Drink Container Lid Assembly for Easy-Clean Sealing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing drinking container lids are structurally complex and not easily disassembled, leading to hygiene concerns due to their intricate components.
Innovation Solution
A lid assembly design featuring a main member with a movable button portion and a connector portion that can be actuated to synchronously move between positions, allowing for disassembly and enabling easy cleaning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the lid is designed with complex components to achieve precise sealing and control, then the sealing performance and fluid control are improved, but the device complexity increases and disassembly becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The lid assembly is divided into multiple separable components including a main body, a lid, a sealing structure, a first connector portion, and a button portion. Each component can be independently removed and cleaned, resolving the contradiction between maintaining complex sealing functionality and enabling easy disassembly for hygiene purposes.
2Volume of moving object
If the lid components are made tiny and integrated to reduce size, then the container portability is improved, but the components cannot be disassembled causing hygienic concerns
Solution Approach 1:
The lid assembly maintains a compact overall size while being segmented into separable components. The engagement members and connection interfaces are designed to allow easy disassembly despite the small size of individual components, enabling thorough cleaning while maintaining portability.
3Ease of operation
If the lid uses a simple design to ease cleaning, then the ease of operation is improved, but the sealing performance and fluid control may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The sealing structure is designed as a separate, removable component that can be easily detached for cleaning. This segmentation allows the sealing mechanism to maintain its functionality while being accessible for hygiene maintenance, resolving the contradiction between simplicity and sealing performance.
Solution Approach 2:
The lid assembly is designed to be easily disassembled and reassembled by the user without requiring special tools or complex procedures. The engagement members and connection interfaces are configured to allow self-service cleaning and maintenance while maintaining reliable sealing performance during use.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The design facilitates disassembly and cleaning of lid components, enhancing hygiene and user experience by simplifying the operation and ensuring effective sealing and fluid control.
Implementation Method 1
a button portion, having an engagement member, said button portion reciprocally movable inside said through-hole of said main member between a first position and a second position with a first resilient member
Implementation Method 2
a lid, movably connecting to said first connector portion with a first biasing member
Implementation Method 3
further comprising a second biasing member, provided to said second connector to facilitate the movement of said second connector between its said first position and second position
Implementation Method 4
said stage being provided with a third biasing member, such that in said first orientation said stage biasing said third biasing member
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention is about a lid assembly, for a container, comprising: a main member, removably mounting to said container, having: a passage fluidically communicable with the interior of said container, a through-hole; and an engagement member; an actuation system, comprising a button portion, having an engagement member, said button portion reciprocally movable inside said through-hole of said main member between a first position and a second position with a first resilient member; and a first connector portion, adjacent said main member and having an engagement member engageable with said engagement member of said button portion, such that said first connector portion being actuated to move, synchronously with the movement of said button portion, between a first position and a second position; a lid, movably connecting to said first connector portion with a first biasing member and having an engagement member engageable with said engagement member of said main member, said lid being: maintained at a first position covering said passage when said engagement member of said lid engaging with said engagement member of said main member; and operably moved with said first biasing member to a second position uncovering said passage when said engagement member of said lid disengaging from said engagement member of said main member; a sealing structure, directly or indirectly connecting to said main member and being actuated to move between a first position closing said passage and a second position opening said passage; and characterized in that, said button portion moving from its said first position to said second position synchronously: actuating said sealing structure and said first connector portion to move from their said first position to said second position; and disengaging said engagement member of said lid from said engagement member of said main member.