Packaging System With Selective Wheel Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional shipping systems are cumbersome, heavy, and lack flexibility, leading to increased effort, time, and costs in transportation, and do not allow for the selective deployment or securement of transportation technologies.
Innovation Solution
A packaging system with a selectively deployable wheel assembly that can be pivoted between an operational and stowed position, secured by a stowed securement mechanism and an operational securement mechanism, allowing for efficient movement and storage, featuring a wheel housing rotationally mounted to a support plate with a reinforcing layer for added stability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional shipping systems use fixed transportation devices, then transportation function is provided, but the system becomes cumbersome and heavy
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging system is divided into separate functional modules: the packaging body, the wheel assembly, and the securement mechanism. The wheel assembly can be independently deployed or stowed, allowing selective activation of transportation function without carrying unnecessary components, thus reducing effective weight during non-transport phases.
Solution Approach 2:
The wheel assembly is designed to be dynamically deployable between operational and stowed positions. This dynamic configuration allows the system to adapt its weight characteristics based on operational needs - lightweight during storage and shipping, and functional when transportation is required.
2Adaptability or versatility
If conventional shipping systems lack selective deployment capability, then structure is simple, but functionality is limited
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple functions are merged into a single integrated system: the wheel assembly serves both as the transportation mechanism and as a space-efficient storage component when stowed within the packaging body. The securement mechanism integrates both stowed and operational securing functions, reducing the need for separate systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The wheel assembly serves multiple purposes: it provides transportation when deployed, and acts as a structural component within the packaging body when stowed. The securement mechanisms serve dual purposes of holding the wheel assembly in both stowed and operational positions, eliminating the need for separate securing systems for each state.
3Ease of operation
If wheel assembly is always deployed, then transportation convenience is improved, but storage and stacking capability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The wheel assembly is nested within the packaging body when in the stowed position. The wheel housing fits into a receiving chamber formed in the packaging body, allowing the transportation mechanism to be contained within the packaging volume rather than extending outward, thus maintaining compact storage and stacking capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The wheel assembly transitions from a three-dimensional extended configuration during operation to a collapsed, space-efficient configuration during storage. The pivoting mechanism allows the wheel housing to rotate from an outward-extending position to an inward-retracted position, effectively utilizing the internal volume of the packaging body for storage.
Data Source
AI summary
A packaging system includes a packaging body defining an internal cavity, an auxiliary body disposed at least partially within the internal cavity, a wheel assembly receiving chamber disposed in the auxiliary body, a support plate joined to a bottom of the packaging body, and a wheel assembly including a wheel housing pivotally mounted to the support plate. A wheel is mounted to the wheel housing, the wheel assembly being selectively disposed in an operational position or a stowed position, wherein the wheel assembly is disposed substantially within the wheel assembly receiving chamber when the wheel assembly is disposed in the stowed position and wherein the wheel assembly is disposed at least partially substantially external to the wheel assembly receiving chamber when the wheel assembly is disposed in the operational position. The packaging system according to the present disclosure can facilitate the transportation without affecting the display, stacking, loading thereof.