Shower-Attached Insulated Container for Home Cold Therapy

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing ice bath systems require significant investment in dedicated equipment and space, and conventional setups do not accommodate a sitting position, limiting accessibility to cold therapy benefits at home.

Innovation Solution

A container designed to attach to a water source, such as a shower head, that incorporates insulating material and contains a cooling substance like ice, allowing cooled water to exit through apertures for a cold therapy shower.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a conventional bathtub is used for ice baths, then the bathtub can be filled with ice water, but the bathtub does not conform to professional sitting position ice baths and requires a dedicated chest freezer

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveadaptability to sitting positionVSAvoidneed for dedicated chest freezer

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The invention divides the ice bath system into separate functional components: a portable container for ice/cold substance, a separate water source (shower head), and a mounting mechanism. This segmentation eliminates the need for a dedicated chest freezer by allowing users to transfer ice from any freezer to the portable container, while the container attaches to existing shower infrastructure.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The container is designed to attach to standard shower heads using universal mounting mechanisms (suction cups, adhesive pads, or clamp-on fixtures), making it compatible with existing bathroom infrastructure. The container can be removed and reused, and the shower head continues to function normally when the container is not attached, providing multi-functionality.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Reliability

If a dedicated ice bath tub is purchased, then cold therapy can be performed, but significant investment in equipment and dedicated space is required

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecold therapy functionalityVSAvoidinvestment in equipment and space

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The container nests within the existing shower head structure, utilizing the shower's water delivery system. The container holds ice or cold packs that can be transferred from any household freezer, eliminating the need for dedicated ice storage space. The entire system fits within the existing bathroom footprint without requiring additional dedicated space.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

Solution Approach 2:

The invention creates a simplified copy of the professional ice bath experience by delivering cooled water directly to the user in a sitting position through the shower head, rather than requiring immersion in a full tub. This copying approach maintains the therapeutic benefits while dramatically reducing equipment and space requirements.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

3Temperature

If ice is placed directly in a bathtub, then the water can be cooled, but the ice melts quickly and the bath setup is cumbersome

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvewater cooling efficiencyVSAvoidice melt duration and setup time

Core Design Contradiction:

TemperatureVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The container is pre-filled with ice or cold packs before attachment to the shower head. This preliminary preparation allows the ice to begin cooling the incoming water immediately upon contact, maximizing cooling efficiency from the first moment of water flow. The container design also pre-positions the ice for optimal thermal contact with the water stream.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The container continuously receives cooled water through the shower head while maintaining thermal contact with the ice. The design ensures continuous cooling action as water flows through or over the ice in the container, rather than relying on static ice in a tub that gradually melts and becomes less effective over time.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #20Continuity of useful action

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

Facilitates cold therapy without the need for specialized equipment or space, providing a convenient and accessible means to achieve therapeutic benefits using a conventional shower setup.

Implementation Method 1

the one or more side walls incorporate an insulating material

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectThermal insulation: Thermal Insulation

Implementation Method 2

the at least one interior compartment is thereby adapted to contain a cooling substance for cooling the water received from the water source

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectHeat absorption: Absorption (physical)

Data Source

PatentUS20250248841A1Container with attachment mechanism for facilitating cold therapy

Publication Date: 2025.08.07 ARCTIC SHOWER LLC

AI summary

A container including an opening in a top portion sized and adapted to receive water from a water source; one or more side walls and a bottom wall below the opening, the one or more side walls and the bottom wall forming at least one interior compartment; a plurality of apertures on the bottom wall; and one or more fasteners in the top portion above the opening, the one or more fasteners being adapted to attach the container to the water source, wherein the one or more side walls incorporate an insulating material and the at least one interior compartment is thereby adapted to contain a cooling substance for cooling the water received from the water source and to allow cooled water to exit the at least one interior compartment through the plurality of apertures on the bottom wall.