Tented Flower Container with Integrated Neck
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional flower delivery containers fail to adequately protect and secure flowers during transportation, leading to potential damage from movement and shock.
Innovation Solution
A container system featuring a tented top and neck design that secures stems and flowers, using a combination of rectangular and tented box portions with a shared bottom support and side walls, and a top cover with a flat and tented portion, which can be formed from a single sheet of material like cardboard, to prevent movement and absorb shock.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional boxes are used to ship flowers, then the packaging is simple and easy to manufacture, but the flowers are not adequately protected from movement and shock
Solution Approach 1:
The container is divided into multiple functional sections: a rectangular box portion for structural support, a tented box portion for flower accommodation, a neck portion for stem securing, and a top cover for closure. This segmentation allows each part to perform its specific protective function while maintaining overall simplicity
Solution Approach 2:
The tented box portion is nested within the rectangular box portion, and the neck portion is integrated into the tented box portion. This nested structure provides multiple levels of protection without requiring separate external components, thus improving reliability without proportionally increasing complexity
2Reliability
If additional packing materials are used to protect flowers, then flower protection is improved, but the device complexity and material usage increase
Solution Approach 1:
The container walls and partitions serve multiple functions: they provide structural support, secure stems through the integrated neck portion, create protective compartments for flowers, and eliminate the need for separate packing materials like foam or paper. The single-sheet construction further reduces component count while maintaining multi-functionality
Solution Approach 2:
The container integrates the securing mechanism (neck portion) directly into the flower housing structure (tented box portion), combining what would traditionally be separate components into a unified structure. This merging reduces the number of parts needed while improving stem security and flower protection
3Ease of manufacture
If a single sheet of material is used to form the container, then manufacturing is simplified and material usage is reduced, but structural strength may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The tented box portion features curved or angled surfaces rather than flat planes, creating a dome-like structure that distributes mechanical stress more effectively. This curvature provides inherent structural strength while being formable from a single sheet of material through folding and shaping
Solution Approach 2:
The single sheet is folded into distinct segmented sections (rectangular box, tented box, neck, cover) that interlock to create overall structural integrity. Each fold and joint acts as a reinforcement point, distributing loads throughout the structure rather than concentrating stress at weak points
Data Source
AI summary
An example container includes a bottom support, a plurality of side walls and a top cover. The top cover includes a flat portion and a tented portion. In some examples, the bottom support, the side walls and the flat portion of the top cover form a rectangular box portion, and the bottom support, the side walls and the tented portion of the top cover form a tented box portion. The rectangular box portion and the tented box portion may be in communication with one another.