Foldable Stackable Container With Interlocking Protrusions
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional package boxes require excessive time for fastening and separating, are prone to movement during delivery, and are inefficient for handling bulk freight like grain, coal, and oil.
Innovation Solution
A container with foldable and stackable bodies featuring one-touch brackets, RFID chip, protrusions, elongated grooves, and a hopper stopper, allowing for quick assembly and disassembly, preventing movement during delivery, and facilitating easy discharge of bulk materials.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If conventional package boxes are used with given heights, then items can be accommodated without damage, but a lot of time is needed for packing
Solution Approach 1:
The container body is designed with foldable side walls that can dynamically change height and configuration. The side walls include folding portions that allow the container to be adjusted to different heights depending on the volume and type of items being packed, enabling quick adaptation without complex assembly procedures.
Solution Approach 2:
The container body is divided into multiple foldable sections with folding portions at specific intervals. This segmentation allows the side walls to be collapsed into compact segments for quick packing and easy storage, while maintaining structural integrity when extended to full height.
2Productivity
If multistage boxes are used to solve packing efficiency, then packing capacity is improved, but a lot of time is needed for fastening and separating
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple container bodies are merged into a single integrated structure with interlocking folding portions. The folding portions of adjacent container bodies are coupled together, allowing multiple stages to be formed as one unified unit that can be quickly assembled and disassembled without separate fastening operations for each stage.
Solution Approach 2:
The folding portions are pre-configured with coupling structures that automatically engage when container bodies are stacked. This preliminary design of interlocking features eliminates the need for manual fastening operations, reducing assembly time while maintaining structural stability during transport.
3Ease of manufacture
If regular sizes of package boxes are made, then manufacturing is simplified, but excessive space is wasted when accommodating items of various volumes
Solution Approach 1:
The container body incorporates folding portions that enable dynamic adjustment of internal volume. The side walls can be folded to different extents, allowing the same container structure to accommodate items of varying volumes efficiently, eliminating wasted space while maintaining a standardized base structure for easy manufacturing.
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
Significantly reduces assembly time, prevents container movement during delivery, and enhances the handling of bulk freight by enabling easy discharge and increased storage capacity.
Implementation Method 1
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Data Source
AI summary
A container includes a pallet having a plurality of elongated grooves of predetermined pattern in the upper surface of the pallet, and at least one stackable container body formed with a wall member, the bottom edge surfaces having a plurality of protrusions formed thereon, the top edge surfaces having a plurality of slots formed therein at a corresponding location with the protrusions to allow one container body to stack on another container body with the protrusions of one container body inserted into the slots of the other container body. The container body includes a folding configuration at its side surfaces thereof to allow the container body to fold to reduce its size, wherein the elongated grooves of the pallet are configured to receive the protrusions of the container body both in the unfolded (original) shape and the folded shape.