Adjustable beverage container holder
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing beverage container holders are not adaptable to a wide variety of beverage container sizes, shapes, and heights, and often provide inadequate insulation and security.
Innovation Solution
An adjustable beverage container holder featuring a deformable sleeve and a rotatable securing ring, which can be tightened to conform to different container sizes by reducing the interior diameter of the sleeve.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed-size beverage holder is used, then it provides secure fit and good insulation for that specific size, but it cannot accommodate various sizes of beverage containers
Solution Approach 1:
The holder incorporates a rotatable securing ring that transitions from a relaxed configuration to a constricted configuration, dynamically adjusting the interior diameter of the sleeve to match different container sizes. This dynamic adjustment mechanism allows the holder to adapt to various container diameters while maintaining a secure fit through the constricted configuration.
Solution Approach 2:
The holder changes the physical parameter of the sleeve's interior diameter by rotating the securing ring. The securing ring includes an inner ring portion and an outer ring portion that, when rotated, deform the sleeve material to reduce the interior diameter from a first size to a second size, thereby adapting to different container dimensions.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a deformable sleeve is used to accommodate various sizes, then adaptability improves, but insulation effectiveness decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The holder uses a deformable sleeve made of flexible material that can be constricted to fit different container sizes. The flexible shell maintains insulation effectiveness by conforming closely to the container surface in the constricted configuration, eliminating air gaps that would reduce thermal insulation.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a rotatable securing ring is used to adjust fit, then adaptability to different sizes improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The securing ring provides a simple dynamic adjustment mechanism that rotates between two primary configurations (relaxed and constricted). This binary rotational movement offers adaptability without requiring complex multi-position adjustment mechanisms, keeping the overall device structure relatively simple.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The holder effectively secures a wide range of beverage containers while providing improved insulation, maintaining the initial temperature of the beverage.
Implementation Method 1
provide insulation, maintaining the initial temperature of the beverage
Data Source
AI summary
A beverage container holder is provided and may include a container receiving portion, a deformable or flexible sleeve and a securing ring rotatable relative to the container receiving portion. The securing ring may include an inner ring portion and an outer ring portion wherein the deformable material is positioned or clasped between the inner ring portion and the outer ring portion of the securing ring. The can receiving portion may include a slot configured to receive a tab. The tab may be disposed on the interior portion of the securing ring to guide rotation of the securing ring from a container receiving configuration to a container securing configuration. The first end of the deformable sleeve may be coupled to the container receiving portion and a second end of the deformable sleeve may be coupled to the securing ring such that rotation of the securing ring from the container receiving configuration to the container securing configuration reduces an interior diameter of the deformable sleeve.