Modular Survival Canteen Kit for Fire, Cooking, and Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Survivalists face challenges in acquiring and maintaining basic human needs such as nourishment, warmth, and shelter in wilderness situations, as existing gear requires multiple individual components for tasks like food acquisition, water sanitation, fire starting, and shelter construction.
Innovation Solution
A multi-functional survival kit incorporating a canteen with modular components, a pan, a mess kit, a metal match, and a paracord, along with a carrying case, which allows for various functions like water storage, fire starting, cooking, and directional orientation, while the paracord provides versatility for multiple survival tasks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple individual survival gear components are used for different survival tasks, then each specific survival function can be performed effectively, but the overall device complexity and number of components increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple individual survival gear components (canteen, pan, mess kit, metal match, paracord) into a single integrated survival kit with a unified carrying case. The canteen components can be disassembled and reconfigured - the parabolic lid serves as a fire starter, the basin becomes a cooking pot, and the cap provides additional functionality. This merging approach maintains all necessary survival functions while consolidating them into one portable package.
Solution Approach 2:
Each component in the survival kit is designed to perform multiple functions. The canteen can store water, serve as a cooking vessel when disassembled, and provide fire-starting capabilities through its parabolic lid. The paracord can be used for shelter construction, fire starting, or other survival tasks. This multi-functionality ensures comprehensive survival capability without requiring separate specialized gear for each task.
2Weight of moving object
If a compact survival kit design is implemented, then portability and ease of transport are improved, but accessibility to certain components may be reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The survival kit is segmented into distinct components (canteen, pan, mess kit, metal match, paracord) that can be independently accessed and used. The carrying case is divided into different compartments and storage volumes, with larger items like the canteen and pan stored in the main volume and smaller items like the metal match and mess kit components stored in accessible pockets. This segmentation allows compact packaging while maintaining easy access to individual components when needed.
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 kit streamlines essential survival functions into a single, portable package, enabling users to fulfill basic needs like cooking, starting fires, and securing shelter, enhancing survival capabilities with a compact and adaptable design.
Implementation Method 1
The parabolic lid has a mirrored concave surface, which provides a first means for starting a fire
Implementation Method 2
The parabolic lid has a mirrored concave surface, which provides a first means for starting a fire
Implementation Method 3
The metal match includes a piece of ferrocerium and accompanying striker
Implementation Method 4
The metal match includes a piece of ferrocerium and accompanying striker
Data Source
AI summary
A multi-functional survival kit includes a multi-part canteen for storing water, but that can also be broken down into a basin, a parabolic lid, and a cap. The basin, parabolic lid and cap can be used standalone or in conjunction with one another to provide various survival functions. A mirrored concave surface of the parabolic lid provides a means for starting a fire, while a basin handle of the basin allows the basin to be used for cooking purposes. The basin handle has a viewing space that can be used with the cap, which includes a compass, as a directional sight when the basin handle is pivoted ninety degrees. For transport, the canteen can be stored in a carrying case, which includes a strap to which a paracord can be attached. A pan, mess kit, and metal match are also included and stored in the carrying case.