Reclosable Wraparound Container With Segmented Tuck Flaps
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current wraparound-style shipping containers face issues with premature top opening during transportation and lack of easy reclosure, requiring significant labor and complex setup procedures, limiting their reuse as display containers.
Innovation Solution
A wraparound-style shipping and reclosable container constructed from a one-piece corrugated paperboard with foldable tuck flaps, allowing easy access and reclosure by tucking the rear portion of the flaps inside and leaving the front portion outside, utilizing frangible lines and glue flaps for secure closure.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a perforated opening feature is used in the top of the container for easy access, then product access is improved, but the container opens prematurely during transportation
Solution Approach 1:
The top cover is divided into a front portion and a rear portion separated by a frangible line of weakness. This segmentation allows the rear portion to be detached for product access while the front portion remains attached to maintain container closure integrity during transportation.
Solution Approach 2:
The frangible line of weakness is pre-formed in the rear portion of the top cover, allowing easy detachment when needed. This preliminary preparation enables quick product access without compromising the integrity of the main container closure during shipping.
2Ease of operation
If the container is designed for easy opening, then product access is improved, but the container cannot be easily reclosed for reuse
Solution Approach 1:
The rear portion of the top cover is designed to be detachable for product access, but the front portion remains attached to the container body. This allows the container to be easily reclosed and reused for display or storage purposes after product removal.
Solution Approach 2:
By segmenting the top cover into detachable and retained portions, the design enables easy product access while preserving the container's reclosure capability. The front portion acts as a permanent closure mechanism that maintains container integrity for reuse.
3Strength
If complex container designs are used to support both shipping and display functions, then container strength is improved, but set-up procedures become involved and require reassembly
Solution Approach 1:
The container is designed with a wraparound-style structure that serves both shipping and display functions. The same container structure provides structural integrity during transportation and maintains an attractive display appearance at the point of sale, eliminating the need for reassembly between functions.
Solution Approach 2:
The shipping container and display container functions are merged into a single integrated structure. The wraparound design with proper flaps and closures provides both the strength needed for shipping and the aesthetic qualities needed for display, reducing overall system complexity.
4Strength
If traditional shipping containers are used, then product protection during transport is improved, but significant labor is required to remove products and set up display
Solution Approach 1:
The container maintains a uniform wraparound-style structure throughout, combining shipping and display functions in the same design. This homogeneity eliminates the need for separate shipping and display containers, reducing the labor required for product removal and setup while maintaining product protection.
Data Source
AI summary
A wraparound-style shipping and reclosable container is formed from a one-piece corrugated paperboard blank. The container comprises a bottom wall foldably joined to respective upstanding first and second opposed side walls. Each of the respective first and second opposed side walls includes a respective pair of end walls which are foldably joined to respective lateral edges thereof. A top cover is foldably joined to the longitudinal edge of the first side wall to enclose container. The top cover includes two tuck flaps each of which is foldably joined to the respective lateral edges. The container is enabled to be reclosed by tucking a rear portion of the respective tuck flaps toward inside of the interior space of the container and leaving a front portion of the respective wing flaps to the outside of the container.