Octagonal Autobottom Package Panels and Blanks
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing packaging technologies are limited in shape complexity and cannot easily form octagonal autobottoms, which restricts the geometric complexity of packages, such as square packages, and there is a need for packages with octagonal autobottoms and corresponding blanks.
Innovation Solution
A package design featuring an octagonal side body formed of at least eight body panels with an autobottom that connects all panels in an octagonal shape, allowing for a fully enclosed bottom opening, with options for regular or irregular octagonal shapes and various panel configurations, including latching mechanisms for closure.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Shape
If conventional packaging methods are used, then manufacturing simplicity is maintained, but shape complexity is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The package is divided into multiple body panels (at least eight) that can be separately formed and then assembled together to create the octagonal shape. The bottom is segmented into multiple bottom panels that interact to form the autobottom structure, allowing complex geometry to be achieved through modular construction rather than a single complex piece
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from traditional 2D blank folding to 3D autobottom formation where bottom panels extend and interact in three-dimensional space to create the octagonal prism structure. The bottom panels fold and connect to body panels from multiple dimensions, enabling complex octagonal geometry that cannot be achieved with conventional 2D-to-3D transformation
2Shape
If simple square packages with autobottoms are used, then autobottom formation is simple, but geometric complexity is restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The octagonal autobottom is formed by segmenting the bottom into multiple bottom panels (at least eight) that correspond to each body panel. Each bottom panel can be independently formed and positioned, making the complex octagonal geometry manufacturable through repeated simple operations rather than a single complex forming process
Solution Approach 2:
The bottom panels are pre-formed with attachment features and geometric configurations that enable them to automatically assemble into the octagonal autobottom structure when the body panels are erected. This preliminary preparation of bottom panels allows the complex autobottom to form automatically during assembly without requiring complex real-time forming operations
3Shape
If more body panels are used to form octagonal shape, then shape complexity increases, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Each body panel and bottom panel assembly is designed as a universal module that can be replicated eight times to form the complete octagonal package. The standardized panel designs with consistent attachment features allow the same manufacturing processes and components to be used repeatedly, reducing overall manufacturing complexity despite the increased number of panels
Solution Approach 2:
The body panels and bottom panels are merged into integrated assemblies where each body panel is connected to its corresponding bottom panel. This merging creates self-contained modules that simplify assembly by reducing the number of separate connection operations needed, as each module is pre-assembled with its attachment features already positioned
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AI summary
In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, a package can include an octagonal side body formed of at least eight body panels and an autobottom connected to the octagonal side body and formed of a plurality of bottom panels extending from a respective body panel of the plurality of the at least eight body panels. The autobottom can connect all of the at least eight body panels together in an octagonal shape when the plurality of bottom panels are interacting with each other.