Ring Storage Container With Post And Threaded Lid
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for a secure and convenient storage solution for personal rings and small items that is portable and easy to use, while also ensuring the items are safely maintained and protected from damage.
Innovation Solution
A storage container design featuring a base with a post for holding rings and a lid that couples to the base via threaded coupling features, providing a secure and waterproof enclosure with optional attachment options such as a chain or hook, and featuring a design that prevents rings from sliding off even when the container is turned upside down.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a storage container is designed to be secure and protective, then reliability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The storage container is divided into a base portion and a lid portion that can be separated. The base contains an inner base region with a post for holding rings, while the lid has a corresponding inner lid region. This segmentation allows the container to be opened for access and closed for security, resolving the contradiction between ease of use and reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The post extending vertically upward from the inner base region is contained within the inner base region and inner lid region when coupled together. This nesting arrangement allows the holding mechanism to be integrated within the container structure itself, providing security without adding external complexity.
2Ease of operation
If a storage container is made portable and easy to use, then ease of operation is improved, but security of stored items deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The container features a releasable coupling mechanism between the lid and base, allowing the container to dynamically transition between open and closed states. This enables easy access when needed while maintaining security when closed, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and reliability.
3Reliability
If a storage container provides secure enclosure, then reliability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The coupling features are integrated directly into the sidewalls of the base and lid portions. The base sidewall includes a base coupling feature, and the lid sidewall includes a lid coupling feature that releasably couples to the base coupling feature. This merging of coupling functionality into the existing structural walls provides secure enclosure without adding separate complex fastening mechanisms.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The storage container effectively secures and protects rings and small items, ensuring they remain safe and undamaged, while being easy to use and portable, with the ability to attach to personal items for convenience.
Implementation Method 1
the base sidewall includes a threaded base coupling feature on the second circular perimeter, and the lid sidewall including a threaded lid coupling feature that releasably couples to the threaded base coupling feature to thereby releasably couple the lid to the base by an interlocking action
Data Source
AI summary
A storage container for securely holding one or more rings is provided. The storage container includes a base with a base coupling feature that can be coupled to a lid coupling feature of a lid. Both the base and the lid have sidewalls that define respective inner regions. A post extends from a bottom portion of the base and is contained within the base inner region and the lid inner region when the base and lid are coupled together. The storage container consistent with implementations of the current subject matter provides for easy storage of rings on the post and other items that may be loosely held within the inner regions.