Beverage Container Handle Actuation for One-Handed Mouthpiece Release
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional beverage containers require users to use one hand to hold the container and another hand to press a button to release the mouthpiece, making it inconvenient, especially when both hands are needed for other activities like riding a bike.
Innovation Solution
A handle actuation arrangement that allows the user to pivotally move the handle to disengage the mouthpiece from a locking latch, enabling one-handed operation and using other body parts like the chin to release the mouthpiece, allowing for easy and convenient drinking.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a button is provided on the lid body for releasing the mouth piece, then the mouth piece can be released, but the user must use one hand to hold the container and another hand to press the button, reducing ease of operation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the handle and the release mechanism into a single integrated component. The handle serves dual functions: carrying the container and actuating the mouthpiece release through its movement, eliminating the need for a separate button and reducing operational complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The handle is designed as a multi-functional element that performs both the carrying function and the release actuation function. By making the handle universally functional, the patent reduces the number of separate components needed and simplifies the user operation
2Adaptability or versatility
If both hands are needed for activities like riding a bike, then mobility is improved, but the user cannot simultaneously hold the container and release the mouth piece
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the release function into the handle operation, allowing users to activate the mouthpiece release during normal handling motions. This enables one-handed operation where the same hand that holds the container can also release the mouthpiece, making it suitable for activities like cycling
3Object-affected harmful factors
If the mouth piece is received and protected in the lid body, then the mouth piece remains clean, but the user needs to use another hand to press the button for releasing it
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the protective housing function with the release actuation function in the handle assembly. The mouthpiece remains protected within the lid body structure, while the integrated handle mechanism allows release through natural handling motions without requiring coordinated two-handed operation
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 users to easily and conveniently drink from the container with one hand while carrying it, improving usability in situations where both hands are occupied.
Implementation Method 1
an engaging member pivotally received in the receiving slot to engage with the mouth piece; and a handle extended from the engaging member in such a manner that when the handle is pivotally moved with respect to the lid body, the engaging member is also driven to pivotally move to drive the mouth piece to disengage from the locking latch
Data Source
AI summary
A beverage container includes a container body and a lid. The lid includes a lid body having a receiving slot, and a handle actuation arrangement. The handle actuation arrangement includes a locking latch movably mounted in the receiving slot, a mouth piece, and an actuating handle. The mouth piece is pivotally connected to the lid body to move between a locked position and a extended position, The actuating handle includes an engaging member pivotally received in the receiving slot to engage with the mouth piece, and a handle member extended from the engaging member in such a manner that when the handle is pivotally moved with respect to the lid body, the engaging member is also driven to pivotally move to drive the mouth piece to disengage from the locking latch so as to allow the mouth piece to move from the locked position to the extended position.