Beverage Container Insulator with Foldable Indicia
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional beverage insulators lack versatility and efficiency in insulating different types of beverages while providing information about the contents, and they often require multiple designs for various beverage types.
Innovation Solution
A beverage container insulator with a cylindrical body, featuring a web that closes one end and apertures for suspension, and bearing indicia on both exterior and interior surfaces that change visibility when folded, allowing it to insulate and identify different beverages without needing multiple insulators.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional beverage insulators use a single design, then manufacturing is simple, but they lack versatility for different beverage types
Solution Approach 1:
The insulator is designed with a cylindrical body that can accommodate different beverage container sizes and types through a standardized opening configuration. The web structure with apertures provides universal hanging functionality, while the indicia system allows the same physical insulator to identify and convey information about various beverage types, making one design serve multiple purposes
2Loss of information
If conventional insulators provide no information about contents, then the design is simple, but users cannot identify beverage contents
Solution Approach 1:
The insulator incorporates indicia including colored or distinctive markings on both the exterior and interior surfaces. These visual indicators change visibility when the insulator is folded, allowing users to quickly identify beverage contents without complex labeling systems or additional components
3Ease of operation
If conventional insulators are always visible, then product identification is easy, but they cannot be stored compactly
Solution Approach 1:
The insulator incorporates a foldable design where the cylindrical body can be collapsed into a compact state for storage and expanded to a full visible state for use. The web structure with apertures maintains its integrity during folding, allowing the insulator to transition between compact storage and full product identification modes
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 safe, convenient, and economical insulation of various beverages while conveying information about the contents, and can be used in multiple configurations including hanging, enhancing user convenience and product identification.
Implementation Method 1
A beverage container insulator can include a body. The body can define a cylinder and have an opening at a first end and a web closing a second end opposite the first end. An interior surface can be defined by the body and can be configured to receive a beverage container.
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AI summary
A beverage container insulator is presented herein. The beverage container insulator can include a body. The body can define a cylinder and have an opening at a first end and a web closing a second end opposite the first end. An interior surface can be defined by the body and can be configured to receive a beverage container. An exterior surface can be defined by the body opposite to the interior surface. First and second apertures can be formed in the web arranged to mirror one another on opposite sides of an axis passing through a middle of the web.