Container with circumferential drinking openings
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional drinking vessels with lids often require a specific orientation for drinking, leading to potential spills when the vessel is not held correctly, as the opening is typically located on one side or is a single hole, limiting user flexibility.
Innovation Solution
A drinking vessel design featuring a lid with multiple circumferential arced slits around its circumference, allowing fluid access regardless of the vessel's orientation, and a sealing mechanism to prevent spills, with optional features like a raised rim to trap any spilled liquid.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a single opening or slot is provided in the lid for receiving a drinking straw, then the structure is simple, but the user must hold the vessel in a specific orientation to drink, limiting flexibility
Solution Approach 1:
The lid is segmented into multiple quadrants with each quadrant containing a drinking opening, allowing the user to drink from any orientation. This segmentation of the lid structure resolves the contradiction by providing multiple access points while maintaining a relatively simple overall design.
Solution Approach 2:
The drinking openings are positioned asymmetrically around the circumference of the lid at different locations, enabling the user to access fluid regardless of how the vessel is oriented. This asymmetric distribution of openings provides drinking flexibility without requiring complex mechanical mechanisms.
2Ease of operation
If the opening is located on one side of the lid, then the manufacturing is simple, but the vessel must be held in a single orientation when drinking, leading to potential spills
Solution Approach 1:
The lid is divided into multiple sections with drinking openings distributed around the circumference, allowing the vessel to be used in any orientation. This segmentation approach maintains manufacturing simplicity while significantly improving ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The lid is designed to function in multiple orientations simultaneously, with drinking openings positioned to provide access from any direction. This multi-functional design allows the same lid structure to serve all drinking orientations without requiring separate lids for different uses.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple circumferential drinking openings are provided, then the user can drink in any orientation, but the lid structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The lid is segmented into quadrants with drinking openings at strategic positions in each quadrant, providing full circumferential access while maintaining a modular, manageable structure. This segmentation allows the complexity to be distributed and organized rather than concentrated.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple drinking openings are merged into a single lid structure that functions as an integrated unit. The openings work together to provide comprehensive coverage around the circumference, achieving high adaptability without requiring separate components for each opening.
Data Source
AI summary
A drinking vessel with a lid containing circumferential drinking openings. In one embodiment, the drinking vessel includes a bowl and a lid, wherein the bowl is connected to the lid and wherein the drinking vessel includes a plurality of rotational orientations, and wherein the lid includes a plurality of drinking openings such that a user may drink from the drinking vessel substantially irrespective of its rotational orientation.