Stacker Wrap With Planar Bottom For Damage-Free Goods Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional pallet wrapping systems damage goods due to overlapping seams and mechanical fasteners, and they inhibit exposure to the environment by covering all sides, making it difficult to access and remove items without causing damage.
Innovation Solution
A stacker wrap assembly with foldable flaps and dovetail coupling features that maintain a planar surface, allowing for easy stacking and access while preventing damage during transport, and an adhesive for securing the wrap to a base.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional pallet wrapping uses overlapped seams and mechanical fasteners, then the wrapping can contain goods, but the goods are damaged by the coupling features
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes traditional mechanical fasteners and overlapping seams from the wrapping system. Instead, it uses a continuous wrap material that forms a pouch containing goods, eliminating the harmful coupling features that cause damage while maintaining containment through the pouch structure itself
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a planar bottom surface as an intermediary between the wrap structure and the goods. This smooth surface allows goods to rest without contact with potentially damaging coupling features, mediating the interaction between the wrapping structure and contained goods
2Reliability
If conventional pallet wrapping covers all sides of goods, then goods are protected during transport, but goods cannot be easily accessed or removed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the wrapping structure into an enclosed pouch portion and an open end portion. The pouch provides protection while the open end allows easy access and removal of goods without damaging them, enabling both protection and accessibility simultaneously
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of completely enclosing goods like conventional wrapping, the patent inverts the approach by leaving one end open. This inverted structure maintains protection through the pouch while enabling easy goods access and removal, solving the accessibility problem
3Ease of manufacture
If conventional wrapping uses overlapping seams, then the wrap can be formed, but the seams create damage points for goods
Solution Approach 1:
The patent eliminates overlapping seams from the wrap structure entirely. The continuous wrap material is formed into a pouch without requiring overlapping sections, removing the source of damage points while maintaining the ability to form the wrapping structure
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses a continuous curved wrap material that forms a smooth pouch shape. This curved configuration eliminates the sharp edges and overlapping seams that create damage points, providing a smooth surface that protects goods while maintaining structural integrity
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution provides a damage-free and accessible way to stack and transport goods by maintaining a planar surface within the pallet, allowing easy sliding and removal of items without snagging on coupling features, while also securing the wrap to prevent sliding during transport.
Implementation Method 1
an adhesive on a bottom of the first bottom flap and the second bottom flap and configured to selectively couple the wrap assembly to a base
Data Source
AI summary
A wrap assembly for containing goods. The wrap assembly has a stacker wrap that has a first side, a second side, a back side, a first bottom flap, and a second bottom flap. The stacker wrap is configured to be folded into a folded configuration to provide a cavity for stacking goods within the cavity. The first bottom flap and second bottom flap have a plurality of coupling features that maintain the stacker wrap in the folded configuration while providing a substantially planar surface with both the first bottom flap and the second bottom flap.