Carrying Handle Fold Structure Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Carrying handles with fold structures or arrangements often unintentionally release during transportation of containers, leading to damage and disturbance, due to adhesive connections that can be disrupted.
Innovation Solution
A carrying handle design featuring a releasable tab or flap positioned atop the fold structure, which securely fixes the fold arrangement in place until intentionally removed, allowing for easy conversion into a loop configuration for carrying.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If adhesive connection is used to fix the fold structure, then the grip band can be held in its shortened position, but the adhesive connection can be unintentionally disrupted during transportation
Solution Approach 1:
The adhesive connection is divided into multiple adhesive points distributed along the grip band. This segmentation ensures that if one adhesive point fails during transportation, other adhesive points remain intact and continue to hold the fold structure in place, thereby maintaining the overall reliability of the fold structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The grip band is pre-configured with fold structures and adhesive points during manufacturing, so that the fold structure is already prepared and positioned correctly before transportation. This preliminary arrangement ensures that the fold structure remains stable during storage and transport, only requiring the final adhesive connection to be activated at the point of use.
2Ease of operation
If the grip band is left loose and free during transportation, then it can be easily accessed, but it may be unintentionally transformed into a loop structure causing damage
Solution Approach 1:
The grip band is segmented into multiple sections by the fold structures and adhesive points. This segmentation prevents the entire grip band from freely moving and transforming into a loop structure, while still allowing individual sections to be accessed and manipulated as needed during transportation.
Solution Approach 2:
The adhesive points act as intermediaries that connect the fold structures to the grip band, providing a controlled mechanism for transformation. The fold structures serve as intermediate elements that guide the grip band through specific configurations, preventing random loop formation while maintaining accessibility.
3Reliability
If multiple adhesive points are used to secure the fold structure, then the fold structure remains stable during transport, but the complexity of the carrying handle increases
Solution Approach 1:
The adhesive points are designed as simple, inexpensive, and easily applicable elements that can be quickly attached and detached. This allows for the use of multiple adhesive points to ensure stability during transport, while the low complexity and cost of each individual adhesive point keeps the overall device complexity manageable.
Data Source
AI summary
A method of making and transporting a container with a carrying handle and a container with a carrying handle therefor. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.