Pre-Rolled Smoking Cone Packaging With Scoop-Funnel Conversion

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing pre-rolled cone packaging is limited in functionality, expensive to produce, and prone to damage during transport, affecting the structural integrity and user experience.

Innovation Solution

A multifunctional package for pre-rolled cones featuring a perforated strip for conversion into a scoop and funnel, a frusto-tetrahedron shape for strength, and a false bottom to prevent cone distortion, along with a simple construction using a single sheet of material.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If conventional packaging is used for pre-rolled cones, then the packaging can transport the cones, but the packaging has limited functionality and is expensive to produce

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepackaging functionalityVSAvoidmanufacturing complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The packaging is designed to serve multiple functions: it transports the cones, provides filter tips through a perforated strip, and can be converted into a scoop and funnel by detaching a portion of the tapered body. This multi-functionality resolves the contradiction by maximizing packaging utility without requiring complex manufacturing processes.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The packaging includes a perforated cut strip that allows the tapered body to be detached into portions, creating a scoop and funnel. This segmentation enables the packaging to transform from a simple container into a multi-functional tool, addressing the versatility issue while maintaining simple construction from a single sheet of material.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Ease of manufacture

If lightweight paper packaging is used for pre-rolled cones, then the packaging is simple and cost-effective to manufacture, but the cones are prone to damage during transit

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepackaging manufacturing simplicityVSAvoidcone structural integrity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The packaging uses a tapered body made from flexible material that can be constructed from a single sheet. This flexible structure provides protection to the fragile cones during transit while maintaining ease of manufacture. The flexibility allows the packaging to conform and cushion the cones without requiring complex rigid structures.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #30Flexible shells and thin films

3Productivity

If existing packaging is used for pre-rolled cones, then the packaging can be produced, but the cones may become misshapen and damaged during transport

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepackaging productionVSAvoidcone damage during transit

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The tapered body design and flexible material construction provide inherent cushioning and structural support that protects cones from damage during transit. The packaging is designed to maintain cone shape and prevent misshaping before the cones are even placed in the user's pocket, addressing the harmful factor of transit damage while maintaining simple production.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #11Beforehand cushioning (Prior cushioning)

4Adaptability or versatility

If conventional packaging without additional features is used, then the manufacturing process is simple, but the packaging resources are not utilized to greater effect

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveresource utilizationVSAvoidpackaging structure

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS20250338886A1A Multifunctional Packaging Solution for Pre-Rolled Smoking Cones

Publication Date: 2025.11.06 ABELLIO

AI summary

This invention relates to a multifunctional package for pre-rolled cones comprising an elongate tapered body having a wide end and a narrow end, a charging aperture at the wider end, and a closure for releasably closing the charging aperture. There is further provided a perforated cut strip extending circumferentially around the body intermediate its ends, operable to allow detachment of portion of the tapered body from the remainder of the tapered body for use of the detached portion as a scoop and funnel to fill a pre-rolled cone with smoking materials. A notch defining a flap is also provided to form a false bottom in the package. In this way, the package has enhanced utility and will better protect the pre-rolled cones contained therein.