Reinforced Containment Structure for Secure Stacking and Cargo Protection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing containers face challenges in handling, safety, monitoring, and environmental sustainability during transportation, leading to potential damage, theft, and logistical inefficiencies, with inadequate stacking and handling protocols causing delays and economic losses.

Innovation Solution

A reinforced containment system comprising an external container with inclined walls and asymmetric load columns, an internal container with parallel side walls, and a cover, which allows secure stacking, tracking, and environmental protection, along with interchangeable modules for improved usability and monitoring.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If traditional containers with simpler, lighter arrangements are used, then ease of manufacture and cost are improved, but strength and protection against impact or vibrations deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of manufactureVSAvoidstrength

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSStrength

Solution Approach 1:

The container system is divided into multiple functional segments: an internal container for cargo protection, an external container for structural strength, and intermediate reinforcement elements. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently - the internal container can be lightweight while the external container provides robust protection against impact and vibrations during transportation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent employs composite construction by combining different materials with complementary properties. The internal container uses lighter materials for cargo containment, while the external container utilizes stronger materials for structural protection. This composite approach resolves the contradiction by assigning different material requirements to different functional zones of the container system.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #40Composite materials

2Device complexity

If traditional containers without specialized stacking arrangements are used, then device complexity is reduced, but stability and safety during transportation deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedevice complexityVSAvoidstability

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The container features asymmetric design elements including offset loading bases, unevenly distributed reinforcement columns, and non-symmetric opening configurations. These asymmetric features create inherent stability by preventing unstable stacking arrangements and guiding proper orientation during transportation, thereby improving stability without requiring complex active stabilization systems.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #4Asymmetry

Solution Approach 2:

The container incorporates pre-configured stacking features such as predetermined loading base positions, pre-positioned reinforcement columns, and pre-designed opening orientations that ensure stable stacking before transportation begins. This preliminary arrangement of structural elements eliminates the need for complex active stabilization mechanisms during transit.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Device complexity

If traditional containers without monitoring means are used, then device complexity is reduced, but reliability and security against theft or vandalism deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedevice complexityVSAvoidreliability

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The container system integrates multiple functions into a unified structure: the external container provides both structural protection and mounting surfaces for monitoring devices, the internal container ensures cargo security, and the reinforcement elements serve both structural and anchoring functions for monitoring equipment. This multi-functionality approach enables reliable monitoring and security features without proportionally increasing overall device complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS12448195B1Reinforced containment system

Publication Date: 2025.10.21 RING CIRCULAR LOGISTICS SA DE CV

AI summary

A reinforced containment system for transferring a cargo from one point to another that includes an internal container housed in an external container covered by a cover where the external container and the internal container are stackable or maintain a configuration that allows them to be stackable, attachable and at the same time have insertion and a support device that allow a single particularly advantageous arrangement mode during treatment and handling of the transported cargo.