Beverage Bottle Basket Lid for Brewing-Drinking Separation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional beverage bottles require multiple lids for brewing and drinking, which can be inconvenient for users as they need to remove and replace lids during the brewing process.
Innovation Solution
A basket assembly is removably coupled to the lid of a beverage bottle, featuring a chamber with openings for fluid communication, allowing users to brew tea or coffee within the bottle without removing the basket assembly, enabling seamless transition from brewing to drinking without spilling used tea leaves or coffee grounds.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional beverage bottles use separate lids for brewing and drinking, then the brewing and drinking functions are achieved, but the device complexity increases and user convenience deteriorates due to needing to remove and replace lids
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the brewing lid and drinking lid into a single integrated lid assembly. The lid assembly includes a lid body with a brewing chamber that can receive tea leaves, and a spout for drinking. The basket assembly with filtering mechanism is integrated within the same lid structure, allowing both brewing and drinking functions to be performed through one lid rather than requiring separate lids to be removed and replaced.
Solution Approach 2:
The single lid assembly performs multiple functions: it serves as both a brewing lid (with chamber for tea leaves and filtering mechanism) and a drinking lid (with spout for consuming the beverage). This multi-functional design eliminates the need for separate dedicated brewing and drinking lids, simplifying the overall device and improving user convenience.
2Device complexity
If a single lid is used for both brewing and drinking, then device complexity is reduced, but proper separation of brewing materials and beverage consumption is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The lid assembly is segmented into functional zones: a brewing chamber for holding tea leaves, a filtering mechanism (basket assembly) to separate liquid from solids, and a spout for drinking. This segmentation allows the single lid to maintain distinct brewing and drinking areas, ensuring proper separation of brewing materials from the consumable beverage while using only one lid structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The basket assembly with filtering mechanism acts as an intermediary between the brewing chamber and the drinking spout. It separates the brewed liquid from the tea leaves, allowing the liquid to pass through to the spout while retaining the solid brewing materials in the chamber. This intermediary filtering mechanism ensures reliable separation of brewing and drinking functions within the single lid.
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
The solution allows for efficient brewing and drinking from the same bottle without the need to remove the basket assembly, enhancing user convenience and reducing the complexity of lid management.
Implementation Method 1
One or more first openings are defined through the basket body to provide fluid communication between the chamber and the interior volume of the beverage bottle body
Data Source
AI summary
A basket assembly for removably coupling to a lid of a beverage bottle includes a basket body defining a chamber. One or more first openings are defined through the basket body and one or more second openings are defined through the basket body to provide fluid communication between the chamber and an interior volume of the beverage bottle body with the lid coupled to the beverage bottle body. A basket lid is coupled to the basket body. One or more third openings are defined through the basket lid and aligned with the one or more second openings to provide fluid communication between the interior volume of the beverage bottle body and a passage formed through the beverage bottle lid. A lid assembly including the basket assembly and a bottle including the lid assembly is also disclosed.