Stackable Spray Bottle With Nesting Contours
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional spray bottles are not stackable in a vertical configuration due to their non-conforming top and bottom portions, limiting storage efficiency and convenience.
Innovation Solution
A handheld, stackable spray bottle design with a top portion containing a spray mechanism contoured to engage and mate with a bottom portion, allowing for vertical stacking, along with replacement fluid-housing containers sized and shaped for efficient stacking, and the option to be either manually or battery operated.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Shape
If conventional spray bottles are designed with a tapered shape and top-mounted spray mechanism, then the spray mechanism has a smaller profile than the bottle, but the bottles cannot be stacked vertically and require horizontal configuration
Solution Approach 1:
The spray mechanism is designed to nest within the contours of the bottle body, with the trigger mechanism and spray nozzle fitting into recesses of the bottle's lower portion. This nesting arrangement allows the combined profile to be compact and conforming, enabling vertical stacking of multiple bottles without interference between adjacent bottles.
Solution Approach 2:
The bottle is designed with non-uniform cross-sectional contours along its length, with the lower portion featuring recesses and the upper portion featuring protrusions that match complementary shapes. This local variation in geometry creates interlocking features that enable stable vertical stacking while maintaining the spray mechanism's functional requirements.
2Ease of operation
If replacement fluid-housing containers are designed for easy replacement, then they can be quickly swapped, but they cannot be stacked vertically for storage
Solution Approach 1:
The replacement fluid-housing containers are designed with nesting contours where the upper container's profile fits within recesses of the lower container, allowing multiple containers to be stacked vertically for compact storage while maintaining easy access for replacement.
Solution Approach 2:
The container is divided into separable upper and lower portions with standardized interfacing features, allowing the fluid housing to be easily replaced while the stacked configuration provides efficient storage of multiple replacement units.
Data Source
AI summary
A stackable spray bottle assembly includes a top stackable spray bottle and a bottom stackable spray bottle detachably engaged therewith. Each of the top stackable spray bottle and the bottom stackable spray bottle include a reservoir having an open top portion and a closed bottom portion, and an accessory removably coupled to the open top portion. Advantageously, the accessory has a first silhouette, and the bottom portion has a second silhouette conforming to the first silhouette such that, during storage, the top stackable spray bottle is maintained at a substantially stable position when stacked on top of the bottom stackable spray bottle.