Portable Pet Cup with Multi-Cavity Storage

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing portable cups for pets are inconvenient as they require multiple tools for carrying water, food, and excrement disposal, increasing travel burden and not efficiently addressing the needs of pet owners during outings.

Innovation Solution

A portable cup with multiple storage cavities, including one for water, food, and a toilet bag, featuring end covers that can open and close for easy access, reducing the number of tools needed and enhancing convenience during travel.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a single-function portable cup is used, then the cup structure is simple, but multiple separate tools are needed to carry water, food, and excrement disposal supplies

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovefunctionalityVSAvoidstructure
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The portable cup is designed with multiple storage cavities (first storage cavity for water, second storage cavity for food, third storage cavity for excrement disposal supplies) within a single integrated structure. This allows one cup to serve multiple functions for pet care during travel, eliminating the need for separate containers for water, food, and waste management supplies.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The cup body is divided into multiple independent storage cavities, each capable of holding different pet supplies. The cup body is further segmented into upper and lower portions with respective cavities, allowing organized separation of water, food, and excrement disposal items while maintaining a single unified cup structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Ease of operation

If multiple separate tools are carried for water, food, and excrement disposal, then each function is dedicated, but the travel burden increases

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveconvenienceVSAvoidnumber of items
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines water storage, food storage, and excrement disposal supplies into a single portable cup unit. The cup body integrates three distinct storage cavities that can simultaneously hold different supplies, reducing the total number of separate items to carry while maintaining dedicated storage for each function.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Ease of operation

If cavities are distributed at both ends of the cup body, then access to supplies is improved, but the cup occupies more space

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveaccessibilityVSAvoidcup size
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSVolume of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The storage cavities are distributed along the height dimension of the cup body rather than concentrating them in a single end. The first storage cavity is positioned in the upper portion while the second and third storage cavities are in the lower portion, utilizing the vertical dimension to improve accessibility from both ends without significantly increasing the overall footprint of the cup.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentEP3888455B1Portable pet cup
Publication Date: 2023.05.03 GUANGZHOU PAWGETHER PET PROD TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

Provided is a portable cup. The portable cup includes a cup body (1) and end covers (2). One end of two ends of the cup body (1) along a height direction of the cup body (1) is provided with at least one cavity (3), another end of the two ends of the cup body (1) along the height direction of the cup body (1) is provided with at least two cavities (3), each cavity (3) is configured to accommodate pet supplies, the end covers (2) are connected to the two ends of the cup body (1) along the height direction of the cup body (1), respectively, and each of the end covers (2) can open or close a cavity (3) at a respective one end of the two ends of the cup body (1) along the height direction of the cup body (1).