Retractable Handle Plant Pot for Aesthetic Removal

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing plant pot arrangements are not aesthetically pleasing due to the visible handles used for removing the insert container from the over pot.

Innovation Solution

Incorporating handles that can be moved in a guided manner within a handle guide, allowing them to be inserted counter to the pull-out direction, making them invisible for an aesthetic effect, and easily pushed out for removal.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If visible handles are used on the insert container, then the insert container can be easily removed from the over pot, but the aesthetic appearance of the plant pot arrangement deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of removalVSAvoidaesthetic appearance

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSShape

Solution Approach 1:

The handle is designed to be movable relative to the insert container, allowing it to extend outward when pulled and retract inward when pushed. This dynamic behavior enables the handle to be visible and functional during removal operations, then invisible and aesthetic during display when retracted into the handle guide recess

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The handle can be nested within the handle guide recess when not in use, allowing the handle to be stored inside the structural element that guides its movement. This nesting arrangement hides the handle during aesthetic display while maintaining easy accessibility when needed for removal

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

2Shape

If handles are made invisible by inserting them counter to the pull-out direction, then the aesthetic appearance improves, but the ease of grasping and removing the insert container may deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaesthetic appearanceVSAvoidease of grasping

Core Design Contradiction:

ShapeVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The handle transitions from a retracted invisible state to an extended visible state through user interaction. When the user pulls the handle, it extends outward from the insert container along the pull-out direction, providing a comfortable grip surface. This dynamic extension ensures the handle is easily graspable when needed while remaining invisible during aesthetic display

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The handle system is segmented into the handle body and the handle guide structure. The handle can be independently moved relative to the insert container, allowing it to be positioned for optimal grasping when extended and hidden when retracted into the guide recess

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS7805886B2Plant pot arrangement

Publication Date: 2010.10.05 GEOBRA BRANDSTAETTER STIFTUNG & CO KG

AI summary

Plant pot arrangement comprising an over pot, an insert container positioned in the over pot and removable therefrom, for receiving a plant, the insert container defining a space for a plant, and being open at an upper container edge, and at least one handle being movable in a guided manner in a handle guide in a pull-out direction and being positioned in the region of the container edge (16; 16a), for removing the insert container from the over pot.