Collapsible Container With Telescopic Walls For Adjustable Height
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current bulk shipping containers have fixed sizes, making them inefficient for accommodating various product sizes and potentially damaging fragile items during transportation and storage, as they cannot be easily adjusted to accommodate unit-sized packages or protect fragile products from excessive stacking.
Innovation Solution
A collapsible shipping container with adjustable height walls, featuring pivotable and extendable side and end walls that can be locked at various heights, allowing for customizable volume and protection of fragile items through nested, telescoping, or sliding extension mechanisms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the container uses fixed size walls, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but it cannot accommodate various product sizes efficiently
Solution Approach 1:
The container walls are designed to be dynamically adjustable in height through telescoping sections that can extend and retract. The side walls include multiple sections that can slide relative to each other, allowing the container to adapt its internal volume to match different product sizes while maintaining a relatively simple base structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The telescoping wall sections are nested within each other, with inner wall sections sliding within outer wall sections. This nesting arrangement allows the walls to extend to various heights while maintaining a compact form when retracted, providing adaptability without excessive structural complexity.
2Volume of moving object
If the container walls are made collapsible for space efficiency, then storage space is improved, but the ability to protect fragile products during shipping is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The container employs dynamically adjustable wall heights that can be extended to full height during shipping to provide maximum protection for fragile products, and retracted during storage to maximize space efficiency. The telescoping mechanism allows the walls to transition between these states while maintaining structural integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The walls are segmented into multiple sections that can move independently. This segmentation allows the container to collapse partially for storage while maintaining the ability to provide full protection when needed, as each section can be positioned to balance between compactness and protective capability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If extension products are added to increase container size, then adaptability is improved, but installation difficulty and collapsibility efficiency worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The extension wall sections are merged with the main wall structure through telescoping connections, eliminating the need for separate installation steps. The extensions are integrated into the wall assembly, allowing them to move with the main walls during collapse and expansion, thereby maintaining ease of operation while providing size variation.
Solution Approach 2:
The extension sections are nested within the main wall structure, allowing them to be stored within the wall thickness when not in use. This nesting arrangement eliminates the need for separate installation and removal steps, as the extensions simply slide in and out of their nested positions while maintaining ease of operation.
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AI summary
A collapsible container has adjustable height walls. The container includes a base defining the bottom wall of the container, an opposing pair of side walls, and an opposing pair of end walls. The side walls and end walls are pivotable between an upright position and a collapsed position over the base. The side walls and end walls each further include extension walls movably connected thereto between a nested, unextended position and an upright, extended position.