Adjustable L-Shaped Packaging Structure for Variable Product Sizes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing packaging bodies with fixed rectangular shapes require separate manufacturing for each product size, leading to inefficiencies in production, transportation, and disposal costs due to the need for dedicated packaging bodies for each product shape.
Innovation Solution
A packaging body composed of four L-shaped packaging materials that are slidably connected, allowing the size to be adjusted to fit different product shapes by sliding the corner portions, with features like handle portions and lock mechanisms for stability and ease of use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If a fixed rectangular packaging body is used, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but the adaptability to different product sizes is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging body is divided into four separate packaging materials (first and second packaging materials) that can be independently arranged. Each packaging material has corner portions that can be slidably connected to adjacent packaging materials, allowing the overall size and shape to be adjusted while maintaining structural simplicity in each individual component.
Solution Approach 2:
The packaging body transitions from a fixed structure to a dynamic, adjustable structure. The corner portions of adjacent packaging materials are connected via sliding connections that allow movement in the approach and separation direction, enabling the packaging body to adapt to different product dimensions while keeping the manufacturing process simple for each component.
2Manufacturing precision
If separate packaging bodies are manufactured for each product size, then the packaging fits the product perfectly, but the production and disposal costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging body is designed as a universal structure that can accommodate multiple product sizes. The four packaging materials with sliding connections create a multi-functional packaging system that can be configured to fit different products, eliminating the need to manufacture separate packaging bodies for each product size and thereby reducing production and disposal costs.
Solution Approach 2:
The packaging body allows for parameter changes in its dimensions by sliding the corner portions of adjacent packaging materials. This enables the same packaging body structure to be adjusted to different sizes and shapes, maintaining manufacturing precision for various products without requiring separate packaging designs, thus improving productivity.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the packaging body size is fixed, then the structure is stable, but the flexibility to accommodate varying product shapes is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging body is segmented into four independent packaging materials that can be arranged and reconfigured. Each material maintains structural stability in its individual configuration, while the overall packaging body achieves adaptability through the sliding connections between corner portions of adjacent materials.
Solution Approach 2:
The packaging body incorporates dynamic sliding connections between adjacent packaging materials that allow adjustment of corner portions. This dynamic mechanism enables the packaging body to adapt to varying product shapes while maintaining stability through the connected structure, resolving the contradiction between fixed stability and flexible adaptability.
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AI summary
A packaging body includes four packaging materials arranged in a rectangular shape in plan view with respective corner portions as four corners, each of the four packaging materials having a first piece and a second piece connected at a corner portion in an L-shape in plan view, in which the first piece and the second piece of the packaging materials adjacent to each other are slidably connected in an approach and separation direction in which the corner portions approach and separate from each other.