Presentation arrangement with a packaging for presenting at least one padlock
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional padlock packaging requires transparent materials for visibility, limiting sustainable options and complicating handling, especially with blister packaging.
Innovation Solution
A packaging design featuring a base section and a holder with openings for the U-bolt, allowing padlocks to be mounted and inspected externally, enabling use of sustainable materials like cardboard, carton, and paper, and simplifying handling.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If transparent materials are used for packaging to enable visibility of the padlock, then the padlock can be inspected from the outside, but the choice of materials is limited and sustainable materials cannot be used
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging is divided into a base section and a separate holder component. The holder is designed with an opening that allows the U-bolt to pass through, enabling the padlock to be mounted externally on the packaging rather than being enclosed inside. This segmentation allows the packaging to be made from sustainable materials while still enabling padlock inspection through the holder opening.
Solution Approach 2:
The padlock is extracted from a closed packaging environment and mounted on the exterior of the packaging using the holder. This extraction eliminates the need for transparent packaging materials, as the padlock is no longer enclosed but rather displayed on the outside through the holder structure.
2Reliability
If closed transparent packaging is used to secure the padlock, then the padlock is held securely and prevented from coming loose, but the production becomes complex and handling is uncomfortable
Solution Approach 1:
The U-bolt of the padlock is utilized to serve dual purposes: both as a functional component of the padlock and as a mounting mechanism to attach the padlock to the packaging. By passing the U-bolt through the holder opening and securing it to the lock body, the padlock itself provides the securing function, eliminating the need for complex separate fastening mechanisms in the packaging.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting function and security function are merged into a single mechanism. The holder opening combined with the U-bolt creates an integrated system where the padlock is both displayed and secured simultaneously, simplifying both the packaging structure and the customer handling process.
3Ease of operation
If the padlock is mounted using the U-bolt through holder openings, then easy handling and inspection are enabled and sustainable materials can be used, but the padlock could potentially be removed more easily
Solution Approach 1:
The padlock is taken out of enclosed packaging and mounted on the exterior, enabling customers to easily inspect and handle the padlock from all angles. This external mounting through the holder opening provides superior visibility and accessibility compared to enclosed packaging, while the U-bolt mounting mechanism maintains security by requiring deliberate action to remove.
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AI summary
A presentation arrangement with a packaging for presenting at least one padlock with a lock body and a U-bolt which can be selectively locked to the lock body or can be at least partially released from the lock body is disclosed. The packaging includes a base section extending in a packaging plane and a holder for the padlock which rises from the packaging plane. The holder includes at least one holder opening through which the U-bolt of the padlock can be passed through for mounting the padlock to the packaging.