Cigarette Package with Hinged Pivotable Outer Case for Expanded Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional cigarette package designs that aim to provide additional display surfaces often result in increased litter material, higher manufacturing costs due to precise tooling requirements, and bulkier packages, making them less user-friendly.
Innovation Solution
A package design featuring an outer case with pivotable sections and inserts that provide additional exterior surfaces for product information while maintaining compactness and ease of use, utilizing a hinge mechanism and foldable panels to expand display area without increasing package size.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If conventional cigarette package designs include additional display surfaces through integral panels or inner/outer cases, then the display space is increased, but the package size increases and becomes more burdensome to use
Solution Approach 1:
The package employs a hinge mechanism that allows the base to dynamically transition between a closed position (compact for携带) and an open position (expanded for display). This dynamic structure enables the package to provide increased display surface area only when needed, while maintaining a compact form factor during transport and storage, thus resolving the contradiction between display area and package volume.
Solution Approach 2:
The hinge mechanism utilizes the third dimension (vertical opening motion) to expand the display surface area without increasing the horizontal footprint of the package. When opened, the base extends vertically to reveal additional display panels, effectively adding display space in a dimension that does not increase the package's carried volume.
2Area of stationary object
If conventional cigarette package designs include additional display surfaces through multiple cases or panels, then the display space is increased, but the manufacturing complexity and tooling costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The package is divided into two main segments: a stationary outer case and a movable inner base connected by a hinge. This segmentation allows the display surfaces to be distributed across both segments, with the inner base providing additional display panels that are only visible when opened. The segmentation simplifies manufacturing by allowing each segment to be formed separately using standard blow-molding techniques, then assembled together.
Solution Approach 2:
The inner base serves multiple functions: it provides structural support for the cigarettes, acts as a movable door for access, and provides additional display surfaces. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate dedicated display components, thereby simplifying the overall package structure while still achieving increased display area.
3Area of stationary object
If conventional cigarette package designs include additional display surfaces, then the display space is increased, but the amount of litter material increases
Solution Approach 1:
The dynamic hinge mechanism allows the package to provide expanded display surfaces only when opened for viewing or access, rather than requiring all display surfaces to be permanently visible. This reduces the total amount of packaging material needed compared to designs that require all display areas to be continuously exposed, thereby reducing litter material.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The design enhances display space for product information while minimizing litter, reducing manufacturing complexity, and maintaining a compact, user-friendly form factor.
Implementation Method 1
a first and second outer case section pivotally coupled together by a hinge portion provided at a bottom portion of the outer case, the first and second outer case sections pivotable about an axis provided by the hinge portion between an outer case closed position and an outer case open position
Data Source
AI summary
A product package includes an inner case for storing the product and an outer case for enclosing the inner case. The product package includes a display area for product messaging. The display area includes exterior surfaces of the outer case. The outer case includes an open position in which the display area also includes exterior portions of the inner case. The product package may also include additional features intended to increase the display area of the product package, including a fold-out panel providing an additional exterior surface, an angled outer surface that is visible from a front perspective of the product package, and pivotable sections increasing the surface area of the product package.