Pivotable Corrugated Cardboard Insert for Rectilinear Container Cushioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing product packaging solutions lack effective cushioning and securement mechanisms for rectilinear containers, which can lead to damage of items during shipping.
Innovation Solution
A corrugated cardboard insert with pivotable side panels and a bottom panel, featuring parallel ridges and channels, that securely fits into a rectilinear container, providing cushioning and support to items.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a corrugated cardboard insert with pivotable side panels is used, then cushioning and securement effectiveness is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The insert is divided into multiple panels (bottom panel and side panels) that can pivot relative to each other. The side panels are separable from the bottom panel through pivot interfaces, allowing independent movement and adaptation to the container walls. This segmentation enables the insert to conform to rectangular containers while maintaining structural integrity for cushioning and securement functions.
Solution Approach 2:
The side panels are designed with pivot interfaces that allow them to rotate relative to the bottom panel. This dynamic capability enables the insert to adapt its configuration based on the container dimensions and the item being shipped, improving securement effectiveness without requiring a completely rigid complex structure.
2Reliability
If the insert is designed to fit tightly into the container, then securement effectiveness is improved, but ease of insertion and removal deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The insert is segmented into a bottom panel and separate side panels connected by pivot interfaces. This segmentation allows the side panels to be inserted independently or folded along with the bottom panel, facilitating easier insertion into the container while maintaining tight contact with the container walls for effective securement.
Solution Approach 2:
The pivotable side panels can be dynamically adjusted during insertion and removal operations. The pivot interfaces allow the side panels to flex and adapt during handling, making insertion and removal easier while ensuring tight contact with the container walls when in the secured position.
3Reliability
If the side panels are made pivotable to contact container walls, then securement effectiveness is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The insert is manufactured as separate panels (bottom panel and side panels) that are later assembled through pivot interfaces. This segmentation allows each panel to be manufactured independently using standard corrugated cardboard forming processes, reducing overall manufacturing complexity while enabling the pivotable securement function.
Solution Approach 2:
The side panels and bottom panel are combined into a single integrated insert assembly through the pivot interfaces. This merging of components provides the pivotable securement function while allowing each component to be manufactured separately using conventional corrugated cardboard processing techniques, balancing manufacturing simplicity with functional complexity.
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AI summary
An insert for a rectilinear container having side walls, a bottom wall, and upper end panels defining an inner chamber includes a corrugated cardboard insert configured to secure at least one item within the inner chamber and provide cushioning thereto. There is a first panel having a bottom panel portion, a first side panel portion, and a second side panel portion. The bottom, first side and second side panel portions including a plurality of laterally corresponding parallel spaced ridges and channels. Interfaces between the bottom and side panels being pivotable such that the side panels can pivot at an angle relative to the bottom panel. When the insert is inserted into a rectilinear container, the bottom panel portion contacts a bottom wall of the container, the side panel portions pivot to a generally perpendicular angle relative the bottom panel portion to contact the side wall portion of the container to secure and cushion an item placed therein.