Container Security System with Compressive Frame
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Solution Overview
Problem
The security industry faces challenges in devising a security system for high-end candles without a discrete neck, as well as other products with similar configurations, since existing systems rely on a necked construction for effective deployment and theft prevention.
Innovation Solution
A security system comprising a frame with a force-applying structure, including friction components that can be selectively moved to exert compressive force against the access opening, allowing the system to be secured or assembled within the container, featuring a locking assembly and adaptable to various container shapes, including those without a distinct neck.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a security system is designed to fit into a necked container configuration, then it can be effectively confined and secured within the container, but it cannot be adapted to containers without a discrete neck
Solution Approach 1:
The security system is designed with a universal frame structure that can adapt to multiple container configurations, including both necked and non-necked containers. The frame includes adjustable components that allow it to conform to different opening geometries, making the same security system applicable across various container types while maintaining security effectiveness.
Solution Approach 2:
The security system incorporates dynamic elements such as movable pressing components and adjustable friction components that can be repositioned based on the container's specific geometry. This dynamic adjustability allows the system to maintain reliable security confinement whether the container has a discrete neck or a more uniform opening structure.
2Reliability
If the security system applies compressive force to prevent withdrawal, then security is enhanced, but the system becomes more complex requiring additional force-applying structures
Solution Approach 1:
The force-applying structure is segmented into multiple independent components, including separate pressing elements and friction components, that can be individually adjusted and positioned. This segmentation allows the complex force application task to be divided into simpler, manageable parts while maintaining overall security effectiveness.
Solution Approach 2:
The security system introduces intermediary elements such as friction components and pressing members that mediate between the frame structure and the container opening. These intermediaries apply the necessary compressive force to prevent withdrawal while distributing the mechanical stress, thereby enhancing security without requiring the frame itself to be overly complex.
3Reliability
If friction components are pressed against the access opening surface, then withdrawal is prevented, but the friction components may damage the container surface or contents
Solution Approach 1:
The friction components are designed as flexible elements that can conform to the container's access opening surface without concentrating stress on small areas. This flexibility allows the friction components to maintain secure contact for preventing withdrawal while distributing pressure evenly to avoid damaging the container surface or its contents.
Solution Approach 2:
The security system allows for adjustment of the pressing force parameters applied by the friction components. By controlling and optimizing the magnitude and distribution of compressive force, the system achieves sufficient friction to prevent withdrawal while maintaining force levels below the threshold that would cause damage to the container or its contents.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The system effectively prevents unauthorized withdrawal of the security mechanism from the container while maintaining functionality and adaptability to different container shapes, enhancing security without compromising the container's integrity.
Implementation Method 1
The force applying structure has at least one friction component that is pressed against the access opening surface with the security system in the operative relationship with the container and the security system in the secured state.
Data Source
AI summary
In combination: a) a container having a case bounding a storage space and an access opening bounded by a surface and in communication with the storage space; and b) a security system. The security system has a frame and a force applying structure on the frame. The frame and force applying structure are configured so that with the security system in operative relationship with the container, the security system can be placed selectively in: i) a secured state wherein the force applying structure exerts a compressive force against the access opening surface to thereby prevent at least a part of the security system from being withdrawn from the access opening; and ii) an assembly state wherein the at least part of the security system can be directed into and withdrawn from the access opening.