Flexible Packaging Container With Nanocellulose Coating And Moisture Barrier
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional cigarette packages have limited visibility and tactile appeal, and they may not adequately preserve the freshness and quality of cigarettes under adverse environmental conditions, leading to staleness and flavor loss over extended storage or exposure to heat and dry conditions.
Innovation Solution
A packaging container with a flexible wall featuring a nanocellulose coating and a moisture vapor barrier, integrated with an electrical device such as a light source, powered by a contained power source, and capable of illumination through user interaction or wireless communication, enhancing visual appeal and maintaining freshness.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If conventional packaging materials are used, then manufacturing cost and simplicity are maintained, but visual attractiveness and tactile appeal are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functions into the flexible wall: moisture barrier, tactile feedback mechanism, and electrical device housing. This integration allows the packaging to provide enhanced visual appeal through electrical devices while maintaining protection and eliminating the need for separate complex components.
Solution Approach 2:
The flexible wall portion made of flexible material provides both the moisture barrier function and the tactile feedback mechanism. The flexibility enables surface deformation to occur, creating tactile sensations for consumers while maintaining package integrity and simplicity.
2Reliability
If conventional packaging structures are used, then ease of manufacture is maintained, but moisture barrier performance under adverse environmental conditions is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The flexible wall portion is constructed from flexible material that provides effective moisture barrier properties. This flexible film structure prevents moisture ingress while maintaining package simplicity and avoiding the need for complex rigid barrier structures.
3Ease of operation
If flexible material with tactile feedback mechanism is used, then consumer interaction and visual appeal are enhanced, but moisture barrier performance may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The flexible wall portion is constructed from flexible material that provides effective moisture barrier properties while enabling tactile feedback. The material allows surface deformation for consumer interaction while maintaining sufficient barrier performance to prevent moisture ingress.
Solution Approach 2:
The flexible wall allows dynamic surface deformation in response to consumer interaction, providing tactile feedback. This dynamic capability is achieved while maintaining the moisture barrier function through appropriate material selection and design.
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
The packaging container provides increased visual attractiveness, extends the freshness and quality of cigarettes by preventing moisture ingress and allowing for interactive illumination, thus enhancing consumer experience and product preservation.
Implementation Method 1
The flexible wall portion may comprise a layer including a nanocellulose coating configured to level the exterior surface for receipt of the electrical device
Implementation Method 2
a layer including a moisture vapor barrier configure to resist diffusion of moisture through the exterior surface and into an interior of the housing
Data Source
AI summary
A packaging container for a tobacco product is provided. The packaging container comprises a housing including a flexible wall portion having an electrical device printed or placed on an exterior surface thereof, and a power source contained within the interior of the housing and configured to power the electrical device. The flexible wall portion comprises a layer including a nanocellulose coating configured to level the exterior surface for receipt of the electrical device, and a layer including a moisture vapor barrier configure to resist diffusion of moisture through the exterior surface and into an interior of the housing.