Twist ring container
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Solution Overview
Problem
Small children often lose or mislocate drinking vessels and toys as they switch between satisfying their drinking and entertainment needs, leading to increased likelihood of accidents or interruptions.
Innovation Solution
A twist ring container design that integrates a drinking vessel with movable, removable ring-like components that can rotate freely, serving both purposes and providing entertainment, while also being adaptable for various uses and materials.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If separate objects are used for drinking and entertainment, then each object can be optimized for its specific function, but the child is liable to lose or mislocate one or both objects when switching between them
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines a drinking vessel with entertainment components (toy elements, games, or activities) into a single integrated container. This merging ensures that the child has one object to locate rather than multiple separate objects, directly addressing the reliability issue of object location while maintaining both drinking and entertainment functions.
Solution Approach 2:
The container serves multiple functions simultaneously - it acts as both a drinking vessel and an entertainment device. This multi-functionality allows the child to satisfy both drinking needs and entertainment needs with a single object, eliminating the risk of losing or mislocating separate objects while switching between needs.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the container has movable removable rings, then entertainment value and customization are improved, but the structural complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The container is divided into separate modular components including movable rings that can be removed and reconfigured. This segmentation allows for customization and varied entertainment value while keeping each individual component relatively simple in structure, balancing versatility with manageable complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The container incorporates movable and removable rings that can be dynamically reconfigured by the child. This dynamic element provides entertainment and customization opportunities without requiring complex mechanical systems, as the movability is achieved through simple design features that allow easy attachment and detachment.
Data Source
AI summary
An assembly having a container, one or more rings around the container, and a base which secures the rings to the container. The container may also, in some embodiments, have a solid lid or flexible lid that is secured to the container with a lid collar. The ring or rings are stacked upon one another when placed on the container. When assembled, the rings are able to freely rotate with respect to each other and the container body. The container is useful as an entertainment integrated with a drinking vessel in addition to many other useful applications.