Drinkware Carrying Arm Hinge Mechanism for Removable Transport
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing drinkware designs that enhance ease of transport often compromise handling, cleaning, and storage due to complex structures and non-removable carrying arms.
Innovation Solution
A drinkware apparatus featuring hinge lugs and opposing hinge posts that allow a carrying arm to be rotatable and selectively removable, enabling flexible positioning and easy exchange of different sizes and shapes of carrying arms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a carrying arm is added to enhance ease of transport, then transport convenience is improved, but handling and cleaning become more cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The carrying arm is designed as a separable component that can be removed from the drinkware container. This segmentation allows the carrying arm to provide transport convenience when attached, while enabling easy removal for simplified handling and cleaning of the container, thus resolving the contradiction between transport ease and cleaning complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The carrying arm incorporates a rotatable joint mechanism that allows it to dynamically adjust between different positions (attached and removed). This dynamic capability enables the system to adapt to different operational states: providing transport functionality when needed, and being removed to simplify handling and cleaning, thereby resolving the static contradiction
2Ease of operation
If a carrying arm is integrated into the drinkware structure, then transport convenience is improved, but storage efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
By making the carrying arm a removable component rather than a permanent integral part, the system allows the container to occupy minimal storage space when the carrying arm is removed. The carrying arm can be stored separately or attached only when transport is needed, resolving the contradiction between transport convenience and storage efficiency
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple carrying arms of different sizes and shapes are provided for various activities, then versatility is improved, but device complexity and storage requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The carrying arm is designed with a universal attachment mechanism using standardized hinge lugs and posts. This universality allows a single carrying arm design to be compatible with different container types and configurations, providing versatility across multiple activities without requiring multiple specialized carrying arm variants, thus resolving the contradiction between adaptability and complexity
Data Source
AI summary
A drinkware apparatus includes a liquid container with a reservoir therein, the liquid container having an exterior surface, and a dispensing lid that engages with the liquid container, the dispensing lid having an exterior surface. A pair of hinge lugs extend outwardly from the exterior surface of the liquid container or outwardly from the exterior surface of the dispensing lid, each of the hinge lugs having a mounting surface that opposes the mounting surface of the other hinge lug. Each of a pair of opposing hinge posts extends from the mounting surface of a respective one of the hinge lugs and is positioned between the hinge lugs. A carrying arm is rotatable about the hinge posts when mounted thereon. The carrying arm is selectively removable from and selectively remountable on the hinge posts without adjustment of the hinge posts, hinge lugs, dispensing lid, or liquid container.