Pivoting Battery Package with Latch and Hanging Foot
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional battery packaging lacks a secure and versatile design that allows easy access, storage, and display while maintaining the batteries' structural integrity and ease of use.
Innovation Solution
A battery package with a rear and front member pivotally connected, featuring a latch and slot mechanism for closure, support structures for batteries, and a projection for hanging, enabling both upright standing and display on a rod, with a resealable closure for secure storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional battery packaging is used, then manufacturing is simple, but secure storage and versatile display capabilities are lacking
Solution Approach 1:
The battery package is designed with dual functionality: it can stand upright on a surface using the foot, and can also be hung on a rod using the projection with aperture. This multi-functionality allows the same package structure to serve both display purposes without requiring separate packaging solutions.
Solution Approach 2:
The package includes distinct functional elements: a foot for standing, a projection with aperture for hanging, a latch mechanism for secure closure, and support structures for battery organization. These segmented features can be independently optimized while working together as a unified package system.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the package includes multiple features for standing and hanging, then versatility is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The foot and projection are integrated into the same rear member structure, and the latch mechanism is combined with the support structures. By merging these functions into a unified molded structure rather than separate components, the package achieves versatility without proportionally increasing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The rear member serves multiple functions: it provides structural support, contains the foot for standing, includes the projection for hanging, and integrates the latch mechanism. This consolidation of multiple functions into a single component reduces the overall number of parts while maintaining versatility.
3Reliability
If the latch mechanism is added for secure closure, then storage security is improved, but ease of operation is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The latch mechanism is designed to automatically engage when the front member is closed against the rear member, eliminating the need for manual locking operations. The support structures also automatically position and secure the batteries in place without requiring additional fastening steps.
Data Source
AI summary
A package comprising a rear member pivotally connected to a front member at a pivot. The package has a closed position wherein the front member is engaged with the rear member to define an interior space therebetween and an open position allowing access to the interior space. At least one of the front member and the rear member includes support structure for supporting products in the interior space. A projection having an aperture for allowing the package to be hung on a rod extends from the front member and the rear member. The rear member includes a foot allowing the package to stand substantially upright on a horizontal surface. The front member and the rear member include a latch and a slot, with the latch being configured to be inserted into the slot for maintaining the package in the closed position.