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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cups lack the ability to provide both functionality and entertainment by allowing users to assemble and disassemble them.
Innovation Solution
A novelty cup design featuring a hollow internal sleeve with a first end and a second end, a base with a second connector, and an external decorative sleeve made of interlocking clamp bricks with studs and recesses, enabling users to assemble and disassemble the cup through threaded connections and brick arrangements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a cup is designed as a simple functional container, then it can hold objects or liquids effectively, but it lacks entertainment value and user engagement
Solution Approach 1:
The cup is divided into separate modular components: a base, an internal sleeve, and an external decorative sleeve made of individual clamp bricks. Users can assemble and disassemble these segments, transforming a simple container into an engaging construction activity that maintains functional integrity while adding entertainment value
Solution Approach 2:
The cup serves multiple functions: it acts as a functional container for holding objects or liquids, while simultaneously serving as a construction toy that allows users to assemble and disassemble the structure. The clamp bricks can be configured in different patterns, enabling the same basic structure to provide both utility and recreational value
2Ease of operation
If a cup allows user assembly and disassembly, then it provides entertainment and customization, but it increases the complexity of the device
Solution Approach 1:
The cup structure is segmented into distinct modular components (base, internal sleeve, external sleeve bricks) that can be independently assembled and disassembled. This segmentation enables user assembly capability while keeping each individual component relatively simple in design
Solution Approach 2:
The internal sleeve is nested within the external decorative sleeve, which itself is constructed from multiple clamp bricks. This nested arrangement allows multiple components to be organized in a compact manner, reducing the overall complexity while maintaining assembly functionality
Data Source
AI summary
A cup with an internal sleeve, and an external decorative sleeve made of connector bricks and a base. The internal sleeve has a hollow interior to form a cup to contain liquids if desired. The internal sleeve has a first end and a second end, and a first connector at the second end. The base has a second connector for connecting the base to the first connector of the sleeve. The external decorative sleeve is defined by a plurality of clamp bricks having a first bed with studs, and a second bed with recesses, the studs being capable of receipt into the recesses to interconnect the bricks to form an external decorative sleeve. The invention also includes the method of assembling and disassembling the cup into the internal sleeve, the base and the bricks.