Laminar Packaging Box Transformed Into Sheet Dispenser

Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional dispensers for sheet products, such as interfolded cellulose sheets, contribute significantly to pollution and waste due to their non-recyclable nature and the need for separate packaging materials.

Innovation Solution

A dispenser formed from folded laminar material, specifically corrugated cardboard pre-cut along scored lines, which can be detached and reassembled to reuse the packaging box as a dispenser for sheet products, reducing waste and pollution.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a separate dispenser is provided with the pack of sheets, then the user convenience is improved, but the amount of waste and pollution increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser convenienceVSAvoidpollution and waste

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The packaging box is designed to serve dual functions: first as the packaging container for the packs of sheets, and then as the dispenser for the sheets after opening. The box includes integrated features such as a removable partition wall for accessing individual packs and a dispensing opening with a flap for sheet removal, eliminating the need for a separate dispenser component.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The invention merges the packaging box and the dispenser into a single integrated structure. The box is constructed with specific features (partition walls, dispensing openings, flaps) that enable it to function as both packaging and dispensing mechanism, thereby combining two previously separate functions into one component.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Ease of operation

If a separate dispenser is provided with the pack of sheets, then the dispensing function is improved, but the complexity of the packaging structure increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedispensing functionVSAvoidpackaging structure

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The packaging box is designed to serve dual functions: first as the packaging container for the packs of sheets, and then as the dispenser for the sheets after opening. The box includes integrated features such as a removable partition wall for accessing individual packs and a dispensing opening with a flap for sheet removal, eliminating the need for a separate dispenser component.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Ease of manufacture

If the packaging box is discarded after removing the packs, then the simplicity of disposal is improved, but the environmental impact worsens

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedisposal simplicityVSAvoidenvironmental impact

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The packaging box is designed to serve dual functions: first as the packaging container for the packs of sheets, and then as the dispenser for the sheets after opening. The box includes integrated features such as a removable partition wall for accessing individual packs and a dispensing opening with a flap for sheet removal, eliminating the need for a separate dispenser component.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS12134504B2Multiple package of packs of sheets, formed by a laminar material that forms a dispenser and laminar material for forming said package

Publication Date: 2024.11.05 SOFIDEL SPA

AI summary

A multiple package of packs of sheet products includes a box, inside which the packs of sheet products are accommodated. The box is formed by a folded laminar material. A first portion of the laminar material delimited by first pre-cut lines is adapted to form a first dispenser for at least one of said packs of sheet products. The first dispenser is obtainable by detaching the first portion of laminar material from the box along the first pre-cut lines and folding it along respective fold lines.