Foldable Display Container with Interlocking Reinforcement Arms
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Solution Overview
Problem
Display packaging with a large opening for tactile and visual inspection of articles faces challenges in maintaining structural strength, ease of erection, and environmental sustainability, particularly when constructed from a single unitary blank.
Innovation Solution
A display container design featuring a rear panel, side panels, a first support structure, reinforcement arms, and a reception cavity, formed by folding sheets with specific fold lines and flaps, allowing for a large opening while maintaining structural integrity and minimal material usage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of moving object
If a large opening is provided for visual and tactile inspection of articles, then the opening size is improved, but the structural strength of the display packaging deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The display packaging is divided into multiple panels (front panel, rear panel, side panels) connected by fold lines, allowing the structure to maintain strength while accommodating a large opening. The segmentation enables the opening to be distributed across multiple sections rather than creating a single large weak point
Solution Approach 2:
The invention adds depth to the structure by creating a three-dimensional box configuration with side panels and fold lines that extend in multiple dimensions. This dimensional approach allows the opening to be optimized for display while the folded structure provides structural reinforcement
2Ease of manufacture
If the display packaging is constructed from one unitary packaging blank, then the manufacturing economy is improved, but the ease of erection deteriorates due to the complexity of folding and assembly
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging blank is pre-designed with all necessary fold lines, cut lines, and panel configurations marked out before manufacturing. This preliminary structuring of the flat blank ensures that erection simply requires following the pre-planned fold lines without complex assembly steps
Solution Approach 2:
The unitary packaging blank is designed to self-erect into the three-dimensional display container through its pre-configured fold lines and panel arrangements. The structure automatically takes shape when the fold lines are bent, reducing the need for external assembly tools or complex assembly procedures
3Area of moving object
If a large opening is provided for display purposes, then the visual and tactile inspection capability is improved, but the article security deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The large opening is segmented into multiple panels and sections that can independently support and secure articles. The division into front panel, rear panel, and side panels creates multiple contact points and support surfaces that collectively provide security while maintaining the overall large opening for display
Solution Approach 2:
The security mechanism transitions from a two-dimensional flat surface to a three-dimensional structured container with depth. The side panels and fold lines create vertical and lateral constraints that secure articles in multiple dimensions while the front opening remains large for inspection
Data Source
AI summary
A display container includes a rear panel, two side panels, a first support structure enclosing first edges of the two side panels and the rear panel, two reinforcement arms extending the two side panels respectively and interlocking with each other, and a reception cavity formed thereby. The display container is featured that the first support structure is foldable along fold lines and formed by at least a first planar panel, a face panel, and a foot flap in order. The foot flap retains against any piece of the first support structure. Therefore, the article is accommodated inside the reception cavity.