Folded Container With Triangular Corner Columns For Stacking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing folded product containers, when used for stacking, often suffer from reduced structural rigidity due to removed portions for display purposes, leading to potential crushing or deformation, and require additional manufacturing steps like gluing to enhance rigidity, which increases costs.
Innovation Solution
A folded product container cut from a single sheet of material, assembled without gluing, featuring four triangular cross-section columns at the corners for reinforcement, allowing for stacking while maintaining an open top and sides for product display.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If portions of the folded container are removed to create an open top for display, then product visibility is improved, but structural rigidity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The container is divided into multiple panels (front panel, rear panel, side panels) that are folded from a single sheet. This segmentation allows the top portion to be open for display while the side panels and bottom provide structural support, resolving the contradiction between display capability and structural rigidity.
Solution Approach 2:
The container has different structural characteristics at different locations: the side panels and bottom panel provide rigid support structures, while the top portion remains open for display. This local differentiation of structural quality allows the container to simultaneously achieve both display functionality and structural strength.
2Strength
If portions are glued together to increase structural rigidity, then resistance to crushing is improved, but manufacturing complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the gluing step from the manufacturing process entirely. Instead of gluing portions together to achieve structural rigidity, the design uses folded panels with inherent structural strength through their geometric configuration, eliminating the gluing operation and reducing manufacturing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The folded container structure provides its own structural rigidity through the folding geometry and panel configuration, without requiring external adhesives or joining materials. The structure serves itself by using the folded panel arrangement to achieve both display functionality and structural strength.
3Productivity
If folded containers are stacked for storage and display, then space utilization is improved, but risk of crushing increases
Solution Approach 1:
The container is designed with reinforced side panels and a rigid bottom panel configuration before stacking occurs. This preliminary structural reinforcement ensures that when containers are stacked, the bottom containers can support the weight of upper containers without crushing, enabling safe stacking for both storage and display.
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AI summary
A folded product container provides the benefit of reduced cost of a container formed from a single sheet of material that is folded to produce the container without requiring gluing. The novel configuration of the folded container provides four triangular cross-section column walls at the four corners of the container that reinforce the container for stacking, while still allowing display of products in the container through a top opening and front and rear openings of the stacked containers.