Aroma Sampling Lid for Botanical Display Container Preservation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current display containers fail to adequately store, preserve, and present botanical samples such as tea and cannabis, while also allowing for visualization and aroma sampling, which are essential for customer inspection and evaluation.
Innovation Solution
A container design featuring a body with a mounting projection for stabilizing samples, a lid with adjustable scent openings and a magnification lens for visualization, and an optional tether for carrying, made from moldable materials like PMMA or SAN, allowing for airtight sealing and adjustable ventilation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the container is sealed airtight for preservation, then the storage and preservation function is improved, but the aroma sampling function deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The lid is segmented with separate functional zones: a viewing opening for visual inspection, adjustable scent openings for aroma sampling, and sealing mechanisms. This segmentation allows the container to provide both airtight preservation and controlled aroma access without compromising either function
Solution Approach 2:
The scent openings are designed to be adjustable, allowing users to dynamically control the degree of opening based on their needs. This dynamic feature enables the container to transition between fully sealed (preservation mode) and partially open (aroma sampling mode), resolving the contradiction between sealed preservation and aroma access
2Measurement precision
If magnification lens is added for visualization, then the inspection capability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The magnification lens is merged into the lid structure, specifically positioned within or adjacent to the viewing opening. This integration allows the lens to be part of the existing lid assembly rather than a separate component, providing magnification functionality while minimizing additional structural complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The lid serves multiple functions: sealing the container, providing viewing access, enabling aroma sampling, and housing the magnification lens. By making the lid a multi-functional component, the patent avoids adding separate structures for each function, thus reducing overall device complexity while achieving enhanced visualization
3Stability of the object's composition
If mounting projection is added for sample stabilization, then the sample presentation is improved, but the manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting projection is designed with simple geometric parameters that can be directly formed during the injection molding process. By optimizing the projection's shape and size parameters, the design achieves effective sample stabilization while remaining compatible with standard manufacturing processes, avoiding complex post-processing steps
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 effective display, preservation, and sampling of botanical materials by providing a secure, visually accessible, and aromatic experience, meeting the needs of customers who wish to inspect and test the quality of samples like tea and cannabis.
Implementation Method 1
A portion of the container body is shaped to define a mounting projection to hold a sample
Implementation Method 2
a magnification lens for visualization
Implementation Method 3
a lid with adjustable scent openings
Data Source
AI summary
A display container for botanical samples includes: (a) an enclosure including a container body having an open top and a lid detachably mounted to the container body and covering the open top. The container body and the lid enclose an interior chamber for storing a botanical sample. The lid has a transparent viewing section extending over the interior chamber for viewing the botanical sample. The display container further includes (b) one or more scent ports extending through the lid between the chamber and environment. The one or more scent ports are spaced apart from the transparent viewing section. The display container further includes (c) a plug mounted to the lid and sealing the one or more scent ports. At least a portion of the plug is movable away from the lid to expose the one or more scent ports for sampling an aroma of the botanical sample.