
- jncraton 17y agoThat makes some sense. The key would fit more comfortably on the ring, but it would also probably make the construction even weaker and more likely to break off in a lock. I'm not sure which is better.
- ori_b 17y agoIt would also prevent it from fitting into the normal key machining tools, meaning that you couldn't just take a blank to a locksmith and ask them to make you a copy of the key.
- michael_dorfman 17y agoA perfect example of a solution in search of a problem.
- undees 17y agoOn the upside, it may be easier to add keys to the ring, since you can grip it by the fixed key while you're forcing the new key through the tracks. On the downside, how do you remove a key from the ring without the other keys getting in the way? Wouldn't the fixed key get in the way of being able to slide other keys aside? Is there a topologist in the house?
- dryicerx 17y agoWhat's new about this? This is how keys used to be (just google image search "old key"). The reason for the flat surface on current keys is so you can hold it steady while turning. A flat surface is ideal for this, a keyring, not so much.
- tome 17y agoThose "old keys" may have had rings on the end, but they weren't key rings!