Modular Candle Light Nesting for Lower Packaging Volume

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing electronic candle lights are packaged separately by size, leading to high packaging and transportation costs due to their individual packaging requirements.

Innovation Solution

A modular design integrating at least two candle lights of different sizes, allowing them to be packaged together by incorporating a first and second light module with detachable bases, support tubes, and sleeves, where the smaller module is stored within the larger one, reducing volume and costs.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If electronic candle lights are packaged separately by size, then consumers can choose different sizes for different uses, but packaging and transportation costs increase due to individual packaging requirements

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesize varietyVSAvoidpackaging and transportation cost

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies the nesting principle by placing the smaller first light module inside the larger second sleeve, creating a compact integrated packaging structure. The first sleeve is positioned within the second sleeve's installation space, allowing multiple candle lights of different sizes to be packaged together in a single unit, thereby reducing packaging volume and transportation costs while maintaining size variety for consumers

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

2Volume of stationary object

If multiple candle lights of different sizes are integrated into a single package, then packaging and transportation volume is reduced, but the structural design becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepackaging volumeVSAvoidmodular structure complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Volume of stationary objectVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies segmentation by dividing each light module into detachable components including bases, support tubes, simulated flame lighting modules, and sleeves. This modular segmentation allows for flexible assembly and disassembly, enabling multiple candle lights to be integrated into a single package while maintaining ease of assembly through standardized connection interfaces, thus reducing packaging volume without excessively increasing structural complexity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies universality by designing standardized connection interfaces and modular components that can be universally assembled. The bases, support tubes, lighting modules, and sleeves are designed with universal connection mechanisms that allow different light modules to be combined in various configurations, simplifying the integration process and reducing packaging volume while maintaining manageable structural complexity through standardization

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS12410893B1Candle light with modular design for easy transportation

Publication Date: 2025.09.09 METROMAX AMERICA CORPORATION

AI summary

A candle light with a modular design for easy transportation includes a first light module, and a second light module in a shape substantially the same as the first light module, and each light module includes a base, a support tube, a simulated flame lighting module, and a sleeve. During storage, the first light module can be placed into the sleeve of the second light module as a whole, so that the light modules of different sizes that originally needed to be packaged separately can be packaged together to reduce volume and transportation costs.