Article Carrier Retention Layout for Secure Low-Material Packaging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cartons for packaging multiple articles require materials that are not optimized for minimal waste, strength, and secure retention, especially when handling varying sizes and weights.
Innovation Solution
The design of article carriers with strategically spaced article retention structures that accommodate articles with a maximum diameter greater than the distance between centers, featuring apertures and annular tabs with aligned recesses for secure engagement and minimal material use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of substance
If article retention structures are spaced closer together to reduce material usage, then material consumption decreases, but the security and strength of article retention deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The retention structure is divided into multiple functional components: a base portion for structural support, a gripping portion with teeth for article engagement, and aligned recesses for interlocking. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently, achieving strong retention with minimal material.
Solution Approach 2:
The gripping portion with teeth is nested within the retention structure, and the aligned recesses are integrated into the base portion. This nesting arrangement allows multiple retention structures to interlock and share load, enabling closer spacing while maintaining retention security.
2Reliability
If article retention structures are spaced farther apart to improve article security, then retention strength increases, but material usage and waste increase
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple retention structures are merged into a single integrated formation with shared base portions and interlocking aligned recesses. This merging allows the structures to support each other, achieving enhanced retention security while using less material than separate structures would require.
Solution Approach 2:
The retention structure combines different functional elements (base portion for strength, gripping portion with teeth for engagement, aligned recesses for interlocking) into a composite design that maximizes retention security per unit of material used.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the carrier is designed to accommodate various article sizes and weights, then adaptability increases, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The retention structure is designed as a universal component that can accommodate articles of various sizes and weights through its multi-functional design: the base portion provides structural support for different weights, the gripping portion with teeth engages different article diameters, and the aligned recesses provide interlocking for various configurations. This universality eliminates the need for multiple specialized retention structures.
Data Source
AI summary
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a package, a carrier (90) for packaging one or more articles (B, B1, B2) and a blank (10; 110; 210; 310A, 310B) for forming the carrier. The package comprises an article carrier and one or more articles. The carrier comprises a main panel (14) having at least two article retention structures for receiving and securing the main panel to a respective article. Each of the at least two article retention structures comprises a center. The center C of the at least two article retention structures is spaced apart from the center of an adjacent one of the at least two article retention structures by a distance. The distance is greater than the maximum diameter of each of the at least two articles.