Flat-Folded Insulated Package Blank for Fast Box Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing packages require separate storage and logistical management of blanks and linings, leading to inefficiencies in design freedom, transportation, and preparation for use, while providing thermal insulation and mechanical protection after erection is cumbersome.
Innovation Solution
A blank designed with foldable panels and internal fold lines, allowing for a flat-folded state that facilitates stacking and efficient transportation, and includes a liner for thermal insulation and mechanical impact resistance, with gaps or grooves to enable seamless folding into a package.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the package is provided with lining after erection, then thermal insulation and mechanical protection are achieved, but the process becomes time-consuming and requires separate storage and logistical management
Solution Approach 1:
The liner is integrated with the blank in a flat-laid state before erection, allowing the liner to be positioned and secured in advance. This preliminary integration eliminates the need for separate storage and assembly of the liner after the package is erected, directly reducing the time-consuming assembly process while maintaining thermal insulation and mechanical protection functions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines the liner and the blank into a single integrated structure in the flat-laid state. By merging these two components that were previously separate (requiring separate storage and logistical management), the invention streamlines the assembly process and reduces the time required for preparation while ensuring the package maintains its thermal insulation and mechanical protection properties.
2Volume of moving object
If the package is provided with lining in flat-laid state, then storage and transportation efficiency are improved, but design freedom and continuous lining possibilities are restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The blank is divided into multiple main panels that are foldably connected, allowing the structure to be flattened for efficient storage and transportation while maintaining the ability to form various three-dimensional package configurations. This segmentation enables the package to be compressed into a compact flat-laid state for transport, yet retains design flexibility when erected.
Solution Approach 2:
The blank incorporates fold lines that enable dynamic transformation between a flat-laid state for storage and transportation, and an erected three-dimensional state for use. This dynamic capability allows the same structure to optimize for both compact storage efficiency and design versatility, as the fold lines permit various configuration options when the package is assembled.
3Productivity
If internal fold lines are added to enable flat-folded state, then stacking and transportation efficiency are improved, but the structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The blank is segmented into multiple main panels connected by fold lines, including internal fold lines that enable the structure to be flattened for efficient stacking and transportation. This segmentation into foldable sections allows the package to be compressed into a compact form factor for storage and transport while maintaining structural integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention utilizes fold lines to enable dimensionality change between a three-dimensional erected state and a two-dimensional flat-folded state. By incorporating internal fold lines, the package can transition from a volumetric form to a flattened configuration for efficient stacking, effectively using the third dimension for storage optimization without permanently increasing structural complexity.
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AI summary
The disclosure relates to a blank (1) configured to form a package (2), and such a package (2), wherein the blank (1) is configured to be folded into a flat-folded state and into a box shaped state, the blank comprising as seen in a flat-laid state of the blank, at least four main panels (A10, A20, A30, A40) being arranged one after the other along a longitudinal direction (L), and being foldably connected along transversally extending main fold lines (MF), an attachment tab (A45), one or more pieces or portions of liner (13, 23, 33, 43) configured to provide additional properties, such as a thermal insulation and/or mechanical impact resistance, to the package, wherein two main panels (A20, A40) configured to form opposing side walls when the blank is folded into a package are each provided with at least two transversally extending internal fold lines (IF) allowing the two main panels to be double-folded and thereby allow a loop of main panels to be folded into said flat-folded state, wherein the internal fold lines (IF) are separate from the main fold lines (MF), and wherein the internal fold lines (IF) are separated from each other along the longitudinal direction (L) a distance corresponding to about two times a material thickness of said pieces or portions of liner (23, 43) on the respective main panel (A20, A40).