Paper Brush Packaging Insert for Product Protection and Sustainability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing brush product packaging technologies lack improvements in manufacturability, protection of the brush product, and ecological aspects, while also failing to provide efficient and sustainable packaging solutions.
Innovation Solution
A brush product packaging device comprising a packaging base body made largely of paper material, with a holding unit to secure the brush product in place, allowing for simple and cost-effective production, enhanced protection, and improved ecological impact.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If traditional packaging materials and designs are used, then manufacturing processes are established, but manufacturability and ecological aspects are not improved
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the material parameter from traditional plastic to paper-based material, and modifies structural parameters by creating a recessed receiving region and guiding sections. This allows the packaging to be manufactured from paper blanks through folding and joining, improving ease of manufacture while maintaining product protection through the formed recess structure that secures the brush product.
Solution Approach 2:
The packaging device uses composite construction by forming a three-dimensional recessed structure from paper material, potentially combining multiple paper layers or integrating different paper components. This composite approach enables both ease of manufacture from paper and adequate protection for the brush product during transport.
2Reliability
If paper material is used for packaging, then ecological aspects are improved, but protection capability may be reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a three-dimensional recessed structure with curved and shaped surfaces within the paper packaging. This curvature and three-dimensional forming of the receiving region provides structural strength and snug fit for the brush product, enhancing protection while maintaining the ecological benefit of using paper material.
Solution Approach 2:
The packaging structure is segmented into distinct functional regions: a receiving region for the brush product, guiding sections for tray accommodation, and sealing regions. This segmentation allows the paper material to be optimized for each function, with the receiving region providing protection and the overall structure maintaining ecological benefits.
3Ease of manufacture
If packaging structure is simplified for easy production, then manufacturability is improved, but protection and stability may worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging device features nested structures where the brush product is received within a recessed region that is itself formed within the larger packaging body. Additionally, guiding sections are nested within the packaging structure to provide tray accommodation. This nesting provides stability and protection while maintaining relatively simple manufacturing from folded paper blanks.
Data Source
AI summary
A system with a brush product packaging device for receiving a brush product, with an application head and with a handle. The system includes at least one packaging base body and at least one holding unit. The at least one holding unit includes at least one folding element. The folding element is implemented by a separate component that differs from the packaging base body, and the folding element is implemented by an insert piece for the packaging base body and is configured to be arranged in the receiving region of the brush product packaging device. The folding element is fixed by gluing and/or by sealing.