Beverage Container Cap with Integrated Fixed Carabiner to Prevent Loss
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing reusable water bottles lack an integrated carabiner handle that cannot be removed, and existing solutions with carabiner clips introduce additional components that can be lost.
Innovation Solution
A beverage container with a cap that integrates a carabiner, where the carabiner is fixedly secured within a through-bore of the cap, allowing it to rotate, providing a secure and integrated carrying mechanism without additional extending components.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a carabiner clip is used as a connecting element between the integrated handle and the object, then the carrying function is improved, but the device complexity increases and the carabiner can be removed and lost
Solution Approach 1:
The carabiner is merged with the cap by inserting the carabiner body through a through-bore in the cap, making the carabiner an integral part of the cap assembly. This eliminates the need for separate connecting elements and prevents the carabiner from being lost, as it is now fixed to the cap structure.
2Device complexity
If the handle is integrated into the cap as a closed loop, then the device complexity is reduced, but the ability to connect to objects requires additional devices
Solution Approach 1:
The carabiner's clipping function is merged with the cap structure by positioning the carabiner body through the through-bore, allowing the cap to directly attach to objects via the carabiner mechanism without requiring separate connecting devices.
3Reliability
If the carabiner is fixedly secured within the through-bore of the cap, then the reliability is improved by preventing loss, but the manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The through-bore acts as an intermediary structure that receives and secures the carabiner body. The bore provides a defined pathway that guides the carabiner into its fixed position, reducing the precision requirements compared to direct fixation methods.
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AI summary
A beverage container and carabiner assembly including a container having a distal end and a proximal end, the container having a cavity therein, the container having a threaded mouth at the proximal end, the mouth in communication with the cavity, a threaded cap having a distal end and a proximal end, the cap having a through-bore therein proximate the proximal end, the cap operatively arranged to threadably and removably engage the threaded mouth of the container, anda carabiner, the carabiner having a proximal section, a distal section, and a clip, the distal section of the carabiner arranged within the through-bore of the cap.