In-Ground Beverage Cooler with Adjustable Holders for Cans and Bottles

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing hole-in-the-ground beverage coolers have poor space utilization and are unable to securely hold beverage containers without bottle necks, such as cans and cuboid containers, due to the configuration of the disk-shaped beverage holders.

Innovation Solution

The beverage holders are equipped with cylinder-shell-shaped bracing walls above the hanger openings, allowing for the insertion of beverage containers from above and providing stable bracing for containers of different shapes and sizes. Additionally, the carrying device features a carrying bar that can be moved axially and infinitely variable positioning of the beverage holders, allowing for better adaptation to different container heights.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If disk-shaped beverage holders are used without additional bracing structures, then bottles with bottle necks can be hung from the side, but the space above the beverage holders cannot be utilized and containers without bottle necks cannot be securely held

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecompatibility with different beverage container typesVSAvoidutilization of interior space of jacket tube

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSVolume of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The beverage holder is divided into functional zones: the original disk shape for hanging bottles by neck, and added cylinder-shell bracing walls for supporting containers without necks. This segmentation allows different container types to be held in different zones of the same beverage holder.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The cylinder-shell bracing walls are integrated into the beverage holder structure, with the bracing walls forming an inner cavity that receives beverage containers. The beverage container is nested within the bracing walls, which are themselves part of the beverage holder assembly.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

2Adaptability or versatility

If fixed-distance beverage holders are used, then the structure is simple, but the spaces between individual beverage holders cannot be effectively utilized for containers of different heights

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveadaptation to different container heightsVSAvoidcomplexity of carrying device

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The carrying device allows axial movement of the carrying bar, and the beverage holders can be positioned at variable distances from one another along the bar. This dynamic positioning capability enables adaptation to different container heights while maintaining structural simplicity through minimal moving components.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS12202644B2Hole-in-the-ground beverage cooler

Publication Date: 2025.01.21 FEDERTEC PROD- GMBH

AI summary

Disclosed is a hole-in-the-ground beverage cooler, comprising a plastic jacket tube which can be inserted vertically into a hole in the ground and which is provided at the bottom with a tightly sealing base and at the top with a removable cover, and in the interior of which jacket tube a support device is situated that can be moved axially upwards and out of the jacket tube, on which support device a plurality of axially-spaced-apart disc-shaped beverage holders are fastened. The beverage holders can be slid into the jacket tube and are each provided with a plurality of hooking-in openings for hooking in the necks of beverage bottles, which hooking-in openings are distributed around the circumference of the beverage holder and are accessible from the periphery.