Foldable Plastic Handle Strap for Cardboard Carry Basket
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional carry baskets, especially cardboard ones, lack support and fastening for products, leading to damage during transport, pose a risk of user injury, and are costly due to elaborate design, particularly the centrally arranged cardboard handle.
Innovation Solution
A carry handle designed as a strap connected to the side walls of the carry basin, shortened by a fold with a release tab, which acts as a spacer between products and provides a safe, easy-to-use grip, manufactured from plastic for reduced costs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If a centrally arranged cardboard handle is used, then the carry basket can be manufactured with traditional materials, but the manufacturing costs increase and the design becomes elaborate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the expensive, elaborate cardboard handle with a simple plastic strap that can be easily manufactured and attached. The plastic strap serves as a disposable or replaceable component that reduces overall manufacturing costs while maintaining functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the material parameter from cardboard to plastic for the handle component. This material substitution simplifies the design and reduces manufacturing costs while providing adequate strength for the carrying function.
2Ease of operation
If a short carry handle is used to enable stacking, then stacking is possible, but the user must put a hand between the products to grip the handle, creating injury risk
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a foldable mechanism that allows the handle to dynamically change its configuration. The handle can be folded down during stacking to enable basket stacking, and unfolded during transport to provide a safe gripping distance from the products.
Solution Approach 2:
The handle is pre-configured with a folded state that enables stacking, and the user performs the action of unfolding it before use. This preliminary folding state allows stacking functionality while the subsequent unfolding action creates the safe grip distance.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If the carry handle is made longer to provide safe grip distance, then user safety improves, but the carry baskets cannot be stacked one on top of the other
Solution Approach 1:
The handle's length is made dynamic through the foldable mechanism. It can extend to a longer length during transport to provide safe grip distance, and collapse to a shorter length during stacking to enable versatility in storage and handling.
4Device complexity
If no product support or fastening means are provided, then the handle design remains simple, but products can knock against each other causing damage
Solution Approach 1:
The plastic strap handle is designed to perform multiple functions: it serves as the carrying handle and simultaneously acts as a product support and fastening element. The strap can be positioned to prevent products from knocking against each other, providing protection without requiring additional complex structures.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a carry basket, preferably a cardboard carry basket, having a carry basin for receiving a product to be transported, and having a carry handle connected to the carry basin, wherein the carry handle is designed as a grip handle, wherein the carry handle is designed as a handle strap connected to at least two side walls of the carry basin and shortened by at least one fold prior to being used, and wherein the handle strap overlaps the products present in the carry basin and/or engages as a spacer between the products, and thereby secures the products during transport, for example.