Packaging Base Texture for Grip and Peelable Lid
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing packaging methods for solid products, such as thermoformed blister packs and shrink wrapped films, pose challenges in handling and stability due to direct contact risks and moisture absorption, leading to softening or dissolution, especially in humid conditions, which affects handling and dispensing accuracy.
Innovation Solution
A packaging solution featuring a base with textured surfaces and a peelable lid, made from flexible materials like polyethylene, nylon, or polypropylene, that forms a cavity to hold the solid product without direct contact, providing a moisture barrier and easy peeling mechanism for safe handling and dispensing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Shape
If shrink wrapped films with small holes are used to package solid products, then the film can conform to the shape of the solid product, but moisture from the atmosphere enters through the holes causing the solid product to swell and dissolve
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a flexible shrink-wrapped film that conforms to the shape of the solid product while providing a moisture barrier. The film is designed to be flexible enough to wrap tightly around the product, ensuring shape conformity, while simultaneously preventing moisture ingress that would cause swelling and dissolution.
2Device complexity
If thermoformed blister packs require removal of backs or lids to dispense solid products, then packaging is simple, but user exposure to direct contact with solid products occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging design allows the solid product to be dispensed through the intact film without requiring the user to remove or break through the packaging. The product can be accessed through the film itself, enabling self-service dispensing while maintaining the protective barrier and preventing direct contact with caustic materials.
3Ease of operation
If solid products are packaged without a moisture barrier, then handling and dispensing is simple, but the solid products absorb humidity resulting in softening or dissolution
Solution Approach 1:
A flexible shrink-wrapped film serves as a moisture barrier that protects the solid product from absorbing humidity. This thin film encapsulation maintains product stability by preventing moisture ingress while keeping the overall packaging simple and easy to handle.
4Shape
If small holes are created in shrink wrapped films for air evacuation, then the film can shrink to conform to the product, but these holes allow moisture entry and direct product contact
Solution Approach 1:
The shrink-wrapped film is designed to provide air evacuation capability while maintaining an intact moisture barrier. The film's flexibility allows it to conform to the product shape during shrink wrapping, and the material itself serves as the moisture barrier without requiring holes that would compromise protection.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution allows for safe and stable handling of solid products by preventing direct contact and minimizing moisture absorption, maintaining product integrity and ensuring consistent dispensing without exposure to caustic materials, thus enhancing user safety and product stability.
Implementation Method 1
a seal (114) interconnecting the top (106) of the base (101) and the lid (111), the seal (114) allowing the lid (111) to be peeled away from the top (106) of the base (101)
Implementation Method 2
b) a texture on the exterior and interior surface of the base (101), whereby the texture enhances a user's ability to grip the base (101) when the base (101) is inverted
Implementation Method 3
wherein the base (101) is a flexible material selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, nylon, polypropylene, polystyrene, and polyvinyl chloride
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AI summary
A product packaging for a solid product comprises a base, a lid, and a seal. The base has a top, sides, and a bottom forming a cavity configured and arranged to receive a solid product, and the base has an exterior surface. A texture is on the exterior surface of the base, whereby the texture enhances a user's ability to grip the base when the base is inverted. The seal interconnects the top of the base and the lid and allows the lid to be peeled away from the top of the base.