Rotating Bottom Container for All-Around Object Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional containers for objects like wine, liquor, and ceramic artefacts cannot be used for all-around showcasing when in open configuration, as the product is only visible from the sides that can be opened, limiting the viewing experience.
Innovation Solution
A prismatic-shaped container with a polygonal base and a removable bottom that can rotate mutually with the casing, allowing for a stable but removable connection, enabling the container to switch between closed storage/transport and open showcasing configurations, providing an all-around view of the object.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the container uses a conventional hinged box design with a base and roof, then it provides stable storage and transport functionality, but it only allows partial viewing of the object from the opened sides, limiting showcase capabilities
Solution Approach 1:
The container employs dynamic configurability where the same structure can be arranged in different stable states: a closed box configuration for storage/transport and an open showcase configuration for display. The lateral faces can be selectively positioned to create either enclosed or open structures, allowing the container to adapt its function based on viewing or protection needs.
Solution Approach 2:
The container is divided into modular lateral faces that can be independently positioned. Each lateral face can be arranged in different configurations relative to the base and roof, enabling the structure to be segmented into enclosed sections for protection and open sections for viewing, thus resolving the contradiction between storage security and display accessibility.
2Reliability
If the container is designed as a closed box for storage and transport, then it protects the object, but it cannot serve as an effective showcase element
Solution Approach 1:
The container structure is designed to be dynamically reconfigurable between closed and open states. The lateral faces can be positioned to form a complete enclosure for reliable storage and transport, or opened to create a showcase configuration, allowing the same structure to fulfill both protective and display functions reliably.
Solution Approach 2:
The container is designed as a multi-functional structure that universally serves both storage/transport and showcase purposes. By incorporating laterally movable faces, a single container design achieves dual functionality: it provides secure enclosed storage when needed and transforms into an effective showcase element when the lateral faces are repositioned.
3Ease of operation
If the container allows easy opening for access, then it improves operational convenience, but it compromises the structural integrity needed for stable storage
Solution Approach 1:
The container employs dynamic structural elements where lateral faces can be easily moved for convenient access during operation, yet when positioned in the closed configuration, these same elements form a structurally intact enclosure. The design allows the structure to transition between easily openable states for access and stable closed states for storage integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The container structure is segmented into movable lateral faces that can be independently accessed and repositioned. This segmentation allows easy opening of specific faces for operational convenience while maintaining the overall structural integrity of the closed box when faces are properly positioned, as each segment contributes to the complete enclosure when assembled.
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AI summary
A container (1) comprising: a casing (2) identifying a longitudinal axis (Y) and provided with a through hole (3) for the insertion of an object (A); a bottom (4) for closing the through hole (3) and comprising a shaped support (5) configured to receive an object (A). The container (1) comprises means (6) for connecting the bottom (4) and the casing (2) to each other in a stable but removable manner for mutual rotation when the shaped support (5) is placed inside the casing (2), such connection means (6) comprising a fissure (9) present in the bottom (4) and an abutment edge (10) belonging to the casing (2) configured to be mutually coupled.