Child-Resistant Safety Container With Removable Silicone Liner
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing child-resistant portable medicine containers are difficult to access, not soundproof, and cannot store materials with odors like tobacco or alternative nicotine products due to leakage and odor concerns, and they are not easily concealable when carried.
Innovation Solution
A child-resistant safety container with a removable silicone liner that provides sound dampening, odor protection, and leak-proofing, featuring a sliding outer container and a hinged liner that can be completely enclosed and easily opened for quick access, allowing for the storage and transport of various materials including medicines and odor-sensitive products.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a child-resistant locking mechanism with continuous engagement (second catches and recesses) is used, then child safety is improved, but the upper lid cannot be completely removed from the lower box, making it difficult to access product remaining under the upper lid
Solution Approach 1:
The container is divided into two functional parts: an outer child-resistant container and an inner removable liner. The liner can be completely removed from the container body, allowing full access to all products including those at the bottom, while the outer container maintains its child-resistant locking mechanism with continuous engagement features.
2Strength
If rigid plastic material (polyethylene and polypropylene) is used for the container, then structural strength is improved, but noise is generated when medicine or other product within the container is displaced during transport
Solution Approach 1:
The container uses a composite structure combining rigid outer material (polyethylene/polypropylene) for strength and durability with a softer inner liner material that provides sound dampening. This composite approach maintains structural integrity while reducing noise from product displacement during transport.
3Ease of manufacture
If a rigid plastic container structure is used, then manufacturing simplicity is improved, but materials having odor such as raw tobacco products, non-traditional alternative medicines, and alternative nicotine products cannot be stored due to leakage and odor concerns
Solution Approach 1:
The container combines a simple rigid outer shell (easy to manufacture from polyethylene/polypropylene) with a specialized inner liner made of odor-resistant and leak-proof material. This composite structure maintains manufacturing simplicity while enabling storage of diverse materials including odor-sensitive products like tobacco and alternative nicotine products.
4Reliability
If the container is designed to be completely enclosed for child resistance, then child safety is improved, but the container forms a bulge when carried in one's pocket, making it difficult to conceal
Solution Approach 1:
The container separates the child-resistant enclosure function (outer container) from the storage function (inner liner). The outer container can be opened by sliding the lid along the sides while maintaining the sealed bottom, allowing it to be collapsed into a flatter profile for concealability in pockets, while the inner liner remains enclosed to maintain child safety.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The container is easy to use, child-resistant, soundproof, and capable of storing materials with odors without leakage, while being compact and discreet for carrying, reducing manufacturing costs and user effort.
Implementation Method 1
A removable silicone liner provides sound dampening
Implementation Method 2
A removable silicone liner provides leak-proofing
Implementation Method 3
A removable silicone liner provides odor protection
Data Source
AI summary
A safety container having a liner disposed within an outer container. The liner includes a liner box removably coupled to a liner lid. The liner box has a liner floor with upwardly extending liner walls. In a first closed state the liner lid is positioned such that the liner lid engages the liner walls. The liner lid is removable from the liner walls in a first open state. The outer container box is slidingly coupled to the outer container lid through openings at opposing ends of the outer container lid. In a second closed state the outer container box and liner are enclosed by the outer container lid. The outer container box is slidably removed at least partially from the outer container lid to a second open state while the liner is configured to the first open state.