Folding Box with Partition Wall for Leaflet Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional folding boxes lack compartments to organize and separate multiple items, particularly problematic for packaging medicines that require separate user and medical professional information leaflets, leading to impractical and time-consuming searches.
Innovation Solution
A folding box design with a main compartment divided into two receiving compartments by a partition wall, along with a front compartment for information leaflets, and an intermediate shelf for easy accessibility, utilizing a one-piece cardboard blank with a hinged lid that can be sealed to ensure the medication remains untouched.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If all information leaflets are stored together with the product in the body of the folding box, then the box structure remains simple, but the time required to find specific leaflets increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The folding box body is divided into multiple compartments (first compartment, second compartment, third compartment) using partition walls. Different types of information leaflets are stored in different compartments, allowing quick location and retrieval without searching through the entire box.
2Ease of operation
If the folding box is divided into multiple compartments with partition walls, then the organization and accessibility of different items improve, but the structural complexity and manufacturing difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple compartments and partition walls are integrated into a single molded body formed from one piece of cardboard material. The compartments are created by folding and joining the cardboard in specific configurations during the molding process, rather than assembling separate parts.
3Productivity
If the folding box is made from a one-piece molded body, then manufacturing efficiency improves, but the ability to create complex compartment structures is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The partition walls and compartments are formed by utilizing the third dimension (depth/height) of the folded cardboard structure. Multiple layers of cardboard are folded and joined to create vertical and horizontal divisions, enabling complex compartment arrangements within a single molded body.
4Ease of operation
If information leaflets are easily accessible in separate compartments, then the ease of operation improves, but the overall volume of the box increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple compartments are nested within the main body of the folding box, with partition walls arranged to maximize space utilization. Smaller compartments are positioned within the available space of the larger box structure, allowing efficient storage of multiple leaflet types without significantly increasing the external dimensions.
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to a folding box made from a one-piece cardboard blank (28) comprising an integrally formed hinged lid (7) that overlaps an upper end area of a rectangular-cuboid-shaped body (1) on three sides, is connected to a rear wall (5) of the body through a fold line (6), and lies flush on a front wall (4) and two side walls (3) in the closed state, and having a front panel (9) and two side panels (10) that form a collar (11) that protrudes into the hinged lid, wherein the front panel (9) is arranged parallel to and at distance from the front wall (4) and divides the body (1) into a main compartment (12) and a front compartment (13).