Nesting Stemware Assembly for Compact Storage and Breakage Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional stemware glasses are fragile, making them prone to breakage during storage and transport, and they lack efficient storage solutions that preserve their functionality and aesthetic appeal.
Innovation Solution
A nesting stemware drinking vessel design featuring a base and body that are releasably interconnectable in two configurations, with a molded foot and stem, locking protrusions, and a parabolic bowl, allowing for a conventional drinking configuration and a nested storage configuration, utilizing break-resistant materials like polycarbonate or stainless steel.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional glass stemware is used, then aesthetic appeal and traditional drinking functionality are achieved, but breakage risk during storage and transport increases
Solution Approach 1:
The stemware is divided into separate components: a base (foot and stem) and a body (bowl), connected by a releasable connection mechanism. This segmentation allows the components to be detached for storage and prevents breakage by eliminating the fragile integral stem structure of conventional glass stemware.
Solution Approach 2:
The base and body are designed to nest within each other when disconnected, with the base fitting inside the body or vice versa. This nesting configuration minimizes storage space requirements and protects the components from damage during transport by providing mutual cushioning and structural support.
2Volume of moving object
If conventional stemware design is used, then drinking functionality is maintained, but storage space efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The base and body are designed to nest within each other when disconnected, with the base fitting inside the body or vice versa. This nesting configuration minimizes storage space requirements and protects the components from damage during transport by providing mutual cushioning and structural support.
Solution Approach 2:
The stemware transitions between two dynamic states: a connected drinking configuration where base and body are assembled for use, and a disconnected storage configuration where components are separated and nested. This dynamic reconfigurability optimizes both functionality and storage efficiency.
3Strength
If glass material is used for stemware, then traditional aesthetic appeal is achieved, but durability during transport deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The stemware components are made from break-resistant materials such as polycarbonate or stainless steel instead of traditional glass. These composite materials maintain the aesthetic appeal and functional properties of glass while providing superior durability and resistance to breakage during handling and transport.
Data Source
AI summary
A nesting stemware drinking vessel generally provides a body and a base releasably interconnectable in at least two configurations, a first configuration forming conventional stemware vessel for containing and drinking liquids and a second configuration wherein portions of the base are enclosed within an interior volume defined by the body to minimize space required for storage of the base and body to eases transport and minimizes the risk of breakage when not in use. Plural locking protrusions on an upper surface of the base releasable frictionally engage with a circumferentially extending inner lip of an aperture of the body.