Shot glass shaker combination
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a lack of shot glasses that can be filled with an alcoholic beverage and sealed for marketing, combined with a removable top that functions as a dispenser for salt or pepper, which are not known in the existing art.
Innovation Solution
A shot glass with a peel-off sealing element and a shaker lid having a matrix of openings for dispensing salt, pepper, or other materials, where the shaker lid is assembled over the shot glass, and the sealing element is adhered with different adhesive strengths to facilitate easy removal and reattachment, allowing the glass to be converted from a beverage container to a salt or pepper shaker.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a shot glass is filled with beverage and sealed for marketing, then the beverage can be preserved and transported, but the glass cannot be reused for other purposes
Solution Approach 1:
The shot glass is designed with a removable lid that can be repurposed as a shaker, allowing the glass to serve multiple functions: beverage container, drinking vessel, and spice/shaker container. This resolves the contradiction by enabling the glass to be reused for different purposes after beverage consumption.
Solution Approach 2:
The sealing element is designed to be peelable, allowing easy removal and recovery of the glass and lid for reuse. The seal can be peeled off without damaging the glass or lid, enabling the components to be recovered and reused for their intended purposes.
2Reliability
If a shaker lid is assembled over the shot glass, then the glass is protected from contamination, but the sealing element becomes difficult to remove
Solution Approach 1:
The sealing element has different adhesive strengths at different locations: a strong adhesive side attached to the lid for secure attachment, and a weak adhesive side facing the beverage for easy peeling. This local differentiation in adhesive quality allows the seal to provide protection when attached but easy removal when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The sealing element is designed as a separate, removable component with distinct functional zones (strong adhesive to lid, weak adhesive to glass). This segmentation allows independent optimization of attachment strength to the lid versus ease of removal from the glass.
3Reliability
If the sealing element is strongly adhered to the shot glass rim, then the beverage is securely retained, but the sealing element cannot be easily peeled off for consumption
Solution Approach 1:
The sealing element uses differential adhesive strength: strong adhesive on the lid-facing side for secure beverage retention, and weak adhesive on the beverage-facing side for easy peeling during consumption. This local quality differentiation resolves the contradiction between secure retention and easy access.
4Reliability
If the shaker lid is designed with a descending skirt to snap onto the shot glass, then the lid is securely attached, but the assembly process becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The descending skirt is segmented into multiple tabs that can be independently formed by upward slots. This segmentation allows the complex attachment function to be achieved through simple, modular structural elements that are easier to manufacture and assemble than a monolithic complex structure.
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
Enables a user to consume the beverage by removing the shaker lid and sealing element, then refill the glass with salt or pepper, effectively converting the product into a functional salt or pepper shaker, enhancing usability and versatility.
Implementation Method 1
a substantially circular peel-off sealing element adhered by adhesive to the upper rim of the shot glass
Data Source
AI summary
A beverage product has a shot glass having an upper rim with an outside diameter, a quantity of a beverage in the shot glass, a substantially circular peel-off sealing element adhered by adhesive to the upper rim of the shot glass, retaining the beverage in the shot glass, and a shaker lid having a matrix of openings for dispensing salt, pepper or other material, the shaker lid assembled over the upper rim of the shot glass. A user purchasing the product removes the shaker lid, peels off the substantially circular peel-off sealing element, consumes the beverage, places salt, pepper or other material in the emptied shot glass and reattaches the shaker lid, rendering the combination as a salt or pepper shaker.