Modular Packing Box with Adjustable Straps for Variable Product Sizes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional packing boxes are fixed in size, requiring separate boxes for products of different sizes, which is inefficient and wasteful.
Innovation Solution
A modular packing box system comprising a U-shaped accommodation casing, side casings, and binding straps of varying sizes, allowing for assembly into multiple sizes based on product requirements through a combination of interchangeable bottom and top casings and adjustable straps with hook-and-loop fasteners.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a conventional fixed-size packing box is used, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but it cannot adapt to products of different sizes requiring multiple boxes
Solution Approach 1:
The packing box is divided into multiple modular components including side casings with aligned holes, bottom casings of various sizes, top casings, and binding straps. These segmented parts can be selectively assembled to create packing boxes of different sizes, allowing adaptation to various product dimensions while maintaining a relatively simple individual component structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The side casings are designed with multiple aligned holes that can accommodate binding straps at different positions, enabling the same side casing to serve multiple functions across different box size configurations. The binding straps themselves are universal components that can secure various bottom and top casing combinations, reducing the need for size-specific hardware.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple fixed-size packing boxes are maintained for different products, then each box is optimized for its specific size, but storage space and resource utilization are wasted
Solution Approach 1:
The packing box system transitions from static fixed-size designs to a dynamic reconfigurable system. By allowing the assembly of different bottom and top casing combinations with adjustable binding straps, a single set of modular components can dynamically adapt to pack various product sizes, eliminating the need to maintain multiple fixed-size boxes in inventory.
Solution Approach 2:
The modular casings are designed to nest within or alongside each other to form complete packing boxes of different sizes. Smaller bottom casings can be combined with larger top casings, or multiple side casings can be arranged in different configurations, allowing one set of modular components to replace what would traditionally require multiple separate boxed inventories.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the packing box uses multiple adjustable components for size variation, then size flexibility is improved, but assembly and disassembly operations become more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The side casings are pre-configured with multiple aligned holes during manufacturing, and the binding straps are pre-formed with fastening mechanisms. This preliminary preparation of alignment features and fastening components simplifies the actual assembly process, as users only need to insert straps through pre-aligned holes and engage pre-formed fasteners, rather than creating alignments or modifying components during assembly.
Solution Approach 2:
The binding straps with self-fastening mechanisms (such as hook-and-loop fasteners or snap connections) enable users to easily secure the modular components without requiring specialized tools or complex procedures. The design allows the packing box to be assembled and disassembled by simple insertion and fastening actions, maintaining ease of operation despite the modular complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A packing box contains: an accommodation casing, a first side casing, a second side casing, multiple bottom casings of various sizes, multiple top casings of various sizes, and a plurality of binding straps. The accommodation casing includes multiple first and second spaced holes, the first side casing includes multiple first and second spaced orifices, and the second side casing includes multiple first and second spaced apertures. Each bottom casing covers a bottom of each of the accommodation casing, the first side casing, and the second side casing, and each top casing covers a top of each of the accommodation casing, the first side casing, and the second side casing. Each binding strap includes a fastener, a male fastening face, and a female fastening face, wherein the fastener fastens with the male fastening face and the female fastening face so that said each binding strap fixes the packing box.