Transport and sales container for the presentation of goods

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing sales and transport containers in the form of lattice tables lack the ability to quickly adapt to goods of different sizes or weights with minimal technical effort and do not provide optimal access conditions for operators and customers, leading to potential damage during handling.

Innovation Solution

A sales and transport container with a base wall integrated into an adjusting device that allows for manual or actuator-operated displacement, enabling variable access and use positions, and the option to shift side walls for lateral access, along with a tiltable bottom wall for inclined presentation, facilitating easier handling of goods.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a fixed base wall is used in the container, then the structure is simple and stable, but the container cannot be quickly adapted to goods of different sizes or weights

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadaptability to different goodsVSAvoidcontainer structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The base wall is transformed from a fixed structure to a movable one through the integrating device with displaceable support elements. This allows the base wall position to be dynamically adjusted according to different goods requirements while maintaining structural integrity through the lattice framework and support connectors.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Adaptability or versatility

If the base wall is made movable to adapt to different goods, then adaptability improves, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebase wall adjustabilityVSAvoidadjusting device
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The adjusting device enables the base wall to be displaced and secured at different positions through self-contained mechanical means (support elements, connectors, and lattice structures) without requiring external complex mechanisms. The system serves itself by using the container's own structural components for adjustment.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Ease of operation

If fixed access positions are provided, then the structure is simple, but optimal access conditions for operators and customers cannot be achieved

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccess conditionsVSAvoidaccess mechanism
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The base wall's movable position allows access points to be dynamically repositioned according to the size and weight of goods. This creates optimal access conditions for operators and customers by adapting the loading/unloading height and position to match the specific goods being handled.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

4Reliability

If heavy items are handled at fixed heights, then the structure remains simple, but damage during handling may occur

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedamage-proof supportVSAvoidsupport system
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The support system allows changing the height parameter of the base wall to match the optimal handling height for heavy items. This reduces lifting distances and minimizes the risk of damage during loading and unloading operations while maintaining structural support through the lattice framework.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentEP3369348B1Transport and sales container for the presentation of goods
Publication Date: 2020.10.28 LIDL STIFTUNG & CO KG
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AI summary

A sales and transport container for the presentation of goods, with pairs of opposite vertical longitudinal and transverse side walls (2, 3, 4, 5), which are preferably connected in the area of ​​corner-side support posts (6, 7, 8, 9), so that the The container (1) constructed in the manner of a lattice table has a usable space (N) into which at least one base wall (10) can be introduced which reaches under the goods for removal and this can be positioned in different positions of use, at least in the unloaded state, characterized in that the base wall (10) can be connected to at least one actuating device (11) that accommodates it in a displaceable manner.