Device for reducing the influence of motion on a drinking vessel
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Solution Overview
Problem
Stemmed wine glasses are prone to sliding or toppling on unstable surfaces, such as those found on moving watercraft due to their inherent instability compared to non-stemmed counterparts.
Innovation Solution
A device with cooperating portions that envelop and conform to the drinking vessel, increasing its interaction with the surface by extending the base area and lowering the center of gravity, thereby reducing the influence of linear and rotational motions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If a stemmed wine glass is used, then heat exchange between the consumer and the wine is reduced (wine maintains optimum temperature), but the glass becomes inherently less stable and more prone to sliding or toppling on moving surfaces
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a stabilizing device as an intermediary between the stemmed wine glass and the moving surface. This device envelops the lower portion of the glass and provides a broader base area, mediating the instability caused by the stemmed design while allowing the glass to maintain its temperature-retention benefits.
Solution Approach 2:
The stabilizing device extends the support base from the narrow circular footprint of the glass base to a larger, multi-dimensional structure that envelops the lower portion of the glass. This dimensional expansion provides stability in multiple directions (resisting roll, pitch, and yaw) while the glass itself retains its stemmed design for temperature control.
2Stability of the object's composition
If the base area of the drinking vessel is extended, then stability against toppling is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The stabilizing device is divided into multiple cooperating portions that can independently conform to different parts of the drinking vessel (base, stem, or body). These segmented portions work together to provide stability while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure that adapts to the vessel geometry.
Solution Approach 2:
The device incorporates flexible or resilient portions that can dynamically adapt to the shape and position of the drinking vessel. This dynamic capability allows the structure to conform to various glass shapes without requiring complex fixed geometries, simplifying the device while improving stability.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The device effectively stabilizes stemmed wine glasses by increasing frictional forces and lowering the center of gravity, reducing the likelihood of sliding or toppling during motion.
Implementation Method 1
The device effectively stabilizes stemmed wine glasses by increasing frictional forces
Implementation Method 2
lowering the centre of gravity of the combined 'device—drinking vessel system'
Data Source
AI summary
A device is provided for reducing the influence, on a drinking vessel (240), of linear and/or rotational motions of a surface on which the drinking vessel is placed, for example for use on a marine vessel. The device comprises a pliable structure and is provided with a plurality of slits (120) arranged between a plurality of cooperating portions (102) to accommodate a plurality of drinking vessels, in particular drinking vessels having a base and a stem, such as wine glasses. The cooperating portions are adapted to accept a drinking vessel, and are operable to at least partially envelop the drinking vessel by conforming to at least a part of the upper surface of the base of the drinking vessel.