Paper Package With Rigid Tabs For Luxury Item Retention
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing packages for luxury and valuable products made entirely of paper material face limitations in forming and retaining items due to the limitations of pressed cardboard pulp processing, which restricts the forms and stability of housing cavities, and do not fully address environmental concerns related to plastic use.
Innovation Solution
A package design featuring a support structure and housing cavities made of paper material, with rigid tabs to enhance the rigidity and stability of the cavities, allowing for automated production and assembly, and eliminating the need for plastic components by using cardboard and pressed cardboard pulp, while maintaining aesthetic decoration options.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If pressed cardboard pulp is used to make housing cavities, then the package can be fully recycled without plastic components, but the forms and stability of the cavities are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines pressed cardboard pulp (for recyclability) with rigid tabs made of more rigid paper material or cardboard (for structural stability). This composite approach maintains the environmental benefits of paper-based materials while compensating for the inherent limitations of pressed pulp in providing sufficient rigidity and stability for housing cavities.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If pressed cardboard pulp is used for housing cavities, then plastic use is eliminated, but the ability to retain items stably is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The housing cavity structure is segmented into the pressed cardboard pulp body (providing the cavity shape) and separate rigid tabs (providing retention stability). This segmentation allows each component to perform its optimal function while maintaining overall recyclability, as the rigid tabs can be designed to engage securely with the item without requiring plastic materials.
3Reliability
If rigid tabs are added to pressed cardboard pulp support, then item retention stability is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The rigid tabs are merged with the pressed cardboard pulp support structure, forming an integrated component rather than separate parts. This merging reduces assembly steps and manufacturing complexity while still providing the enhanced stability needed for secure item retention, as the tabs are formed as part of the same support structure.
Data Source
AI summary
A package for containing and/or displaying valuable and luxury products or items, includesa box-shaped body having a bottom and at least one side wall extending transversely from the bottom, the bottom and the side wall delimiting, at least partially, at least one housing compartment open on the side opposite the bottom. The package includes:at least one support structure made of a paper material, insertable inside the housing compartment;at least one housing seat engaged to the support structure for housing and/or supporting a corresponding product to be contained and/or exhibited according to a predefined position. The housing body has at least a substantially plate-like engagement portion to engage the support structure and at least one housing cavity for the accommodation of a respective product, made of a paper material, andthe support structure has at least one main portion having at least one through opening.