Pivoting Leg Retail Container for Self-Standing Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing container designs for retail display often fail to facilitate self-standing orientation for products with circular or rounded configurations, and they do not efficiently allow for compact storage and shipment, leading to increased shipping costs and storage space requirements.
Innovation Solution
A container design featuring a base with an annular rim and a lid that can be selectively attached, along with pivoted legs for self-standing support, and a tapered annular wall for nesting, enabling compact storage and easy assembly for display on retail shelves.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Shape
If the container is designed with a circular or rounded configuration to match the product shape, then the product packaging is optimized for the product form, but the container cannot stand upright on retail shelves without additional support structures
Solution Approach 1:
The legs are designed to be movable relative to the base, capable of pivoting between a stored position (parallel to the base) and a deployed position (extending outward to provide support). This dynamic configuration allows the container to transition between compact storage mode and self-standing display mode, resolving the contradiction between circular shape and self-standing capability.
2Stability of the object's composition
If the container components are designed for self-standing display configuration, then the retail display capability is improved, but the storage and shipment space requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The legs are designed to nest within the container components when not in use. Specifically, the legs can be positioned parallel to the base and stored within the containment area or along the outer surface of the base, minimizing the volume occupied during storage and shipment while maintaining full self-standing capability when deployed.
3Stability of the object's composition
If additional support structures are added to enable self-standing, then the self-standing capability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The legs are integrated with the base and lid components through pivot connections, merging the support function into the existing container structure. This integration allows the legs to be part of the base assembly or lid assembly, reducing overall device complexity compared to adding separate, independent support structures.
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AI summary
A container for packaging a product for retail display includes a base defining a product containment area with an annular rim defining an opening into the containment area and a lid mated to the rim for selective attachment to and detachment from the rim for opening and closing access into the containment area. At least one leg, preferably a pair of legs, is connected outwardly to the base adjacent the rim for supporting the assembled base and lid for self-standing on a substantially horizontal retail display surface with the base and the lid in a substantially vertical orientation.