Multi-compartment Package with Tear-strip for Size Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Confectionery and consumable product packaging fails to balance marketing appeal, practical functionality, and consumer convenience, particularly in terms of portability, reconfigurability, and size reduction after initial use.
Innovation Solution
A multi-compartment package with hingedly secured compartments and severable connection members allows for reconfiguration from a large to a compact size, featuring a tear strip for easy access and separation, enabling the package to be adapted for different uses and sizes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If the package is designed with a large footprint for display purposes, then marketing appeal and branding space are improved, but portability and convenience for carrying are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The package is divided into multiple compartments that can be separated or reconfigured. The blank includes first and second compartments that can be detached from each other, allowing the package to be divided into smaller, more portable sections while maintaining the option for a larger display configuration when assembled
Solution Approach 2:
The package incorporates movable and reconfigurable elements including a detachable connection member and tear strip that allow the structure to transition between different configurations. The compartments can be separated or reattached, enabling dynamic adjustment between display and portability modes
2Strength
If the package is designed as a single integrated unit, then structural strength and product protection are improved, but the ability to reduce size after partial consumption is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The package is segmented into multiple compartments that can be independently accessed or removed. The connection member can be detached to separate compartments, allowing consumers to remove empty sections and reduce the overall package size after partial consumption while the remaining compartments maintain their structural integrity
Solution Approach 2:
The package design allows consumers to discard or remove portions that have been consumed. The detachable connection member enables separation of compartments, so empty or partially used sections can be removed while the remaining package structure is maintained and reused
3Adaptability or versatility
If the package uses complex reconfiguration mechanisms, then adaptability and convenience are improved, but device complexity and manufacturing difficulty are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The package uses simple segmented compartments connected by a basic connection member that can be detached or torn. This segmentation approach provides reconfigurability through simple separation and reattachment of compartments rather than complex mechanical mechanisms
Solution Approach 2:
The connection member is designed as a simple, easily manufactured component that can be torn or detached without requiring sophisticated mechanisms. The tear strip and detachable connection are implemented with simple structural features that are easy to manufacture and use
Data Source
AI summary
A package (10) for storing and dispensing a consumable product (24, 34) includes a first compartment (20) and a second compartment (30) that are hingedly and detachably attached by a first connection member (40) such as a perforated hinge, and a second connection member (52, 54, 56) that is removably attached to the compartments (20, 30). In a preferred embodiment, the second connection member includes a tear-strip (52) with one or more lines of weakness (58, 62). A related method for configuring and using such a package is also described.