Adjustable Liquid Container Holder With Retractable Hose Access

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Solution Overview

Problem

There is a need for a system that allows users to attach non-specific liquid containers to a nonpermanent mount and use a suction hose to retrieve liquid, as existing solutions are often limited to specific container configurations and lack portability and versatility.

Innovation Solution

An adjustable liquid container holder made of flexible materials, featuring a clamping mechanism with bungee cords or other clamping means, a telescopic straw, and a spigot with ergonomic design, allowing for secure mounting and easy liquid removal from containers of varying sizes and shapes, and portability through attachment to surfaces or belts.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a non-specific liquid container is attached to a nonpermanent mount with a suction hose, then versatility and portability are improved, but securing the container reliably and preventing leakage becomes more difficult

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveversatilityVSAvoidcontainer security

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The holder is designed with a universal clamping mechanism that can accommodate various container sizes and shapes through adjustable bungee cords and a telescopic straw, allowing one device to securely hold multiple types of liquid containers while maintaining reliable sealing

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The holder incorporates dynamic adjustment capabilities through movable bungee cords and an adjustable telescopic straw that can be extended or retracted, enabling the device to adapt to different container configurations while maintaining secure attachment and reliable liquid containment

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

2Ease of operation

If the holder is made portable and mountable, then ease of transport and positioning is improved, but structural stability and secure mounting become more challenging

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveportabilityVSAvoidmounting stability

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The holder is divided into separate functional components including a mountable base, an adjustable clamping mechanism with bungee cords, and a detachable telescopic straw assembly, allowing the device to be mounted stably on various surfaces while maintaining portability through modular construction

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The holder utilizes flexible bungee cords and a flexible telescopic straw that can bend and adapt to different container shapes, providing both portability through flexibility and mounting stability through adaptive securing mechanisms that conform to various container geometries

Inventive Principle:

Principle #30Flexible shells and thin films

3Adaptability or versatility

If the holder accommodates containers of varying sizes and shapes, then adaptability is improved, but manufacturing precision and consistency become more difficult

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontainer size accommodationVSAvoidholder consistency

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The holder employs adjustable parameters including bungee cord tension, telescopic straw extension length, and clamping force, allowing the device to maintain consistent manufacturing specifications while adapting to various container sizes and shapes through variable configuration rather than variable geometry

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

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

Enables secure, portable, and versatile liquid container mounting and easy liquid retrieval from various container sizes and shapes, enhancing user convenience and flexibility in different settings.

Implementation Method 1

The container holder may be configured with one or more slides or slats and a bungee cord that applies vertical force

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectElasticity: Elasticity

Implementation Method 2

The container holder may be configured with a telescopic or standard straw

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectMechanical extension:

Implementation Method 3

Some modern liquid containers include flexible suction tubes that permit the user to remove the contents of the container by suction

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectSuction: Suction

Data Source

PatentUS10251502B2Adjustable liquid container holder

Publication Date: 2019.04.09 WALTZ GARRETT

AI summary

An adjustable liquid container holder and method, whereby a set of components that may be used for holding various types and sizes of liquid containers with the ability to temporarily hang or mount the liquid container holder and still retrieve liquid through a hose. The liquid container holder may have frame parts that are height adjustable to snugly fit a liquid container regardless of its height. The spigot may be configured with a detachable retractable cord and reel so that the spigot may be automatically retracted in close proximity to the liquid container holder upon release of the spigot from a user's hand.