Non-separable Protective Shell for Luxury Glass Bottles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Luxury containers, such as glass bottles, face protection issues as existing protective devices can be easily removed, leaving the bottle unprotected once unscrewed, and existing solutions do not provide a secure, non-destructive way to attach a protective shell that remains usable.
Innovation Solution
A protective shell composed of two half-shells made of metal, with internal deformable material and secure fastening mechanisms, including U-shaped elements and channels, that securely encase the bottle and cannot be dismantled without destruction, ensuring the shell remains attached to the bottle.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a protective shell is designed to be easily removable for bottle access, then ease of operation is improved, but protection reliability deteriorates as the bottle becomes unprotected when removed
Solution Approach 1:
The protective shell is divided into two separate half-shells that can be independently positioned on the bottle. This segmentation allows the shell to be easily assembled and disassembled while maintaining secure attachment through the interlocking fastening means, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and protection reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The fastening mechanism uses nested components where U-shaped elements fit into corresponding slots and channels within the half-shells. This nesting creates an interlocking structure that secures the shell to the bottle, ensuring protection reliability while allowing easy assembly and disassembly.
2Reliability
If a protective shell is designed with secure fastening to prevent removal, then protection reliability is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates as the shell becomes impossible to remove without destruction
Solution Approach 1:
The fastening mechanism transitions from a static permanent attachment to a dynamic reversible connection. The U-shaped fastening elements can be easily inserted into and removed from the slots and channels, allowing the shell to be securely attached during transport and easily removed when access is needed, thus resolving the contradiction between protection reliability and ease of operation.
3Reliability
If a protective shell is designed as a complete enclosure, then protection reliability is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates as the bottle cannot be accessed without removing the entire shell
Solution Approach 1:
The protective shell is segmented into two half-shells that can be separately positioned on the bottle, with fastening means that allow independent attachment and detachment. This segmentation enables the shell to provide complete enclosure protection while allowing easy access to the bottle by simply removing the half-shells, resolving the contradiction between protection reliability and bottle accessibility.
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AI summary
protective shell (2) for container (1) having a neck (3), said protective shell (2) having at least two half-shells (5), each of the half-shells (5) having an imprint (6) suitable for at least partially receiving said container (1), a cutout (10) made on an upper edge (11) of each of the half-shells (5) suitable for providing passage for said neck (3), and definitive means for securing (21-28) the half-shells (5) together, the definitive means for securing (21-28) being provided on two lateral edges (11') of each of the half-shells (5), said lateral edges (11') being contiguous to said upper edge (11), the definitive means for securing (21-28) ensuring the definitive assembly of the half-shells (5) together by securing said lateral edges (11') together.