Shipping Box With Rigid Mount And Free Space
Solution Overview
Problem
Shipping products often suffer damage during transit due to inadequate packaging, leading to increased costs for replacement and repair, and existing cushioning materials can make unpacking difficult for consumers.
Innovation Solution
A shipping box system featuring a rigid base and mounting structures that create a free space around the item, using corrugated board to provide torsional rigidity and easy removal, with slide-out panels to reduce friction and facilitate unpacking.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If cushioning materials like foam blocks are used to protect products during shipping, then product protection is improved, but ease of unpacking deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging system is divided into separate functional components: a rigid mounting structure for protection and removable cushioning materials for ease of unpacking. The cushioning materials can be easily removed from around the product without affecting the rigid structure that provides protection, allowing customers to access the product quickly while maintaining protection during shipping.
Solution Approach 2:
The rigid mounting structure acts as an intermediary between the cushioning materials and the product. It provides the structural framework that holds the cushioning materials in place during shipping, while allowing the cushioning materials to be easily removed afterward. This intermediary structure separates the protection function from the ease of unpacking function.
2Reliability
If tight interference packaging is used to protect equipment, then product protection is improved, but ease of operation for unpacking deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging is segmented into a rigid mounting structure that provides tight interference protection and removable cushioning materials that facilitate easy unpacking. The rigid structure maintains tight interference with the product during shipping, while the removable cushioning materials can be easily detached to allow product access.
Solution Approach 2:
The packaging system transitions from a static tight-interference structure to a dynamic system where cushioning materials can be easily removed. The rigid mounting structure maintains its tight interference configuration during shipping, but the cushioning materials are designed to be dynamically removable, allowing the system to adapt between protection and ease of unpacking states.
Data Source
AI summary
A shipping box system includes a plurality of walls defining a volume substantially in the form of a cuboid, a rigid base near a first wall of the plurality of walls adapted to resist motion relative to the first wall, and a rigid mount attached to the rigid base and adapted to connect with a shipped item to be placed in the volume, wherein the plurality of walls are configured to create a free space around the shipped item so as to prevent damaging contact with a substantial portion of the shipped item.