Water bottle holder – Agarrafas

This object is intended to facilitate drinking out of 5l water containers for young children, the elderly and the physically impaired. It makes it a bit easier for everyone else, too.

Replace the lid of the bottle, then place it in the Agarrafas

The Agarrafas was an exercise I did over Christmas 2009 to improve my Solid Edge skills and apply some of the mechanism analysis I was studying at the time. I was frustrated about only learning analysis, so I decided to synthesize a basic mechanism, engineering it to fulfil certain requirements.

This is the closed position, without a bottle. The back is fitted onto a wall.

The opening handle is dimensioned in such a way to maximise the ease of loading. At the top, closed position, there is a dead point, so that the weight of the bottle will not make the Agarrafas open.

Additionally, there were geometrical constraints that had to be met, derived from the bottle dimensions and possible positioning of this product.

The product itself is made of various plastic parts, designed to be injection moulded and tight-fit assembled.

Note: Although I´ve come up with a few redesigns, more aesthetically pleasing and reducing the number of components that need to be moulded, I don´t have any intention of developing them. The initial idea for commercializing this product was in partnership with bottled water distribution companies; however a better way to go would be designing water systems of sufficient quality so as not to need bottled water