Packaging Assembly with Orthogonal Panels for High-Density Display

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Solution Overview

Problem

Packaging solutions for high-volume retail and warehouse clubs face challenges in balancing product protection, display, and cost-effectiveness, particularly with plastic individual product packaging that is susceptible to shipping damage and difficult to display in bulk form.

Innovation Solution

A packaging assembly with an open design featuring orthogonal panels and chamfered edges for easy stacking and viewing, along with a housing that allows product information to be visible from any perspective, even when packed densely, using a combination of transparent plastic and recyclable pulp materials for the inner and outer components.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If plastic individual product packaging is used, then product protection and theft deterrence are improved, but shipping damage susceptibility and display difficulty increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveproduct protectionVSAvoidshipping damage

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The packaging system is divided into multiple components: individual plastic product packages, a fiberboard base, and a fiberboard cover. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function - the plastic provides product protection and theft deterrence, while the fiberboard components provide structural support and reduce shipping damage susceptibility.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The packaging assembly combines different materials with complementary properties: plastic for product containment and protection, and fiberboard for structural support and stacking stability. This composite approach leverages the strengths of each material while mitigating their individual weaknesses.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #40Composite materials

2Strength

If individual product packaging is strengthened to provide support, then assembly stacking capability is improved, but packaging cost and complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepackaging support capabilityVSAvoidpackaging complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

StrengthVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The support function is separated from the individual product packages and assigned to dedicated fiberboard structural components (base and cover). This allows the plastic packages to remain simple while the fiberboard components provide the necessary stacking strength.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The fiberboard base and cover act as intermediary structural elements between the individual plastic packages and the pallet. These intermediaries bear the stacking loads and transmit them to the pallet, preventing the need to strengthen the plastic packages themselves.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Productivity

If packaging is designed for high-density stacking, then storage efficiency is improved, but product information visibility deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestorage efficiencyVSAvoidproduct information visibility

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

Product information is displayed on the cover, which faces outward when packages are stacked in dense arrays on pallets. This dimensional arrangement allows information visibility in the horizontal plane while maintaining vertical stacking density.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Solution Approach 2:

The cover serves multiple functions: it provides structural support for stacking, protects the individual packages, and displays product information to customers. This multi-functionality resolves the contradiction between dense stacking and information visibility.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

4Stability of the object's composition

If base is strengthened to support assembly, then stacking stability is improved, but manufacturing cost increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestacking stabilityVSAvoidmanufacturing cost

Core Design Contradiction:

Stability of the object's compositionVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The base uses standard fiberboard material with optimized geometric features (slots, contours) rather than heavily reinforced construction. This parameter optimization achieves sufficient stacking stability at lower manufacturing cost compared to using thicker or more robust materials.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The base is strengthened locally at critical areas (slot regions, corner contours) where support is needed, rather than uniformly throughout the entire base. This localized reinforcement achieves necessary stability while minimizing material usage and manufacturing cost.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS8186133B2Method for displaying a package assembly into a tray

Publication Date: 2012.05.29 VTECH TELECOMM

AI summary

A packaging assembly having an open design for displaying a product is provided. The packaging assembly is configured for storage and display in high density arrays of packaging assemblies, such as storage in pallets, and is configured to display visual information to a user from any perspective, even when the packaging assembly is packed in high density arrays of packaging assemblies. The packaging assembly includes an inner portion designed to contain a product and a housing designed to house the inner portion, wherein the inner portion includes a substantially transparent cover that facilitates display of the product. The packaging assembly includes an outer portion having a three dimensional window box frame, wherein portions of the window box frame are configured to couple to flanges provided on the inner portion.