Container with an inner body, an outer body, and a detachable cover
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional containers for food and beverages often face issues such as imparting undesirable tastes, retaining flavors, potential health risks due to material leaching, breakage, and difficulty in cleaning, especially in dishwashers.
Innovation Solution
The container design features an outer body and an inner body that are concentrically arranged, with a cover that detachably couples to both bodies. The inner body is removably positioned within the outer body, allowing for easy cleaning and reducing the risk of flavor retention and material leaching.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If conventional container materials are used, then the container provides basic storage functionality, but the materials may impart undesirable tastes, retain flavors, or leach materials into food or beverages
Solution Approach 1:
The container is divided into an outer body and an inner body that can be separated. The inner body is removable from the outer body, allowing the food-contact surface to be detached for cleaning or replacement. This segmentation prevents flavor transfer and material leaching by enabling complete separation of the food-contact component from the structural component.
Solution Approach 2:
The inner body, which directly contacts food or beverages, is extracted as a separate removable component. This allows the inner body to be taken out for thorough cleaning, replacement, or material optimization without affecting the outer body structure, thereby eliminating flavor retention and leaching issues.
2Ease of operation
If the container uses a single integrated structure, then manufacturing is simpler, but cleaning is difficult and dishwasher-safe cleaning is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The container structure is segmented into removable components (inner body and outer body) that can be separated for cleaning. This segmentation allows water and cleaning agents to access all surfaces, including areas that would be difficult to reach in an integrated structure, making the container dishwasher-safe and easier to maintain hygiene.
3Reliability
If the container uses durable materials, then breakage resistance is improved, but the materials may still impart undesirable traits or leach substances
Solution Approach 1:
The container is segmented into two functional parts: the outer body provides structural durability and breakage resistance, while the inner body provides food-safe material properties. By separating these functions into removable components, the design achieves both durability and food safety without material leaching or flavor transfer.
Solution Approach 2:
The container utilizes different materials for the outer body and inner body, each optimized for its specific function. The outer body uses durable, breakage-resistant materials, while the inner body uses food-safe materials that do not leach or retain flavors. This composite approach allows each component to excel at its primary function without compromising the other.
Data Source
AI summary
Embodiments relate to containers capable of holding food and/or beverages. In some embodiments, the container may have an outer body and an inner body. The outer body may define an interior space and have an opening leading from the exterior into the interior space. In some embodiments, the inner body may be configured to be provided concentrically within the interior space, and may include a cavity configured to retain food or beverage. In some embodiments, the inner body may be removably retained within the interior space of the outer body. Some embodiments may also include a cover configured to be detachably coupled to the inner body and the outer body, for example to close the opening of the container.