Diaper Package Perforated Label and Code Concealment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional baby diaper containers are either too large and heavy due to higher capacities, making them inconvenient to carry or store, and existing modular systems complicate the scanning of product codes at checkout.
Innovation Solution
A package comprising two individual containers joined by a perforated label with a visible package code that becomes illegible when torn, allowing for easy separation and hiding of individual container codes, with an optional holding strip to manage visibility and prevent errors at the cash register.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If a higher-capacity container is used to include more diaper units, then financial saving for the buyer is improved, but the weight and volume of the container increase making it inconvenient to carry or store
Solution Approach 1:
The package is divided into multiple separate containers (e.g., two containers with 8 units each instead of one container with 16 units). Each container maintains a manageable weight and volume, allowing consumers to carry or store individual containers separately while still obtaining the benefit of a bulk purchase through the multi-container package.
2Ease of operation
If a modular package system with multiple containers is used, then convenience of carrying and storing is improved, but the complexity of the package structure increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple individual containers are combined into a single retail package unit with a common outer packaging structure. This merging approach maintains the convenience of having separate, manageable containers while presenting a unified, simple package structure at the retail level that does not complicate handling or storage.
3Ease of operation
If a modular package system with multiple containers is used, then convenience of carrying and storing is improved, but the complexity of scanning product codes at checkout increases
Solution Approach 1:
A holding strip acts as an intermediary element that covers and hides the individual container codes when containers are joined in the package. This mediator prevents scanning errors at checkout by ensuring that only the appropriate package-level or individual container code is visible and scannable, depending on whether the package is sold as a whole or separated into individual containers.
4Measurement precision
If individual container codes are visible on all containers, then identification accuracy is improved, but scanning errors at the cash register occur when containers are joined in a package
Solution Approach 1:
The visibility of individual container codes is extracted or removed from the front-facing surfaces of containers when they are joined in a package. The holding strip specifically extracts or covers the codes on containers that would otherwise be visible, ensuring that only one code (either the package code or an individual container code) is visible and scannable at checkout, thereby preventing scanning errors.
Data Source
AI summary
Package (1) of grouped containers (2) for products, especially for diapers or similar, comprising at least one joining label (3) of two contiguous containers (2), provided with a perforated tear line (4) located in the space between both containers (2), capable of being torn to separate said containers (2), and an identification code (5) of the package (1) arranged on said perforated line (4), capable of becoming illegible in the event of said label (3) being torn, and said package (1) being configured in such a way that it is capable of simultaneously hiding an identification code (7) of each individual container (2). A more versatile package (1) is obtained since it can be purchased whole or be separated into at least two individual containers (2) in a simple manner on the part of the user.