Paper-Based Skid Base for Forklift-Compatible Appliance Packaging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing packaging assemblies for household appliances require robust structures that often necessitate the purchase of new warehouse vehicles or equipment to lift packaged appliances, which is expensive.
Innovation Solution
A paper-based packaging assembly with a lifting flap and skid base that allows for lifting using standard warehouse vehicles, featuring a paper-based packaging container with a lifting flap and a skid base designed for compatibility with existing lifting mechanisms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If robust packaging structures are used to protect household appliances during shipping, then protection reliability is improved, but lifting compatibility deteriorates requiring new warehouse vehicles
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging assembly is segmented into distinct functional components: a robust paper-based container for protection, a separate skid base for lifting, and integrated lifting features. This segmentation allows the container to maintain its protective robustness while the skid base provides standardized lifting interfaces that work with existing warehouse vehicles.
Solution Approach 2:
The skid base serves multiple functions: it provides a stable foundation for the container, enables lifting with standard warehouse vehicles through fork apertures, and maintains compatibility with existing lifting equipment. This multi-functionality resolves the contradiction by making the packaging adaptable to existing infrastructure while remaining robust.
2Ease of operation
If expensive new warehouse vehicles or equipment are purchased to lift packaged appliances, then lifting capability is improved, but cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging assembly provides its own lifting capability through integrated features (skid base with fork apertures, lifting pockets, and rigid flaps) that work with existing standard warehouse vehicles. This self-service approach eliminates the need for expensive specialized lifting equipment while maintaining ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The packaging uses cost-effective paper-based materials for the container and skid base, replacing expensive metal or wood alternatives. These paper-based components provide sufficient lifting capability through clever design (fork apertures, lifting pockets) without requiring investment in new expensive equipment.
3Ease of manufacture
If paper-based materials are used for packaging container and skid base, then cost and environmental friendliness are improved, but structural strength may deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging uses composite paper-based structures including corrugated board for the container walls and multi-layer paper construction for the skid base. These composite paper materials provide enhanced structural strength while maintaining cost-effectiveness and environmental benefits, resolving the contradiction between material cost and strength.
Solution Approach 2:
The paper-based skid base is pre-formed with lifting fork apertures and the container includes pre-attached rigid flaps with lifting pockets. These preliminary structural features are built into the paper-based materials during manufacturing, ensuring adequate structural strength for lifting operations without requiring additional expensive reinforcement.
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AI summary
A household packaging assembly includes a paper-based packaging container extending in the vertical direction between a bottom and a top. The paper-based packaging container defines a container interior for positioning a household appliance therein and a container exterior. Additionally, the packaging assembly includes a household appliance positioned within the paper-based packaging container and a paper-based skid base attached to a bottom of the paper-based packaging container for supporting the paper-based packaging container. The paper-based skid base includes a plurality of paper-based boards extending across a bottom of the paper-based packaging container in the transverse direction and spaced apart from each other in the lateral direction. Furthermore, a lifting fork aperture is defined between each adjacent pair of paper-based boards of the plurality of paper-based boards for receiving one or more lifting fork extensions therethrough for lifting the household appliance packaging assembly.