Dispensing Container with Removable Front Wall

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Solution Overview

Problem

The traditional package-ship-unpack-display model for products like canned foods is time-consuming and prone to damage during the stocking process, increasing operational expenses and reducing the products' marketability.

Innovation Solution

A product container and dispenser system featuring a housing with a partition structure and pre-formed tear lines that allows for easy opening and dispensing of products without the need for cutting, using a foldable design to create internal chambers and a sealing mechanism that obstructs the opening until deployment.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If cutting blades are used to open shipping containers during stocking, then the container can be opened, but product damage occurs unintentionally

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontainer openingVSAvoidproduct damage

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The front wall is segmented into a removable first portion and a retained second portion. The first portion can be detached to provide access to the internal volume without requiring cutting tools, thereby eliminating the harmful effect of blade-induced product damage while maintaining ease of opening.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The first portion of the front wall is extracted as a separate, removable component. This extracted portion can be easily removed to access products inside the container, eliminating the need for cutting blades and preventing accidental product damage during the opening process.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Productivity

If traditional stocking process is used, then products can be displayed, but time consumption increases significantly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestocking speedVSAvoidstocking time

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The container is pre-configured with a removable first portion of the front wall that can be easily detached. This preliminary design allows stock clerks to quickly access and remove products without the time-consuming process of cutting open the container, significantly reducing stocking time and improving productivity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Ease of operation

If the opening is left open for product access, then consumer access is easy, but product protection is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveproduct accessVSAvoidproduct exposure

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The front wall is divided into a removable first portion and a retained second portion. When the first portion is removed for product access, the second portion remains to provide partial protection and structural integrity. This segmentation allows easy consumer access while maintaining some level of product protection through the retained portion.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS8485423B2Product container and dispenser

Publication Date: 2013.07.16 MEADWESTVACO CORP

AI summary

A product container and dispenser including a housing having a plurality of walls that define an internal volume, a first wall of the housing defining an opening into the internal volume, and a partition structure positioned in the internal volume, the partition structure including a sealing wall aligned with the first wall and a partition wall connected to the sealing wall, wherein the opening is at least partially obstructed by the sealing wall.