Built-In Food Container Scale With In-Container Weight Display

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing weighing apparatuses do not provide a display screen inside the container for displaying the weight of food, making it difficult for users to accurately pour the desired amount.

Innovation Solution

A container with a built-in scale and display screen positioned inside the container, allowing users to view weight measurements directly through the container wall while pouring food.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If the display screen is positioned outside the container, then the device structure is simpler, but the user cannot view the weight measurement accurately while pouring food

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of pouring accurate amountVSAvoidcontainer structure complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The display screen is integrated inside the container with the scale, merging the weighing function and display function into a single unified structure. This allows the user to view the weight measurement directly through the container wall while pouring, eliminating the need for external display devices and improving pouring accuracy.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The display screen is nested within the container structure, positioned inside the containment space. The housing contains the display screen and positions it within the container, creating a nested arrangement where the display is embedded in the container rather than being separate.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

2Measurement precision

If the display screen is positioned inside the container, then the user can view weight measurement accurately, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveweight measurement visibilityVSAvoidcontainer structure complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The container serves multiple functions: it contains the food, provides the weighing platform through the integrated scale, and houses the display screen for weight measurement. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate components and justifies the integrated design.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Ease of operation

If the housing extends through the perimeter wall, then the display screen is accessible from outside, but the structural integrity of the container is compromised

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedisplay screen accessibilityVSAvoidcontainer structural integrity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSStrength

Solution Approach 1:

The housing extends through a specific localized area of the perimeter wall rather than compromising the entire container structure. This localized extension provides display accessibility while maintaining the structural integrity of the remaining container walls.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS12584781B2Containment vessel and weight gauge combination assembly

Publication Date: 2026.03.24 SANNI ADEDOYIN

AI summary

A containment vessel and weight gauge combination assembly for weighing food placed in a container includes a container with an upper edge forming an opening into the container. A scale is coupled to the container and positioned at the bottom of the container for weighing food positioned in the container. A display screen for displaying the weight of the food is positioned in the interior of the container near the upper edge.