Multipurpose Box With Auxiliary Plate For Business Card Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing product sampling boxes lack promotional value after use and do not efficiently facilitate business card distribution, as they are discarded and do not allow for immediate product information confirmation, leading to high advertising costs.
Innovation Solution
A multipurpose box design featuring a receiving case with an auxiliary plate and grip opening, allowing for the integration and display of business cards or photographs, enabling reuse and easy handling, while also serving as a container for products and office supplies.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a box containing samples is used to introduce a product, then the product can be directly introduced to customers, but the box is discarded after use and loses its promotional effect
Solution Approach 1:
The box is designed to serve multiple functions: it acts as a product packaging container, a business card holder, and a reusable promotional item. The auxiliary plate structure allows business cards to be securely attached to the box, transforming a single-use container into a multi-functional promotional tool that continues to advertise the company after the product samples are distributed.
2Ease of operation
If traditional business cards are distributed manually, then business card transfer can be done, but time and place vary according to customer tendency and product information cannot be immediately confirmed
Solution Approach 1:
The invention combines the product packaging box with a business card holder into a single integrated structure. The auxiliary plate with cut portions allows the business card to be physically attached to the box, merging two separate actions (distributing products and distributing business cards) into one simultaneous action, thereby eliminating the time delay and improving operational efficiency.
3Loss of information
If advertising costs are increased to promote products, then product awareness can be enhanced, but manufacturing and distribution costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The box serves as both a functional packaging container and a promotional advertising medium through the integrated business card holder. This eliminates the need for separate advertising materials and reduces advertising costs by making the packaging itself the promotional tool, thereby maintaining product awareness while reducing overall marketing expenditure.
4Ease of operation
If a grip opening is added to the auxiliary plate, then the box can be easily gripped and transferred, but the structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The auxiliary plate is segmented by incorporating cut portions that form the grip opening. This segmentation not only improves gripability but also simplifies the manufacturing process by allowing the plate to be cut from a single piece of material, thereby reducing structural complexity while enhancing operational ease.
Data Source
AI summary
A multipurpose box includes a receiving case having a space therein, an auxiliary plate extended upwardly from the receiving case, and a pair of cut portions spaced apart from each other on the auxiliary plate. The multipurpose box is capable of packaging a product and concurrently having a business card, a photograph, or the like, placed therein. The multipurpose box can be reused as a frame, or to store simple things such as office supplies and/or the like at a later time.