Packaging Device With Frangible Label Connection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current packaging methods for food products, particularly liquid or semi-liquid items, result in overpackaging issues due to the use of plastics films or nets, leading to environmental pollution and logistical challenges such as handling and transportation difficulties, as well as increased costs for manufacturers.
Innovation Solution
A packaging device comprising containers with labels made of cardboard, paper, or molded cellulose, where each label has an attachment and receiving face connected via frangible means, allowing for assembly into a pack without plastics films, enabling flexible packaging configurations and reduced material usage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If plastics film is used to group bottles into packs, then the bottles are held together and a positioning plane is formed, but overpackaging occurs contributing to land pollution
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts and removes the plastics film from the packaging system entirely. Instead of using external plastics film to hold bottles together, the bottles are directly grouped using interlocking features on their bases, eliminating the harmful plastics material while maintaining pack stability
Solution Approach 2:
The bottles are designed with self-contained interlocking features on their bases that enable them to group together autonomously without requiring external plastics film. The positioning plane and grouping mechanism are built into the bottle structure itself, allowing the product to package itself
2Loss of substance
If plastics netting with cavities is used to group containers, then plastics material consumption is reduced, but fish may become trapped inside the cavities and die
Solution Approach 1:
The invention removes the plastics netting from the packaging system entirely and replaces it with a direct interlocking mechanism between container bases, eliminating both the plastics material consumption and the harmful cavities that trap fish
Solution Approach 2:
The containers are designed with built-in interlocking features on their bases that enable them to group together without external netting. The grouping function is self-contained in the container structure, eliminating the need for separate netting components
3Loss of substance
If containers are sold loose in trays, then overpackaging is reduced, but handling and transportation become difficult and crates or reusable bags are required
Solution Approach 1:
The invention merges the containers into a stable grouped configuration through interlocking base features, creating a single handled unit that combines multiple containers. This eliminates the need for separate crates or reusable bags while maintaining ease of handling and transportation
4Ease of operation
If rigid crates are used to transport containers, then containers can be stored and transported, but significant spatial requirement is created in vehicle boot or shopping trolley
Solution Approach 1:
The containers are merged into a compact grouped structure through interlocking base features, eliminating the need for rigid crates. The grouped containers occupy minimal space and can be directly placed in vehicle boots or shopping trolleys without requiring additional transport containers
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to a device (I) for packaging products, including at least a first container (2A) and a second container (2B) that are each intended to contain a product, the first container (2A) and the second container (2B) being intended to be grouped together to form a pack, each of the first container (2A) and the second container (2B) being provided with a label (3) forming a sheath in which the first container (2A) or the second container (2B) is received, characterized in that each label (3) has at least an attachment face (31) and at least a receiving face, the attachment face (31) of the label (3) of the first container (2A) being secured to the receiving face of the label (3) of the second container (2B) by breakable means of connection between said attachment face (31) and said receiving face.