Magnet-Secured Humidity Pack for Plant Material Storage

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional containers for plant materials like herbs or tobacco often have humidity packs that directly contact the stored items, potentially affecting their flavor or attributes due to direct contact.

Innovation Solution

A humidity-controlled container design featuring a magnet to securely attach a replaceable humidity pack to the lid, ensuring the pack does not come into direct contact with the plant material, using a neodymium magnet and food-grade materials for secure and safe attachment.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a humidity pack is placed inside the container to control humidity levels, then humidity control is improved, but the humidity pack may come into direct contact with plant material and affect flavor or attributes

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvehumidity controlVSAvoidflavor contamination

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The magnet serves as an intermediary mechanism to secure the humidity pack to the lid, creating a physical barrier that prevents direct contact between the humidity pack and plant material while maintaining effective humidity control through the container atmosphere

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Adaptability or versatility

If a replaceable humidity pack system is implemented, then adaptability and ease of replacement are improved, but device complexity increases due to additional components like magnets and securement mechanisms

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvehumidity pack replaceabilityVSAvoidcontainer structure

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The magnet performs multiple functions: it secures the humidity pack to the lid, enables easy removal and replacement of the pack, and maintains a simple overall structure that doesn't require complex mechanical fastening systems

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The humidity pack is extracted as a separate, removable component from the container system, allowing it to be independently replaced without affecting the container structure or plant material, while the magnet provides a simple attachment mechanism

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

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

This design maintains the freshness of plant materials by creating an airtight seal and controlling humidity levels without compromising the material's attributes, extending the storage life of herbs or tobacco.

Implementation Method 1

at least a portion of the top lid is formed of a material a magnet is attracted to... a magnet and a container seal disposed where the top lid meets a top lip of the bottom container... a replaceable humidity pack that is releasably secured to the top lid using the magnet

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectMagnetism: Magnetism

Data Source

PatentUS20230174287A1Humidity-controlled container

Publication Date: 2023.06.08 NAYLOR JOSEPH

AI summary

Humidity-controlled containers are described. A humidity-controlled container can include a bottom container, a top lid configured to fit onto the bottom container, where at least a portion of the top lid is formed of a material a magnet is attracted to. The humidity-controlled container can also include a magnet and a container seal disposed where the top lid meets a top lip of the bottom container. The humidity-controlled container can further include a humidity pack that can be held in place against the top lid via the magnet.