Interconnected Lockable Boxes with Film Hinge Dividers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing packaging systems with multiple compartments often lack individual control over each item, as they are covered by a single joint cover, making it difficult to open and remove items from separate compartments without compromising the tamper-proof closure.
Innovation Solution
A packaging system comprising multiple interconnected lockable boxes, where each box has its own cover, connected via a film hinge and dividers, allowing for separation of box rows and individual boxes by breaking the dividers, creating a tamper-proof closure that requires audible cracking to open, ensuring each item can be individually accessed.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If a single joint cover is used to cover multiple individual compartments, then the packaging system structure is simplified, but individual control over each item is lost and tamper-proof closure cannot be maintained for separate compartments
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging system is divided into multiple independent boxes, each with its own cover. This segmentation allows each compartment to have independent tamper-proof closure while maintaining overall system integrity. The divider structure with breakable joints enables separation of boxes without compromising individual cover security.
2Ease of manufacture
If a single joint cover is used for multiple compartments, then manufacturing is simplified, but individual access to items in separate compartments cannot be controlled
Solution Approach 1:
Each box is manufactured as an independent unit with its own cover, allowing simplified individual box production while enabling controlled individual access. The modular design permits assembly of multiple boxes into a complete packaging system.
Solution Approach 2:
The packaging system is pre-assembled with multiple boxes connected via dividers with breakable joints. This preliminary arrangement allows secure individual access control to be built-in during manufacturing, while still enabling easy separation and access when needed.
3Stability of the object's composition
If boxes are permanently connected to form a rigid structure, then structural stability is improved, but flexibility for separation and recombination is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The divider structure incorporates breakable joints that allow the packaging system to transition from a rigid connected state to a separated state. The film hinge mechanism provides dynamic connectivity, enabling boxes to be securely connected during transport but easily separated when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The packaging system is pre-assembled with boxes connected via dividers with breakable joints, providing stable structure for transport. The breakable joints are designed to fail at predetermined locations, enabling controlled separation while maintaining overall system integrity during handling.
4Ease of operation
If individual boxes are separated easily without tools, then ease of operation is improved, but structural integrity and security of closure may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The divider structure is pre-designed with breakable joints at specific locations. These joints are engineered to break at predetermined points during separation, ensuring that the main body of the boxes and their closure integrity remain intact while enabling easy separation without tools.
Solution Approach 2:
The breakable joints in the divider structure are designed to fail in a controlled manner during separation. This 'harm' of joint breaking is converted into a benefit by providing easy separation while the main box structures and closures remain intact and secure.
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
Enables secure, tamper-proof packaging where each item can be separated and accessed individually, maintaining the integrity of the packaging system's closure, allowing for easy separation and recombination of boxes without tools, enhancing security and usability.
Implementation Method 1
the pivotal connection is bridged by the film hinge through a breakable separating divider. If one now wants to bend the one box row toward the other under the effect of the film hinge, it is necessary first to break open the dividers between the box rows
Data Source
AI summary
Packaging system (1) including multiple interconnected lockable boxes (2-5) that can be closed with at least one cover (8), wherein the boxes (2-5) in each case are interconnected on a panel, such as the side panel (30), by forming a spacer joint (7) and thereby form a box row (14, 15), and that in each case a box row is connected with the adjacent box row (14, 15) by forming a dividing joint (6) via a film hinge (18) and dividers bridging the film hinge (18).