Hinged Wrap Liner Assembly for Compact Insulated Packaging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Packaging for temperature-sensitive contents faces challenges such as spoilage, destabilization, or damage due to temperature extremes during storage or shipping, and existing insulated packages are often bulky, specialized, and difficult to recycle.
Innovation Solution
A packaging assembly comprising a box with a wrap liner featuring hinged panels and a closure mechanism, which can be easily assembled and folded to create an insulated cavity, allowing for versatile use in maintaining temperature stability and ease of storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If traditional insulated packages are used to maintain temperature stability, then temperature protection is improved, but the packaging becomes bulky and difficult to store
Solution Approach 1:
The insulation wrap is divided into multiple hinged panels that can be folded together to form an insulated cavity. This segmentation allows the insulation material to be compact when folded and easily stored, while still providing effective thermal protection when assembled into the box structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The hinged wrap insulation panels are nested within the box structure, with the insulation material contained within the formed cavity. This nesting approach allows the insulation to be compact during storage and deployment when needed, reducing the overall volume requirement while maintaining temperature stability.
2Temperature
If traditional insulated packages are used to maintain temperature stability, then temperature protection is improved, but the packaging becomes specialized and cannot be recycled
Solution Approach 1:
The hinged wrap insulation panels are designed to be universal and adaptable to different box sizes and temperature requirements. The same basic panel structure can be used for hot food delivery, chilled goods, or frozen goods by adjusting the insulation material thickness or adding different thermal barriers, eliminating the need for specialized packaging for each application and improving recyclability.
Solution Approach 2:
The insulation panels can have their thermal properties changed by adjusting material thickness, density, or composition to suit different temperature requirements. This parameter adjustment allows a single recyclable packaging design to serve multiple temperature-sensitive applications, reducing the need for specialized non-recyclable packaging.
3Temperature
If traditional insulated packages are used for hot food delivery, then temperature maintenance is improved, but the packaging is bulky and difficult to store prior to use
Solution Approach 1:
The hinged wrap panels incorporate movable hinges that allow the insulation structure to transition between a compact folded state for storage and an expanded assembled state for use. This dynamic structure enables easy storage in compact spaces while maintaining effective temperature maintenance when deployed for food delivery.
Solution Approach 2:
The insulation panels use flexible materials that can be folded and bent without compromising their insulating properties. This flexibility allows the panels to be easily stored in compact forms and quickly assembled around food containers, improving both storage ease and temperature maintenance capability.
Data Source
AI summary
A packaging assembly including an outer box including a plurality of side panels defining an interior cavity; and a wrap liner including an outer portion extending from a first panel to a second panel, the outer portion defining an outer hinge coupling the first panel to the second panel; a ledge portion extending across the first panel and the second panel, the ledge portion coupled to the outer portion by a first ledge hinge and a second ledge hinge; and an inner portion extending across the first panel and the second panel, a first inner hinge, and a second inner hinge each coupling the inner portion to the ledge portion; wherein the wrap liner is disposed within the interior cavity of the outer box.