Mesh Jacket for Baby Bottle Grippability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing baby bottle gripping aids do not provide a satisfactory grip for babies, as they are not easily gripped or held due to their design, and may not accommodate varying user strengths such as those of elderly people or invalids.
Innovation Solution
A container gripping aid featuring a jacket with a mesh configuration, resilient deformable material, and clamp arms that securely engage with the baby bottle, allowing easy gripping and support, while being easy to fit and remove, and suitable for various container shapes and sizes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional baby bottle gripping aids with solid handles are used, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but babies and individuals with limited grip strength cannot easily grip them
Solution Approach 1:
The jacket is formed with a mesh configuration comprising interconnected strands creating open spaces, allowing fingers to easily penetrate and grip the structure. This porous design provides multiple contact points for fingers while maintaining structural integrity, resolving the contradiction between grippability and structural simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The jacket utilizes a composite structure combining the mesh configuration with resilient deformable material properties, creating a system that is both easy to grip and structurally sound. The combination of open mesh design with material resilience resolves the contradiction between complexity and ease of operation.
2Stability of the object's composition
If the jacket is made from stiff material to maintain shape, then structural stability is improved, but it becomes difficult to deform when gripped
Solution Approach 1:
The material parameters are specifically selected to achieve optimal balance between stiffness and flexibility. The resilient deformable material maintains its shape at rest while allowing easy deformation during gripping, resolving the contradiction between shape retention and deformability through careful parameter selection.
Solution Approach 2:
The jacket employs a flexible shell structure that can elastically deform under grip pressure while returning to its original shape. This flexible shell design resolves the contradiction by providing both shape retention when not in use and ease of deformation when gripped.
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 solution enables babies and individuals with limited grip strength to easily grip and hold containers, improving usability and accessibility, while being easy to clean and adaptable to different containers.
Implementation Method 1
the clamp comprises a pair of resiliently deformable opposed clamp arms
Implementation Method 2
the support arms are resiliently deformable
Data Source
AI summary
A container gripping aid (1) has a jacket (2) for reception of a container such as a baby bottle (3). The jacket (2) has a mesh configuration with a plurality of through-holes (5) to facilitate gripping of the jacket (2) by a baby. The jacket (2) has an egg-like shape. Thus, when it is engaged with the bottle (3), most of the jacket (2) side wall is supported spaced-apart from an exterior side wall (6) of the container (3) which enables a baby to easily grip the mesh of the jacket (2).