D-Shaped Container Holder with Venting and Modular Attachment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing portable beverage container holders lack effective ventilation and adaptability to accommodate different container sizes and surfaces, making it difficult to securely carry and attach them to various objects.
Innovation Solution
A container holder design featuring a D-shaped cross-section with a curved and flat profile, incorporating a breathable inner liner, a foam intermediate layer, and venting openings, along with adjustable carry straps and MOLLE loops for secure attachment to bags or coolers, and optional clips for additional stability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the container holder uses a sealed design to protect the container, then protection is improved, but ventilation is worsened causing suction that makes container insertion and removal difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The inner liner is designed as a breathable fabric that functions as a porous material, allowing air to pass through while maintaining the protective enclosure. This resolves the contradiction by enabling ventilation through the protective barrier, preventing suction formation and facilitating easy container insertion and removal.
2Stability of the object's composition
If the container holder uses a rigid structure to maintain shape, then structural integrity is improved, but adaptability to different container sizes is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The holder employs flexible materials including a fabric outer shell, foam intermediate layer, and breathable inner liner that can deform and conform to various container shapes and sizes. This flexibility maintains structural integrity while adapting to different container dimensions, resolving the contradiction between rigidity and adaptability.
3Device complexity
If the container holder uses simple attachment mechanisms, then device complexity is reduced, but secure attachment to various surfaces is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment system is segmented into multiple independent components: adjustable carry straps for general attachment, MOLLE loops for modular integration, and optional clips for additional stability. This segmentation allows the system to achieve secure attachment to various surfaces while maintaining relatively simple individual components, resolving the contradiction between complexity and reliability.
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
Enhances ventilation to prevent suction and allows easy container insertion/removal, accommodates various container sizes, and provides secure attachment to diverse surfaces, ensuring stable and versatile carrying solutions.
Implementation Method 1
The inner liner can be formed of a breathable fabric so that a degree of venting of air may occur within the cavity
Data Source
AI summary
A container holder may include an inner liner, an outer shell, and an intermediate layer in between the inner liner and the outer shell. The inner liner may provide an inner wall. And the inner wall may include a cavity for receiving a container. The container holder can define a first portion and a second portion. The first portion may follow a curved profile and the second portion may follow a flat profile such that a cross-section of the container holder follows a D-shape. The second portion may have a series of openings extending through the outer shell to vent the cavity to an outside. A series of loops may cover the series of openings on the second portion and a pair of clips can be mounted to the series of loops. A bottom vent can extend through the base, the intermediate layer, and the inner liner.