Glass Bottle Shipping Containers With Two-Part Retention Inserts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing shipping containers for glass bottles are fragile and lack environmental sustainability, necessitating a solution that provides enhanced protection and ease of assembly.
Innovation Solution
A shipping container system comprising a foldable outer container with integrated support elements and a tray with a two-part bottle retention system, including a tray and insert, designed to accommodate various bottle sizes and provide both rigidity and cushioning for safe transport.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional shipping containers are used for glass bottles, then the bottles can be transported, but the bottles are fragile and prone to physical damage
Solution Approach 1:
The shipping container includes foam inserts positioned at critical locations (bottom, corners, and between bottles) to provide cushioning before transport begins. This beforehand cushioning absorbs impact and vibration during shipping, protecting fragile glass bottles from physical damage without requiring the bottles themselves to be reinforced.
2Reliability
If traditional shipping containers are used, then bottles can be shipped, but the containers are not environmentally sustainable
Solution Approach 1:
The shipping container is designed to be collapsible, changing its volume parameter from an expanded shipping state to a compressed storage state. This parameter change allows the container to be flattened and stored efficiently, reducing its environmental footprint when not in use while maintaining full protection capabilities during transit.
3Reliability
If complex support structures are added to protect bottles, then protection improves, but the container becomes difficult to assemble
Solution Approach 1:
The support structure is segmented into simple, modular components including individual foam inserts and collapsible container walls rather than a single complex structure. Each component can be independently positioned and assembled, making the overall system easy to put together while providing comprehensive protection through the distributed support elements.
Data Source
AI summary
There is provided shipping container systems for bottles including an outer container and a two-part bottle retention insert system. The outer container receives the two-part retention system, including a tray including a pair of neck portion retention flaps and a pair of body portion retention flaps, wherein the neck portion and the body portion correspond to the neck and body portions of a bottle, and an insert, wherein the insert complements the tray, the insert including a shoulder tray for engaging with a bottle installed in the system, the shoulder tray for applying a retention force on the bottle to secure the bottle against a bottom of the tray, wherein the shoulder tray engages a cushion gap formed by the neck portion retention flaps and the body portion retention flaps resulting in a cushioning of the bottle in a length of the system.