Nested Sharps Disposal and Product Storage Container

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current shipping solutions require separate containers for new products and sharps disposal, resulting in a larger overall size due to the combination of both containers, which is inefficient in terms of space utilization.

Innovation Solution

A shipping container design where a sharps disposal container nests a storage container for new products, allowing one container to be disposed inside the other, thereby maintaining a size comparable to the larger of the two containers.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If separate containers are used for new product storage and sharps disposal, then each container can be optimized for its specific function, but the overall shipping size becomes larger

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvefunctional optimizationVSAvoidshipping container size

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSVolume of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The storage container is nested inside the sharps disposal container, allowing both containers to occupy the same external footprint. The storage container fits within the interior cavity of the sharps disposal container, effectively halving the required shipping volume while maintaining both functions.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

2Volume of stationary object

If one container is placed inside the other, then the shipping container size is reduced, but the structural complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveshipping container sizeVSAvoidcontainer structure

Core Design Contradiction:

Volume of stationary objectVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

Data Source

PatentEP2298224B1Shipping container integrating a sharps disposal container with a new product storage container

Publication Date: 2020.04.08 BECTON DICKINSON & CO

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AI summary

A shipping container (101,201) integrates a sharps disposal container with a new product storage container for shipping. The storage container (141,241) stores new product. A sharps disposal container (121,221) receives used sharps. One of the storage container and the sharps disposal container is disposed within the other of the storage container and the sharps disposal container for shipping. A lid is adapted to be connected to the outermost container of the sharps disposal container and the storage container for shipping and to a top of the sharps disposal container for receiving used sharps.