Portable reusable beverage bottle with drinking cup

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional beverage containers require separate reusable cups and bottles, making them inconvenient for users who want to carry a single combined unit for both drinking and storing fluids.

Innovation Solution

A portable, reusable beverage container system that includes a vessel with a nested cup and shell configuration, allowing the cup to be removably attached and detached for easy storage and use, with threaded connections and a collet mechanism for secure engagement, enabling the cup to be used separately or integrated with the bottle.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a reusable cup and bottle are used separately, then each container can be optimized for its specific function, but the user must carry and manage two separate containers which reduces convenience

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveconvenience of carryingVSAvoidnumber of containers

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines a reusable cup and bottle into a single integrated container system where the cup nests within the bottle body. The cup includes engagement features (ribs, flanges) that mate with corresponding features in the bottle to secure it in place, allowing both containers to function as one unified unit during carrying while remaining separable for individual use.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The cup is designed to nest within the bottle body when not in use. The cup's outer diameter is smaller than the bottle's inner diameter, allowing the cup to be stored inside the bottle. This nesting arrangement eliminates the need to carry two separate containers while maintaining full functionality of both the cup and bottle when needed.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

2Ease of operation

If the cup is permanently integrated with the bottle, then carrying convenience is improved, but the cup cannot be removed for separate use or cleaning which reduces versatility

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecarrying convenienceVSAvoidseparability for use and cleaning

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The container system is divided into separable components: the bottle body, the nested cup, the bottle cap, and the cup lid. Each component has standardized engagement features (threads, friction fits, snap-fit mechanisms) that allow them to be easily assembled and disassembled. This segmentation enables the cup to be permanently carried with the bottle when convenient, yet easily removed for separate use, cleaning, or filling with different beverages.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

3Adaptability or versatility

If the cup is made removable from the bottle, then versatility and ease of cleaning are improved, but the risk of loss or misplacement increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of removalVSAvoidrisk of loss

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The cup includes engagement features (ribs, flanges, snap-fit elements) that are pre-configured to mate with corresponding features in the bottle body. These features create a secure mechanical connection that automatically engages when the cup is placed in the bottle, preventing accidental loss while still allowing intentional removal when needed.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

4Device complexity

If a single combined unit is created, then the number of containers to carry is reduced, but the overall size and volume of the unit increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenumber of containersVSAvoidoverall size

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSVolume of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The cup is designed with an outer diameter smaller than the bottle's inner diameter, allowing it to nest within the bottle body. This nesting arrangement effectively reduces the overall volume of the combined unit to approximately the size of the bottle alone, eliminating the need for additional space that would be required if both containers were carried separately side-by-side.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

Data Source

PatentUS11827417B2Portable reusable beverage bottle with drinking cup

Publication Date: 2023.11.28 REMAKER LABS INC

AI summary

A beverage container system can include a reusable beverage bottle, such as a water bottle, and a reusable beverage cup that can nest with the beverage bottle, inside a sleeve that attaches to the beverage bottle, when not in use. A beverage bottle cap can include a storage region for storing a cup cap that fits onto the beverage cup when it is removed from its nested, or stowed, configuration. From the stowed configuration, the user can twist a collet to permit removal of the beverage cup. After filled, the cup cap may be placed over the cup to prevent leakage or spillage and permit the user to access the contents. The cup may be placed, bottom side first, into the sleeve and the collet activated to connect the cup with the bottle, where a user may access each by accessing either end of the assembly.