Lid assembly for a drinking container
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Solution Overview
Problem
Advanced lid assemblies for drinking containers often have complex designs that hinder thorough cleaning, leading to contamination due to intricate mechanisms and permanently attached sealing assemblies.
Innovation Solution
A lid assembly with a pivotally mounted sealing assembly that is releasably connected to the lid housing, allowing for easier disassembly and cleaning, featuring a sealing arm that is slidably or telescopically mounted onto the sealing assembly body, and a mounting member that can be released from the lid housing for thorough cleaning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the lid assembly includes an interior mechanism for selectively opening and closing the drinking opening, then the functionality is improved, but the complexity of cleaning deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The lid assembly is divided into separable components: the lid housing and the interior mechanism (mounting member with sealing assembly). This segmentation allows the interior mechanism to be removed from the lid housing for separate cleaning, solving the cleaning difficulty while maintaining the selective opening/closing functionality through the displaceable sealing assembly
Solution Approach 2:
The interior mechanism comprising the mounting member and sealing assembly is extracted as a removable unit from the lid housing. The mounting member can be disengaged from the lid housing, allowing the sealing assembly to be completely removed for thorough cleaning, while the lid housing retains the drinking opening functionality
2Stability of the object's composition
If the sealing assembly remains attached to the lid assembly at all times, then the structural integrity is improved, but the cleanability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The connection between the mounting member and lid housing is made dynamic rather than static. The mounting member features engageable/disengageable connection elements that allow it to be securely attached during use (maintaining structural integrity) but easily removed for cleaning (improving cleanability). The sealing assembly can be completely detached when needed
Data Source
AI summary
In a first aspect, the current invention concerns a lid assembly for a drinking container, the lid assembly comprising a lid housing having a drinking opening, a sealing assembly comprising a sealing assembly body and a sealing element which is moveable between a first closed position and a second open position, and an operating assembly for operating the sealing assembly to move the sealing element between the first and second positions. In particular, the lid assembly further comprises a mounting member onto which the sealing assembly body is pivotally mounted, about a pivot axis, and wherein the mounting member is releasably connectable to the lid housing. The invention further concerns an interior mechanism for a lid assembly, and a drinking container comprising such a lid assembly.