Edible Product Packaging With Moveable Lid Access Panel
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional packaging for edible products, such as confectionery, often requires a minimum height to ensure easy filling, resulting in boxes that are larger than necessary, leading to inefficiencies in size, cost, and storage.
Innovation Solution
The packaging consists of a base component with a separate lid component, where the lid has a moveable access panel and a fixed portion, allowing the interior to be filled through a cut-out opening before bonding, and can be customized with interchangeable lid designs and personalized graphics.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a single blank is folded and glued to create a box with minimum height for easy filling, then the box can be reliably filled with product, but the box becomes larger than required for the contents
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging is divided into two separate components: a base component formed from a folded blank and a lid component. This segmentation allows the base to be optimized for compact size while the lid provides the necessary opening for filling, resolving the contradiction between compact size and ease of filling.
Solution Approach 2:
The base component is pre-formed with an opening that serves as both a filling opening and an access opening. This preliminary preparation eliminates the need for post-assembly modifications and allows for compact design while maintaining ease of filling operations.
2Reliability
If the box is designed with minimum height to ensure reliable filling, then filling reliability is improved, but the box is larger than necessary, leading to inefficiencies in storage and cost
Solution Approach 1:
By separating the packaging into base and lid components, the design achieves reliable filling through the pre-formed opening in the base while minimizing overall material usage. The lid can be optimized independently to fit tightly, reducing excess material.
Solution Approach 2:
The opening in the base component serves dual functions as both filling and access opening, changing the operational parameters to eliminate the need for additional height or volume while maintaining filling reliability and product accessibility.
3Productivity
If the lid component is separate and can be bonded after filling, then filling efficiency is improved, but the manufacturing process becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The separation of base and lid components enables independent manufacturing and assembly, allowing the base to be prepared in advance with the opening already formed. This segmentation improves filling efficiency while the standardized components reduce overall manufacturing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The base component is pre-formed with the opening structure already in place before the lid is attached. This preliminary preparation eliminates the need for complex post-assembly operations and simplifies the overall manufacturing process while maintaining high filling efficiency.
4Ease of operation
If the opening is made large enough for easy filling, then filling ease is improved, but product freshness and security are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The opening in the base serves as a filling opening during manufacturing, but the separate lid component provides a secure closure that protects product freshness. This segmentation allows the opening to be optimally sized for easy filling while the lid prevents contamination.
Solution Approach 2:
The base is pre-formed with an opening that is optimally sized for efficient filling operations. The lid is then attached to seal this opening, providing product protection without compromising the ease of the original filling operation. The dual-function opening design ensures both ease of filling and product security.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This design allows for efficient filling and reduced packaging size, enabling cost savings and customizable options while maintaining product freshness and accessibility.
Implementation Method 1
a lid component bonded to the base component over the opening so as to close the opening and inhibit access to the interior
Implementation Method 2
the lid component comprises an access panel which can be moved with respect to the base component to open the packaging and provide access to the interior through the opening
Implementation Method 3
a base component formed from a folded blank, wherein the base component has an opening which provides access to a hollow interior
Implementation Method 4
At least one weakened region may be provided between the fixed portion and the access panel so as to allow the access panel to be moved with respect to the fixed portion. The weakened region may comprise a perforation and/or a score line.
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AI summary
There is disclosed packaging for edible product comprising a base component and a separate lid component. The base component is formed from a folded blank and has an opening which provides access to a hollow interior for storing edible product. The lid component is bonded to the base component so as to close the opening and inhibit access to the interior. The lid component comprises an access panel which can be moved with respect to the base component to open the packaging and provide access to the interior through the opening. There is also disclosed a method for manufacturing a packaged product.