Chair Shipping Display Container With Upright Divider Support
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional shipping containers for folding chairs fail to maintain the items in an upright and folded orientation during display, leading to unsightly and cumbersome arrangements as chairs fall over or become unfolded, making them difficult to select and display effectively.
Innovation Solution
A shipping and display container featuring a bottom box with opposed sidewalls and elongate dividers, either rigid or elastic, that keeps the folding chairs upright and folded, allowing for a top box to be installed for shipping and removed for attractive display, ensuring the chairs remain upright and organized.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If chairs are tightly packed in the bottom box for shipping, then shipping efficiency is improved, but after the top box is removed for display, the chairs fall over and become unattractive
Solution Approach 1:
The container is divided into a bottom box for shipping and a removable top box for display. The bottom box contains dividers that segment the space to maintain chair orientation, while the top box can be removed to create display space without compromising chair stability
Solution Approach 2:
Dividers are introduced as intermediary elements within the bottom box to maintain chair orientation. These dividers act as mediators that prevent chairs from falling over while allowing the top box to be removed for display purposes
2Reliability
If packaging foam is used between chairs for protection, then shipping protection is improved, but the container becomes more complex and difficult to assemble for display
Solution Approach 1:
The protective function is extracted from removable components (top box and dividers) rather than permanent packaging foam. This allows the protective elements to be easily removed for display while maintaining protection during shipping
Solution Approach 2:
The bottom box serves multiple functions: it provides structural support during shipping, maintains chair orientation through integrated dividers, and serves as a display base after the top box is removed. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate display fixtures
3Ease of operation
If the top box is removed for display, then customer accessibility is improved, but space develops between chairs causing them to lean and fall over
Solution Approach 1:
The container design allows dynamic reconfiguration: the top box is removable to provide customer accessibility, while the dividers in the bottom box dynamically adjust to maintain chair orientation as chairs are removed for sale
Data Source
AI summary
A shipping and display container includes a top box installable over a bottom box. The bottom box is configured to receive goods provided in the bottom box in an upright and folded orientation and includes a pair of opposed sidewalls and at least one elongate divider affixed to the bottom box and extending between the opposed sidewalls and configured so as to maintain the goods in the upright and folded orientation. The top box is installable upon the bottom box with the goods received therein in the upright and folded orientation for shipping of the goods and is removable from the bottom box after shipping. The bottom box and the divider cooperate to maintain the goods in the upright and folded orientation for display thereof after removal of the top box.