Strawberry Tray with Segmented Compartments for Visibility and Preservation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current strawberry packaging methods, such as stacking in plastic boxes, make it difficult for consumers to identify deteriorated strawberries and prevent contamination, while existing compartmented trays are not specifically designed for strawberries, leading to issues with visibility and preservation.
Innovation Solution
A tray with conical, tapered, or long wedge-shaped compartments that separate strawberries, allowing proper support and visibility, with compartments arranged in staggered or matrix patterns to prevent contact and facilitate air circulation, enhancing preservation and visibility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If strawberries are piled in plastic boxes, then storage and transport are simplified, but consumers cannot see the condition of strawberries and contamination spreads easily
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging is divided into individual compartments, each holding a single strawberry. This segmentation allows consumers to see each strawberry's condition clearly while maintaining an organized, space-efficient structure that simplifies storage and transport.
2Loss of information
If strawberries are arranged in orderly fashion in boxes, then visibility of deteriorated fruit is improved, but adjacent fruit can still be contaminated
Solution Approach 1:
Each strawberry is isolated in its own compartment, creating physical separation that prevents contamination from spreading to adjacent fruit while maintaining full visibility of each individual strawberry's condition.
3Loss of information
If strawberries are placed in single layer for visual access, then consumer visibility is improved, but space utilization decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The compartments are arranged in a three-dimensional grid structure with multiple layers, allowing strawberries to be stacked vertically while maintaining individual visibility through the compartment design, thus improving space utilization without sacrificing consumer visual access.
Data Source
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AI summary
Tray with cavities for strawberries intended to be disposed in the interior of a box for its storage and transport, and which is made up of a sheet (1) which has a plurality of compartments (2) where each compartment is intended to receive a strawberry. The compartments (2) comprise a first depression (4) which is configured to receive the sepal of the strawberry, a second concentric depression (5) lower than the first depression (4) and configured to receive the pedicle of the strawberry, and a protrusion (6) that protrudes upwards from the first depression (4) and which is configured to support the thalamus of the strawberry.