Beverage Container Gasket With Pressure-Relief Gaps
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current beverage containers and koozies lack a configuration to securely hold a secondary beverage container like a can, with inadequate lids and adapters to maintain temperature and prevent the can from falling out.
Innovation Solution
A gasket with arcuate flanges and gaps is designed to be threadably coupled to a beverage container, allowing it to securely hold a beverage can by creating a snug fit and allowing air to escape, preventing the can from falling out and maintaining temperature.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a gasket with arcuate flanges is used to secure a beverage can, then the can is held securely and prevented from falling, but the structure becomes more complex compared to simple koozies
Solution Approach 1:
The gasket is segmented into multiple arcuate flanges (typically three) that can independently engage with the beverage can. Each flange acts as a separate securing element, allowing the can to be held firmly through distributed contact points rather than a single complex mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The arcuate flanges extend radially outward from the gasket body in a dimension perpendicular to the main axis of the container. This radial extension creates multiple engagement points around the circumference, securing the can through a three-dimensional configuration rather than linear restraint.
2Stability of the object's composition
If the gasket body is made rigid to maintain shape, then structural stability is improved, but adaptability to fit different can sizes is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The gasket exhibits local quality through its composite structure: the main body maintains a stable cylindrical shape for structural integrity, while the arcuate flanges possess localized flexibility to adapt to different can diameters. This allows different parts of the gasket to have different mechanical properties suited to their specific functions.
Solution Approach 2:
The gasket is constructed from composite materials that combine the stability of rigid structural components with the adaptability of flexible sealing elements. This material composition enables the gasket to maintain its overall shape while accommodating variations in can size through controlled deformation of specific regions.
3Temperature
If gaps are created between arcuate flanges to allow air escape, then temperature maintenance is improved, but the sealing effectiveness is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The continuous sealing surface is segmented into discrete arcuate flanges separated by gaps. This segmentation allows the gasket to provide sealing contact at multiple discrete points while maintaining airflow channels between the flanges, enabling simultaneous thermal management and sealing functions.
Solution Approach 2:
The gasket provides localized sealing quality at the contact points of the arcuate flanges where they engage with the can surface, while the gap regions provide localized airflow pathways. This spatial differentiation of functions allows the same structure to simultaneously seal and ventilate.
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AI summary
Gaskets and beverage container systems and kits comprising gaskets. An exemplary gasket of a beverage container insulating system disclosed herein includes a gasket body comprising a generally cylindrical shape, a gasket opening, and an inner wall that faces a central axis of the gasket body, at least one set of protrusions positioned on the inner wall and extending radially inward toward the central axis of the gasket body, the first set of protrusions defining at least one pressure-alleviating gap.