Frangible Tether Secure Packaging for Bottle Theft Prevention
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Solution Overview
Problem
Retail display settings for personal use-sized bottles often experience unauthorized removal from loose-fitting casings, leading to product loss and reduced selection for consumers.
Innovation Solution
A secure packaging system featuring a flexible casing with adjustable tethers that secures the bottle to an object and a frangible tether to the cap, ensuring the bottle remains locked until authorized use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a loose-fitting casing is used to facilitate carrying and access, then ease of operation is improved, but security against unauthorized removal deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
A tether is attached to the cap before the product is purchased, securing it to the casing in advance. This preliminary securing action prevents unauthorized removal while still allowing legitimate purchase and use, resolving the contradiction between ease of access and security.
Solution Approach 2:
The tether acts as an intermediary element between the cap and the casing, providing a mechanical connection that prevents unauthorized removal while maintaining the loose-fitting nature of the casing for easy carrying and legitimate access.
2Reliability
If a secure tether is used to prevent unauthorized removal, then reliability is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to additional securing steps
Solution Approach 1:
The tether is designed as a frangible, disposable component that is easily broken or removed by the authorized purchaser. This allows the tether to provide security during display while requiring minimal effort to remove for legitimate use, resolving the contradiction between security and convenience.
Solution Approach 2:
The frangible tether provides preliminary anti-action by preventing unauthorized removal through its restraining effect, while its easy-breaking design ensures that authorized users can quickly overcome this restraint with minimal effort, thus resolving the contradiction between security and ease of operation.
3Loss of substance
If the cap is securely attached to prevent theft, then loss of product is reduced, but accessibility for legitimate use is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The frangible tether is designed as a temporary, easily removable security measure that effectively prevents theft during display but can be quickly broken or removed by authorized purchasers, thus preventing product loss while maintaining accessibility for legitimate use.
Solution Approach 2:
The tether provides preliminary security attachment that prevents unauthorized access during display, but its frangible nature allows for easy removal by authorized users, thus preventing product loss while maintaining accessibility when needed.
Data Source
AI summary
A secure packaging for bottle-type containers having a body, a neck terminating in an opening into an interior of the bottle, and a cap for sealing the opening. The packaging may include a flexible casing having an interior cavity for receiving the bottle body, and a first aperture configured to admit the bottle body into the cavity. A second aperture is configured to receive the neck of the bottle, such that the bottle opening protrudes from the casing when the bottle body is received in the cavity. A first tether may be configured to facilitate releasably securing the casing to an object. A second tether is operatively coupled between the casing and the aperture on the bottle cap. The second tether is configured to secure the cap with the casing and to be frangibly removed from the casing prior to use of the bottle to dispense contents of the bottle.