Folding Box Pedestal Design for Space-Efficient Decorative Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional decorative pedestals made of stable materials like plastic or wood require significant space and resources for transport and storage, and are labor-intensive to redesign for different themes, posing challenges in urban areas and in terms of cost and time for adaptation.
Innovation Solution
A folding box made from a strip of flat material with four connected wall elements via weakening lines, featuring a glued bottom and optional additional stiffening elements, allowing for easy assembly and disassembly, and the ability to be used as a pedestal or cover for existing pedestals, enabling quick reconfiguration for various decorative themes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If conventional pedestals are made from stable materials like plastic or wood, then high strength and stability are achieved, but large volume and high transport/storage costs result
Solution Approach 1:
The pedestal is divided into multiple wall elements connected by weakening lines, allowing the structure to be segmented into flat panels that can be folded and stored compactly while maintaining structural integrity when assembled
Solution Approach 2:
The material state is changed from rigid three-dimensional form to flexible flat blank through the use of weakening lines and foldable construction, enabling compact storage while maintaining strength when assembled into the final pedestal form
2Strength
If conventional pedestals are made from stable materials like plastic or wood, then high strength is achieved, but large space for storage is required
Solution Approach 1:
The pedestal structure is segmented into foldable wall elements that can be collapsed into a compact flat blank, dramatically reducing the storage footprint while maintaining the full-size functional form when assembled
Solution Approach 2:
The folded pedestal blank can be nested within a compact envelope or packaging, allowing multiple units to be stored in minimal space while expanding to full size for use
3Adaptability or versatility
If conventional pedestals are redesigned for different decoration themes, then adaptability is improved, but large expenditure of time and labor is required
Solution Approach 1:
The pedestal incorporates removable and replaceable decorative elements such as wall panels, base plates, and inserts that can be dynamically changed to adapt to different decoration themes without requiring complete redesign or professional intervention
Solution Approach 2:
Decorative elements are designed to be easily removed, replaced, or exchanged between uses, allowing quick adaptation to different themes while recovering and reusing the base structure
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to a folding box and a strip of flat material (12) for producing the same. The strip of flat material (12) has four wall elements (20, 22, 24, 26) which are connected to one another in a row via weakening lines (30, 32, 34) lying opposite one another. There is a fastening strap (38) on one of the two outer wall elements (20). Four first stiffening elements (50, 52, 54, 56) are each suspended from a lateral edge of the wall elements (20, 22, 24, 26) via a respective weakening line (60, 62, 64, 66) on the wall elements (20, 22, 24, 26). On the edges of the first stiffening elements (50, 52, 54, 56) opposite the wall elements (20, 22, 24, 26), four floor elements (90, 92, 100, 102) are each suspended via a weakening line (94, 96, 104 , 106) to the first stiffening elements (50, 52, 54, 56). Two of the floor elements are designed as dust flaps (90, 92). The other two floor elements (100, 102) have a fastening area (110, 112) which is attached in one piece to the floor flap (100, 102) via a weakening line (111, 113) and to which one of the dust flaps (90, 92) is attached. can be attached so that the four floor elements (90, 92, 100, 102) can be assembled into a glued floor. A separate second base element can be placed on the glued base of the folding box.