Insulated Box Insert Assembly for Easier Packaging Production
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Solution Overview
Problem
Packaging elements face challenges in insulation, particularly in efficiently isolating contents from the outside environment, and existing systems are difficult to produce and assemble.
Innovation Solution
A packaging assembly comprising an outer box and an insert formed from interconnected main and support panels, with insulating elements and vents, allowing for efficient assembly and insulation through folding and gluing processes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If traditional insulation packaging systems are used, then insulation performance is achieved, but assembly complexity increases and production becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple packaging components (outer box, inner box, insulation layers, and support structures) into a single integrated assembly that forms when blanks are folded and connected. This merging of components reduces assembly complexity while maintaining insulation performance, as the structures work together as a unified system rather than separate elements requiring complex coordination.
Solution Approach 2:
The packaging system is divided into distinct functional segments (outer box structure, inner box structure, insulation elements, and support formations) that can be independently formed from blanks and then assembled together. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently while simplifying the overall assembly process through modular construction.
2Reliability
If multiple components are used to achieve insulation, then insulation effectiveness improves, but production time and assembly steps increase
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging components are designed as pre-formed blanks with integrated insulation elements and support structures already positioned during blank formation. This preliminary arrangement of components allows for rapid final assembly through simple folding and connecting operations, maintaining insulation effectiveness while significantly reducing assembly time and increasing production speed.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If complex support structures are added to improve insulation, then thermal isolation improves, but manufacturing difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
The support formations are designed with varying degrees of complexity positioned at specific locations within the packaging structure where thermal isolation is most needed. Rather than uniformly complex structures throughout, the support elements are strategically placed to provide thermal barriers at critical interfaces between inner and outer boxes, achieving effective thermal isolation while maintaining manufacturing simplicity in less critical areas.
Data Source
AI summary
A blank to form an insert connected to an outer box, the blank including a first side; a second side positioned opposite the first side; a first main panel adjacent to a first support formation; a second main panel adjacent to the first support formation; a third main panel adjacent to the second main panel; a second support formation adjacent to the third main panel; a fourth main panel adjacent to the second support formation; and a connection panel adjacent to the fourth main panel.