Nested Water Bottle Assembly With Locking for Shared Portability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional water bottles lack flexibility in design, making them inconvenient for diverse usage scenarios and difficult to adapt to multiple users' needs.
Innovation Solution
A water bottle design featuring a first and second bottle component that can be assembled in a nested manner with a locking mechanism, allowing transformation between a combination and separate structure, facilitated by threaded structures for easy assembly and disassembly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional water bottles use a fixed single-structure design, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but the adaptability to diverse usage scenarios and multiple users is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The water bottle is divided into multiple independent bottle components (first bottle component, second bottle component, etc.) that can be separately manufactured and assembled. Each component has a standardized interface with threading structures, allowing flexible combination according to different usage scenarios while maintaining manufacturing simplicity through modular design
Solution Approach 2:
The locking mechanism with standardized threading structures serves multiple functions: it enables secure connection between components, allows easy assembly and disassembly, and supports various configuration modes (single bottle, nested bottles, stacked bottles) to adapt to different user needs and scenarios
2Quantity of substance
If multiple people share drinking water, then the quantity of substance is sufficient, but the portability and convenience are reduced due to the need for multiple separate bottles
Solution Approach 1:
Smaller bottle components can be nested inside larger bottle components, creating a compact nested structure when multiple bottles are combined. This nesting design allows multiple users to share water capacity while maintaining portability, as the nested configuration minimizes the overall volume and weight when carried
3Ease of operation
If the water bottle uses a fixed combination structure, then the portability is improved, but the flexibility to adapt to different usage scenarios is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The locking mechanism is designed to be dynamically adjustable, allowing users to switch between locked (combined) and unlocked (separate) states based on usage needs. The threading structures enable easy assembly and disassembly operations, transforming the bottle configuration from static to dynamic and adapting to different scenarios
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables versatile use in different scenarios, accommodating multiple users and providing portability by allowing conversion to a separate structure when needed, while maintaining convenience and practicality.
Implementation Method 1
The locking mechanism includes a first thread structure and a second thread structure. The first thread structure is disposed on an outer side of the first bottle component, and the second thread structure is disposed on an inner side of the second bottle component corresponding to a position of the first thread structure, and threadedly cooperating with the first thread structure.
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AI summary
A water bottle includes a first bottle component, at least one second bottle component assembled with the first bottle component in a nested manner, and a locking mechanism disposed between the first bottle component and the at least one second bottle component. The locking mechanism is configured to lock or unlock the first bottle component to the at least one second bottle component. The water bottle can be used in different scenarios, especially when the water bottle is in a separate structure, it can be used by multiple people.