Food Transport Container With Stack-Locking Base and Ergonomic Handling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Generic transport containers are difficult to transport manually due to their configuration, making them cumbersome and impractical for handling and stacking.
Innovation Solution
A transport container design featuring a base part and cover part connected by a force-transferring mechanism, with a carry handle and complementary form-locking connection devices that allow easy stacking and handling, enabling a system of containers to be combined into a pack for simplified transport and storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If transport containers are designed with stackable connection devices for efficient storage and transport, then stacking capability is improved, but manual handling becomes difficult and cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The container is divided into separate base part and cover part that can be independently handled. The base part remains stationary on the surface while the cover part is moved to open/close the container, simplifying manual operation while maintaining stacking capability through the connection devices.
Solution Approach 2:
A surface connection device acts as an intermediary between the base part and the external surface. This device provides the stacking connection functionality while the base part itself remains simple and easy to handle manually, resolving the contradiction between stacking capability and manual handling ease.
2Stability of the object's composition
If connection devices are integrated into the base part for stacking, then stacking stability is improved, but the base part becomes more complex and harder to manufacture
Solution Approach 1:
The connection functionality is extracted from the base part and placed into a separate surface connection device. This allows the base part to remain simple and easy to manufacture while the surface connection device provides the necessary stacking stability when attached to the base part.
Solution Approach 2:
The surface connection device serves multiple functions: it provides stacking connection for stability, and can be detached to allow manual handling of the base part. This multi-functionality resolves the contradiction between stacking stability and manufacturing simplicity.
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AI summary
A transport container, configured to manually transport prepared or unprepared food products, the transport container including a housing, defining an interior space, wherein the housing includes a base part and a cover part, wherein the base part and the cover part are connected with each other in a force-transferring manner when the housing is in a closed condition so that the interior space is closed and not accessible by hand, wherein the cover part is moveable relative to the base part in order to transfer the housing from the closed condition into an open condition, so that the interior space is releasable for access by hand, wherein the base part includes a base connector arranged at a bottom side of the base part, and oriented away from the interior space, and configured to provide a positive form locking connection of the base part with a complementary connection device.