Inverted Bottle Holder Clip for Stable Glass Rim Support
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Solution Overview
Problem
Inverting a beer bottle into a glass or pitcher for creating a 'beer rita' is not always stable, leading to potential falls or knockouts, and there is a need for an inexpensive device that can securely hold the bottle for promotional or advertising purposes.
Innovation Solution
A bottle holder with a clip and deck design that fits onto the rim of a glass or pitcher, featuring an aperture for the bottle neck and spaced walls to secure the bottle upside down, providing stability and allowing for promotional material placement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If a beer bottle is simply inverted into a glass or pitcher, then the device complexity is minimized, but the stability of the bottle is insufficient and it can fall or be easily knocked out
Solution Approach 1:
A bottle holder is introduced as an intermediary device between the bottle and the glass. The holder includes a clip that attaches to the glass rim and a deck that secures the bottle neck, providing stable support without requiring complex mechanisms. This intermediary structure resolves the contradiction by adding minimal complexity while significantly improving bottle stability.
2Reliability
If a bottle holder device is added to securely hold the bottle, then the bottle stability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The bottle holder is segmented into two functional parts: a clip portion that attaches to the glass rim and a deck portion that holds the bottle neck. This segmentation allows each part to perform its specific function efficiently while keeping the overall structure simple and easy to manufacture, resolving the contradiction between stability and complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The bottle holder applies local quality by concentrating support at the bottle neck area through the deck aperture, rather than requiring complex support throughout the entire bottle. The clip provides localized attachment to the glass rim, and the deck provides localized support for the bottle neck, achieving stable holding with minimal structure.
3Ease of manufacture
If a simple bottle holder structure is used, then the manufacturing cost is low, but the promotional or advertising utility is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The bottle holder is designed with multi-functionality to serve both practical and promotional purposes. The deck surface can accommodate logos, slogans, or branding elements, while the basic holding function remains simple and cost-effective to manufacture. This universality allows the same simple structure to fulfill both low-cost manufacturing and promotional advertising requirements.
Data Source
AI summary
An inverted bottle holder is described for holding a bottle with a neck upside down inside a container having an exterior wall. The bottle holder includes a clip having an inner wall and an outer wall spaced to accept the exterior wall of the container in between, wherein the clip is formed having a diameter corresponding to the diameter of the container, and a deck connected to the clip and extending into the container, the deck including an aperture sized to accept the neck of the bottle, such that the bottle is held upside down in the container when inserted into the aperture.