Cosmetic Bottle Packaging with Relief Shape Immobilization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional packaging for perfume bottles is inefficient in shock protection and generates significant waste due to its complex design, and it requires a cardboard case for aesthetic presentation, which is costly and polluting.
Innovation Solution
A packaging system featuring a U-shaped pack made of long-fiber cardboard with regions in relief that replicate the bottle's shape, allowing secure immobilization and visibility of the bottle, reducing waste and production costs while providing effective shock protection without a separate case.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the pack has numerous cutouts and folds to protect the bottle against shocks, then the protection effectiveness is improved, but the manufacturing waste increases
Solution Approach 1:
The pack creates a relief shape that copies or reproduces the contour of the bottle, allowing the bottle to be immobilized within the relief. This eliminates the need for numerous cutouts and folds, reducing manufacturing waste while maintaining shock protection effectiveness.
2Loss of substance
If the pack is simplified to reduce waste, then the manufacturing cost is reduced, but the bottle protection against shocks deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The relief shape copies the bottle's contour to provide immobilization and protection. This simple yet effective design maintains shock protection by securing the bottle in place without requiring complex cutouts and folds, thus reducing manufacturing waste.
Solution Approach 2:
The relief shape is divided into multiple regions, each corresponding to different parts of the bottle (reservoir, neck, cap). This segmented approach allows the simplified pack structure to effectively immobilize the entire bottle while minimizing material usage.
3Loss of information
If the pack cannot be used without a case, then the bottle identification is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The relief shape on the pack itself reproduces the bottle's contour, serving as an identification feature. This eliminates the need for a separate case to display the bottle, as the pack alone provides both protection and visual identification.
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AI summary
The invention relates to an article which comprises a bottle of cosmetic product and a pack. The pack includes at least one wall having at least one region in relief suggesting, or even reproducing, a bottle shape so as to immobilize it with respect to the wall. The invention also relates to a pack for a bottle of cosmetic product and a method for removing a bottle of cosmetic product from a case.