Bottle Packaging With Inclined Planes For Secure Anchorage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current packaging solutions for fragile glass containers, such as bottles, fail to provide adequate protection during transport and display, are complex to assemble, and often result in environmental waste, while being inflexible and not adaptable to different bottle sizes.
Innovation Solution
A packaging system featuring a support structure with inclined planes and reinforcement elements that securely holds bottles within a compartment, using a combination of base, top, and central portions, along with spacers and damping devices to prevent damage and allow for easy assembly and adaptability to various bottle sizes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If stabilizing elements and filling material are added to protect bottles during transport, then protection reliability is improved, but device complexity and manufacturing time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging is divided into modular components: a base portion, a top portion, and a central portion with inclined planes. Each segment serves specific protective functions while being simple in structure, allowing assembly without complex stabilizing elements or filling materials.
Solution Approach 2:
The base portion, top portion, and central portion are combined into a single integrated packaging structure that provides both protection and bottle anchorage simultaneously, eliminating the need for separate stabilizing elements and filling materials.
2Reliability
If stabilizing elements are added to anchor bottles, then protection reliability is improved, but assembly complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The anchorage function is merged into the central portion's inclined planes, which naturally guide and secure the bottle in place through geometric constraint rather than requiring separate stabilizing elements that would complicate assembly.
Solution Approach 2:
The inclined planes of the central portion automatically anchor the bottle through its own geometric structure, eliminating the need for additional stabilizing elements and simplifying the assembly process to just joining the three main portions.
3Reliability
If filling material is used to cushion shocks, then protection reliability is improved, but waste generation and environmental impact increase
Solution Approach 1:
The shock absorption function is merged into the structural design of the three portions themselves, which provide cushioning through their geometry and material properties rather than requiring separate filling materials that would become waste.
Solution Approach 2:
The packaging uses reusable, durable materials for the three portions that can be assembled and disassembled multiple times without degradation, replacing single-use filling materials with a sustainable, repeatable system.
4Manufacturing precision
If packaging is designed for specific bottle dimensions, then manufacturing precision is improved, but adaptability decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The central portion with inclined planes is designed as a universal interface that can accommodate bottles of various dimensions within a range, allowing the same packaging structure to securely hold different bottle sizes without requiring custom-designed packaging for each dimension.
Data Source
AI summary
A package for carrying at least one bottle, comprises at least one container suitable for housing a support in turn configured to hold at least one bottle, wherein the support comprises a base portion, a top portion and a central portion wherein the base portion and the top portion are each configured as a box-like body to accommodate and retain respective portions of the at least one bottle and wherein the central portion comprises one or more inclined planes configured to house and hold a central portion of the at least one bottle.