Insulated packaging liner
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing packaging solutions face challenges in thermal insulation, often requiring high production costs and multiple parts, and are often not recyclable.
Innovation Solution
An insulated packaging assembly comprising a box and a liner with separation features and a liner top, formed from a blank, which includes a temperature-preserving liner for thermal insulation, allowing for cost-effective and recyclable packaging.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If traditional insulated packaging is used, then thermal insulation is achieved, but production costs are high and the number of parts is high
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the liner and insulation features into a single integrated packaging component. The liner includes integrated insulation layers and structural elements that provide both containment and thermal insulation functions, eliminating the need for separate insulation parts and reducing overall component count.
Solution Approach 2:
The packaging liner utilizes composite material structures combining different layers with varying insulation properties. The liner incorporates multiple material layers including insulating materials, barrier layers, and structural support layers to achieve effective thermal insulation while maintaining a single-component design.
2Temperature
If traditional insulated packaging is used, then thermal insulation is achieved, but production costs are high
Solution Approach 1:
The integrated design allows for simplified manufacturing processes where insulation and containment functions are produced as a single component. This merging reduces the number of manufacturing steps, assembly operations, and quality control checkpoints, thereby lowering production costs.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent optimizes insulation parameters such as layer thickness, material density, and thermal conductivity to achieve effective thermal insulation at lower material costs. By carefully selecting and adjusting these parameters, the design maintains insulation performance while using cost-effective materials and reducing overall material consumption.
3Temperature
If traditional insulated packaging is used, then thermal insulation is achieved, but the packaging is unrecyclable
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging liner is designed with homogeneous or compatible material compositions throughout its structure, including the insulation layers. This uniformity in material selection ensures that the entire component can be processed together in recycling facilities, avoiding contamination from incompatible materials and enabling effective recycling.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated single-component design facilitates easier recovery and recycling of the packaging material. Without separate insulation parts that would complicate disassembly, the entire liner can be collected, processed, and recovered as a single material stream, improving recycling efficiency and reducing waste.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution provides effective thermal insulation while reducing production costs and enabling recyclability, thus addressing the inefficiencies of existing packaging systems.
Implementation Method 1
each separation feature is arranged between the side of the liner and the corresponding side of the box such that the side of the liner is arranged an insulation distance from the corresponding side of the box
Data Source
AI summary
An insulated packaging assembly can include a box having a plurality of sides and a bottom; a liner having a plurality of sides defined by a plurality of end panels; and at least one separation feature connected to the side of the liner between the side of the liner and the corresponding side of the box; wherein each end of each end panel defines a protrusion tab, and a first separation feature of the at least one separation feature can include a protrusion tab of one of the end panels extending beyond an outer surface of an adjacent end panel.