Modular Beverage Container Assembly

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current beverage containers do not provide an effective means to keep different beverages separate while allowing users to select and consume the desired beverage without mixing.

Innovation Solution

A modular beverage container assembly with separate modules for different beverages and ingredients, allowing for quick connection and disconnection for mixing and consumption, and featuring an insulating structure to maintain temperature.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If multiple beverages are stored in separate modules within a single container, then the ability to carry multiple beverages separately is improved, but the complexity of the container structure increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveability to carry multiple beverages separatelyVSAvoidcontainer structure complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The container is divided into multiple separate modules, each capable of holding a different beverage or ingredient. These modules can be independently attached or detached from the main container body, allowing users to carry multiple beverages separately while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure through modular design.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The container is designed with universal attachment mechanisms that allow the same module to be attached to different positions on the container or to other modules. This multi-functional design enables the container to adapt to various carrying configurations without requiring complex specialized structures for each beverage type.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Ease of operation

If modules can be quickly connected and disconnected for mixing and consumption, then the ease of operation is improved, but the reliability of preventing beverage mixing during transport deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of module connection and disconnectionVSAvoidprevention of beverage mixing during transport

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The attachment mechanism incorporates dynamic elements such as spring-loaded latches or snap-fit connections that automatically engage when modules are brought together and provide a secure, leak-proof seal. These mechanisms are designed to be easily activated by simple user actions while maintaining high reliability through automatic locking features that prevent accidental opening during transport.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

3Duration of action of stationary object

If the container includes an insulating structure to maintain temperature, then the duration of temperature maintenance is improved, but the weight of the container increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveduration of temperature maintenanceVSAvoidcontainer weight

Core Design Contradiction:

Duration of action of stationary objectVSWeight of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The insulating structure utilizes thin-walled vacuum insulation or aerogel-based thermal barriers that provide exceptional thermal resistance with minimal thickness. These advanced insulation materials maintain beverage temperature for extended periods while adding minimal weight to the container, achieving high insulation performance without significant weight penalty.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #30Flexible shells and thin films

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

Enables users to carry and selectively consume multiple beverages in a single container without mixing, while maintaining the temperature of the beverages for an extended period.

Implementation Method 1

The different modules can also be designed with an insulating structure that keeps the stored beverages and/or beverage ingredients at a desired temperature for a long period.

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectThermal insulation: Thermal Insulation

Data Source

PatentUS20250128870A1Modular Beverage Container Assembly

Publication Date: 2025.04.24 MKRTCHYAN HARUTYUN

AI summary

A modular beverage container assembly is an apparatus designed to store beverage ingredients separate from each other in the same structure. The apparatus includes a drinking lid, a solvent receptacle, a dispensing cap, a solute container, a lid-interlocking snap feature, a receptacle-interlocking snap feature, a cap-interlocking snap feature, and a container-interlocking snap feature. The drinking lid enables the consumption of the desired beverage. The solvent receptacle retains the liquid base for the desired beverage. The dispensing cap enables the dispensing of the desired beverage ingredients from the solute container into the solvent receptacle. The solute container stores the beverage ingredients that can be mixed with the liquid base. The lid-interlocking snap feature and the receptacle-interlocking snap feature enable the removable attachment of the drinking lid to the solvent receptacle. The cap-interlocking snap feature and the container-interlocking snap feature enable the removable attachment of the dispensing cap to the solute container.