Frame Face Shipping Container with Triangular Beams
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing shipping and display containers face issues with durability during shipping, ease of access for consumers, and the need for complex manufacturing processes, leading to damage and increased labor costs.
Innovation Solution
A one-piece, open-top 'Frame Face' shipping and display container made of heavy-weight cardboard with triangularly-shaped beams and a bumper sticker panel, allowing for easy conversion between shipping and display positions, featuring a removable top plug panel and secure closure mechanisms to prevent product loss.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If a two-piece design with heavy-weight glued-tube outer and U-shaped paperboard is used, then protection during shipping is improved, but manufacturing complexity and labor cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the outer container and inner insert into a single one-piece molded fiber structure. This eliminates the need for separate heavy-weight glued-tube outer and U-shaped paperboard components, reducing manufacturing complexity while maintaining protective strength through the integrated design with molded-in reinforcement features.
Solution Approach 2:
The one-piece molded fiber container serves multiple functions: it provides structural protection during shipping, incorporates molded-in reinforcement features for strength, and includes integrated tear-out panels for consumer access. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate components while maintaining all necessary protective and operational features.
2Ease of operation
If perforated tear out panels are used for consumer access, then ease of operation is improved, but durability during shipping deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent pre-forms reinforcement features (such as molded-in rings, ribs, or strengthened panel structures) around the perforated tear-out panels during the molding process. This preliminary reinforcement ensures that the panels remain durable during shipping and handling, while still allowing consumers to easily tear out the panels for access when needed.
3Reliability
If stronger perforations are used to protect durability, then reliability is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies reinforcement features locally around the perforated panels rather than strengthening the entire container structure. This localized reinforcement (such as molded-in rings or ribs surrounding the tear-out panels) provides the necessary durability during shipping while maintaining easy tear-out capability for consumers, as the reinforcement is concentrated only where needed to support the panel edges.
4Adaptability or versatility
If complex geometric designs are used for display functionality, then adaptability is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the container structure with display-oriented geometric features in a single molded fiber piece. The container includes integrated elements such as recesses, protrusions, or shaped panels that provide display functionality while being formed in the same molding process, eliminating the need for separate complex geometric components and reducing manufacturing complexity.
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AI summary
The present invention is directed to an open-top container for shipping and displaying products which comprises a plurality of side walls. Bottom wall flaps are foldably joined to bottom edges of the side walls and are folded inwardly therefrom into overlapping relationship with one another to form a bottom wall closure. A respective plurality of triangularly-shaped beams foldably joined to upper edges of the respective plurality of side walls. Each of the plurality of the triangularly-shaped beams is defined by a shoulder panel and a flange panel foldably joined to one another. A bumper sticker panel is foldably joined to upper edge of one of the plurality of side walls forming a partial top closure when the open-top container is in the shipping position and partially prevents products from falling out when the open-top container is in the displaying position.