Hinged Comestible Package Segmentation for Product Organization

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional packaging for comestible products often fails to maintain product organization after multiple items are removed, making it difficult to access remaining products without damaging the package.

Innovation Solution

A package design featuring a hinged compartment that opens to expose products, with friction-fit or adhesive mechanisms to secure the compartment in place, allowing easy access and re-closure, and using a combination of hot and cold glue strips to adhere products without compromising their integrity.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Stability of the object's composition

If the package is tightly packed to hold products securely, then product organization is maintained, but product accessibility becomes difficult

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveproduct organizationVSAvoidproduct accessibility

Core Design Contradiction:

Stability of the object's compositionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The package is divided into multiple compartments, each capable of holding individual comestible products. This segmentation allows products to be securely held in place while still being individually accessible through openings in each compartment, resolving the contradiction between maintaining organization and enabling easy access.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Ease of operation

If a hinged lid is added to allow repeated opening and closing, then product accessibility is improved, but package complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveproduct accessibilityVSAvoidpackage structure

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The hinged lid is divided into multiple sections corresponding to each compartment below. Each section can be independently opened to access specific compartments, allowing selective access that simplifies the opening operation while maintaining product organization. This segmented approach reduces the complexity compared to a single large hinged lid.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

3Stability of the object's composition

If adhesive mechanisms are used to secure the compartment, then product organization is maintained, but ease of manufacture decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveproduct organizationVSAvoidassembly process

Core Design Contradiction:

Stability of the object's compositionVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

Adhesive mechanisms are pre-applied to the compartments during manufacturing before final assembly. This preliminary action allows the compartments to be pre-positioned and secured with adhesive, ensuring proper organization is maintained during subsequent assembly steps while simplifying the overall manufacturing process by preparing components in advance.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentEP1960277B8Comestible product dispensers and methods of making and using same

Publication Date: 2018.03.21 WM WRIGLEY JR CO

AI summary

There is provided by the present invention a package for confectionery products comprising: an opaque package defining an interior; a plurality of confectionery products arranged in a slack that is at least one confectionery product wide and at least two confectionery products deep, the stack wrapped in an insertable sheet, and the interior of the package comprising at least two wrapped stacks.