Bundled Goods Overwrap Handle for Easy Opening and Retention
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing overwraps for packaged goods are difficult to remove prior to consumption, lack a grasp handle for easy transport, and require complete removal, leaving unconsumed goods unsecured.
Innovation Solution
An overwrap design featuring an overlapped portion with an attached and unattached zone, including a line of weakness and an adhesive deadening agent to form a handle, allowing easy removal and separation without damaging the goods, while maintaining partial integrity for securing unused items.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the overwrap entirely surrounds the goods for protection, then the goods are secured and protected in transit, but the overwrap becomes difficult to remove prior to consumption
Solution Approach 1:
The overwrap is segmented into different functional zones: a sealed portion that provides protection and an unsealed grasping portion that enables easy removal. This segmentation allows the overwrap to simultaneously maintain goods security during transport while facilitating user-friendly opening at the point of use.
Solution Approach 2:
Different portions of the overwrap have different properties: the first portion is sealed to protect goods, while the second portion is unsealed with grasping features to enable easy removal. This local differentiation of properties resolves the contradiction between protection and ease of removal.
2Reliability
If the overwrap entirely surrounds the goods, then the goods are protected, but no grasp handle is provided making transport difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The overwrap incorporates a localized grasping portion with specific structural features (unsealed area, possible finger engagement zones) that provide manual handling capability. This localized feature addition does not compromise the overall protective function while enabling easy transport.
3Ease of operation
If the overwrap is completely removed from the goods, then the goods can be accessed, but unconsumed goods are left unsecured
Solution Approach 1:
The overwrap is designed to be separable into portions: one that can be removed for access to consumed goods and another that remains attached to secure unconsumed goods. This segmentation enables partial removal rather than complete removal, maintaining security for remaining items.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of requiring complete removal of the overwrap, the design allows partial removal where only the necessary portion is detached for accessing consumed goods, while the remainder stays in place to protect unconsumed items. This partial action approach resolves the contradiction.
Data Source
AI summary
The invention provides an easy to grasp handle and opening for packaging of individual packaged products that are sold in multi-packs, also referred to herein as bundles. The multi-pack is a plurality of individually packaged products that are over-wrapped together by a wrapper, such as a plastic film. In certain embodiments the packaged products comprise a package and a consumer good, such as facial tissue. The bundle of individually packaged products comprising a plurality of packages, wherein each of the plurality of packages contains at least one product and a film wrapper surrounding at least a portion of the plurality of packages, wherein the film wrapper comprises an overlapped portion having a first film wrapper layer and a second film wrapper layer, the overlapped portion having an attached zone and an unattached zone.