Lid for beverage container
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing beverage containers often leak when inverted or shaken due to inadequate sealing by their lids.
Innovation Solution
A lid design featuring a tab assembly with a flip component and a slide component that locks and unlocks, ensuring the lid is 100% leakproof when locked and coupled to a container.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a simple lid design is used, then the device complexity is low, but the container leaks when inverted or shaken
Solution Approach 1:
The lid is divided into multiple functional components: a lid body, a tab assembly with flip component, and a slide component. Each segment performs a specific function - the flip component opens/closes the opening, the slide component locks/unlocks the tab assembly, and the lid body provides the sealing interface. This segmentation allows the complex leakproof function to be achieved through coordinated simple components.
Solution Approach 2:
The lid incorporates dynamic elements that change state based on user interaction: the tab assembly can flip between open and closed positions, and the slide component can slide between locked and unlocked positions. These dynamic transformations allow the lid to transition between different sealing states, providing leakproof performance when locked while maintaining operational flexibility.
2Reliability
If a locked configuration is used to prevent leaking, then the leakproof performance is improved, but the ease of operation decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The lid is designed to be pre-assembled and pre-sealed at the factory, with the tab assembly and slide component already in their optimal starting positions. This preliminary preparation ensures that when the consumer receives the product, the lid requires minimal manipulation to achieve the locked, leakproof state, thereby maintaining ease of operation while ensuring reliable sealing.
Solution Approach 2:
The lid incorporates self-latching and self-sealing mechanisms that automatically engage when the flip component and slide component are manipulated. The tab assembly self-locks into position, and the seal automatically engages with the container rim, reducing the manual effort required from the user while maintaining secure, leakproof closure.
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 lid effectively prevents leaks by locking the tab assembly in place when the slide component is locked relative to the flip component, ensuring the container remains sealed even when inverted.
Implementation Method 1
the first magnetically attractive element would be positioned close to, or even touching, the second magnetically attractive element, so that the flip component would remain open when drinking a beverage from the container
Data Source
AI summary
Lid for beverage container. A lid of the present disclosure can include a lid body configured to threadably couple to a container, and a tab assembly hingedly coupled to the lid body, the tab assembly comprising a flip component and a tab component, wherein the flip component is configured to flip from a closed configuration to an open configuration relative to the lid body, and wherein the slide component is configured to slide relative to the flip component so to lock and unlock the slide component upon the lid body.