Container with Recessed Channel for Spoon Access to Food Remnants
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional containers lack efficient access mechanisms for retrieving the last remnants of food or liquids, making it difficult to corral or pour out remaining contents.
Innovation Solution
The design incorporates a recessed channel along the interior surface of the container, which can extend from one side to the opposite side, allowing a spoon to fit and scoop out food or liquids, with the channel's width optimized to match or complement the spoon's head for efficient access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a traditional container without channels is used, then the container structure is simple, but it is difficult to retrieve the last remnants of food or liquids
Solution Approach 1:
The container interior is segmented by adding a channel structure that divides the single cavity into a main body and a channel portion. This segmentation allows the spoon to access and retrieve remaining contents through the channel, solving the problem of difficult access without requiring complete emptying of the container.
Solution Approach 2:
The channel acts as an intermediary structure between the main container body and the spoon. It provides a dedicated pathway that facilitates the spoon's access to remaining food or liquid remnants, enabling efficient retrieval without direct access to the entire container interior.
2Ease of operation
If the channel width is made larger to improve spoon access, then spoon access is improved, but the container volume is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The channel width is optimized with local quality - it is narrow enough to maintain container volume but wide enough to accommodate the spoon head. The channel dimensions are specifically designed to match typical spoon proportions, providing just enough space for effective access while minimizing volume loss.
Solution Approach 2:
The channel dimensions are carefully controlled within specific parameter ranges. The width is set to less than one-third of the main body width (preferably less than one-fourth or one-sixth), and the depth is optimized to allow spoon insertion while maintaining overall container capacity. These parameter optimizations balance access requirements with volume preservation.
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AI summary
Containers can include main bodies of various shapes and include one or more recessed channels that extends from one side to another of the container to provide greater ease of use and improved access to materials contained there, such as food and other solids, liquids, or combinations thereof.