Biodegradable Aliphatic Polyester Outdoor Display Objects
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Solution Overview
Problem
Temporary outdoor display objects such as marker flags, yard signs, boundary tapes, and grass depth gauges are typically made from non-biodegradable materials, leading to pollution and unsightly debris after use, as they often end up in water bodies and landscapes.
Innovation Solution
The development of biodegradable plastic materials, specifically aliphatic polyester produced from diacids and diol monomers, is used to manufacture these objects, allowing for attachment via heat welding or adhesives, ensuring complete biodegradability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If non-biodegradable plastic materials are used to manufacture temporary outdoor display objects, then the objects maintain durability and structural integrity during use, but they create pollution and unsightly debris after use
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the material parameter from non-biodegradable plastic to biodegradable plastic, allowing the material to maintain structural integrity during use while naturally decomposing after use, thereby eliminating pollution without sacrificing functional performance
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs biodegradable plastic materials that are designed to be temporary and disposable, naturally decomposing after their useful life ends, eliminating the need for disposal and preventing long-term environmental pollution while maintaining adequate strength during the temporary display period
2Object-generated harmful factors
If biodegradable plastic materials are used to manufacture temporary outdoor display objects, then pollution is reduced and objects decompose naturally, but the materials may have reduced durability compared to non-biodegradable plastics
Solution Approach 1:
The patent modifies the material composition to use biodegradable plastics with controlled degradation rates, ensuring the material maintains sufficient durability throughout the intended temporary display period while naturally decomposing afterward, thus balancing both durability and environmental sustainability
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution effectively reduces pollution by allowing these objects to decompose naturally, eliminating the environmental impact of non-biodegradable plastics and promoting cleaner landscapes.
Implementation Method 1
made entirely of a biodegradable plastic material
Implementation Method 2
biodegradable plastic material, specifically aliphatic polyester produced from diacids and diol monomers
Implementation Method 3
The plastic sheet is attached to the stake either by heat welding or by an adhesive
Data Source
AI summary
Temporary biodegradable outdoor display objects including marker flags, yard signs, boundary tapes, and grass depth gauges. The objects are all formed from a bioplastic material comprising a biodegradable aliphatic polyester produced from diacids selected from the group consisting of adipic acid and succinic acid, and combinations thereof and diol monomers selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, propanediol, butanediol, and hexanediol, and an effective amount of melt strength enhancer.