Compression Sleeve Pull-Cord Mechanism for Flexible Bottle
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing sleeves for water bottles and fluid containers do not provide a comfortable, secure, and adjustable interface for users during activities like running or exercising, nor do they effectively prevent fluid bounce or sloshing.
Innovation Solution
A compression sleeve with a pull-cord mechanism and friction lock that allows for adjustable compression, combined with a flexible bottle, providing insulation and easy access to fluids, while preventing fluid movement through a spout and adjustable delivery flow.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If a compression sleeve is used to prevent fluid bounce and sloshing, then fluid stability is improved, but the device complexity increases due to the pull-cord mechanism and friction lock
Solution Approach 1:
The compression sleeve incorporates a dynamic pull-cord mechanism with a friction lock that allows users to adjust the compression level in real-time. The friction lock enables the pull-cord to be held at various positions, providing adjustable compression forces that adapt to different fluid volumes and user preferences, thereby preventing bounce and sloshing while maintaining manageable complexity through user-controlled adjustment.
2Ease of operation
If the compression sleeve allows adjustable compression, then ease of operation is improved, but the device complexity increases due to additional components
Solution Approach 1:
The friction lock mechanism is designed to be operated directly by the user without requiring additional tools or complex assembly. The user can independently adjust the compression level by pulling the cord to the desired position and securing it with the friction lock, enabling self-service adjustment that improves ease of operation while keeping the device structure relatively simple.
3Volume of moving object
If the flexible bottle is readily collapsible, then volume efficiency is improved, but the reliability of fluid delivery may worsen due to potential deformation
Solution Approach 1:
The flexible bottle is designed with material and structural parameters that allow it to collapse efficiently as fluid is consumed, reducing volume. The compression sleeve works in conjunction with the bottle to maintain appropriate compression forces that prevent excessive deformation, thereby preserving fluid delivery reliability while achieving high volume efficiency when empty.
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 offers a comfortable, secure, and adjustable interface for users, prevents fluid bounce and sloshing, and allows for easy fluid access and adjustable delivery, enhancing usability during sports and outdoor activities.
Implementation Method 1
moving the pull-cord from the first position to the second position causes a contraction of the compression sleeve and a corresponding contraction of the flexible bottle
Implementation Method 2
a friction lock, the friction lock engaging the pull-cord to retain the pull-cord in a plurality of positions between the first position and the second position
Data Source
AI summary
A compression sleeve and flexible bottle combine to serve as a fluid carrier such as for water or sports beverages. The flexible bottle has an interior volume for holding the fluid, the flexible bottle being readily collapsible to conform the interior volume of the flexible bottle to a volume of the fluid held within the flexible bottle, with a compression sleeve surrounding the flexible bottle. A pull-cord is attached to the compression sleeve and is moveable from a first position in which the pull-cord is retracted to a second position in which the pull-cord is extended, in which moving the pull-cord from the first position to the second position causes a contraction of the compression sleeve and a corresponding contraction of the flexible bottle.