Packaging Envelope With Waste Receiving Area
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current packaging for rod-shaped goods like cigarettes and smoking products lacks a dedicated solution for storing and disposing of waste products such as ash residues and used filter inserts, posing environmental concerns and hygiene issues.
Innovation Solution
A packaging design featuring an internal box with a separate container-like receiving area for goods and an envelope with a secondary receiving area for waste products, allowing secure and convenient disposal of waste, with options for the internal box to be either displaceable or non-displaceable within the envelope, and incorporating locking mechanisms and waterproof/incombustible coatings for enhanced functionality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If a traditional packaging with only a first receiving area for goods is used, then the packaging structure remains simple, but waste products cannot be properly disposed of leading to environmental harm
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging is divided into two distinct receiving areas: a first receiving area for goods and a second receiving area for waste products. This segmentation allows proper disposal of waste while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure, resolving the contradiction between environmental protection and structural simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The second receiving area for waste products is integrated into the envelope structure, nesting the waste storage function within the existing packaging framework. This approach adds waste disposal capability without significantly increasing overall packaging complexity.
2Ease of operation
If the internal box is made displaceable within the envelope, then ease of operation for removing goods is improved, but the packaging structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The internal box is designed to be displaceable relative to the envelope, allowing users to easily remove goods by sliding the box out. This dynamic configuration improves ease of operation while maintaining a simple structure that relies on basic friction and geometry rather than complex locking mechanisms.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the envelope is made reusable by allowing the internal box to detach, then the envelope can be reused after emptying, but the reliability of retaining the internal box during use is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging design incorporates preliminary retention features such as geometric interlocking or friction-based retention that keep the internal box securely in place during normal use. The detachment mechanism is designed to require deliberate user action, ensuring reliable retention during transport and use while allowing reuse after emptying.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is a packaging for storing goods, in particular rod-shaped goods like cigarettes, smoking products with filter inserts, smoking products with tobacco sticks and the like, including an internal box with at least one container-like first receiving area for storing goods and an envelope for receiving the internal box, wherein the envelope includes at least one opening or recess for receiving further items in at least one second receiving area formed by the envelope and separated from the first receiving area by a bottom wall of the internal box. Furthermore, disclosed is an envelope, and a blank therefore, for a box for storing such goods, the envelope including at least one bottom wall, a front wall and a rear wall as well as sidewalls connecting the front and rear walls, wherein the walls form a container-like receiving area for receiving the box.