Quick Lift Assembling Storage Box with Traction Support Board
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional paper storage boxes lack structural strength, making them prone to deformation under heavy loads, and their assembly and disassembly processes are cumbersome and inefficient, requiring more storage space and increasing transportation costs.
Innovation Solution
A quick lift assembling storage box design featuring a traction support board with a greater thickness than the folding box, allowing easy conversion between flat and three-dimensional states, using linkage plates and movable support plates to facilitate assembly and disassembly, and enabling the use of different cardboard thicknesses for the support board and box.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If an inner paper box with greater thickness is used to reinforce the storage box, then the structural strength is improved, but the assembling process becomes more complex and the storage space requirement increases
Solution Approach 1:
The storage box is divided into two independent parts: a flat folding box and a separate traction support board. The traction support board can be moved independently to assemble or disassemble the box, simplifying the assembly process while maintaining strength reinforcement.
Solution Approach 2:
The traction support board acts as an intermediary tool between the user and the folding box. By lifting or pressing the traction support board, the user can easily assemble or disassemble the folding box without complex adhesion and fixation operations.
2Strength
If thicker cardboard is used to form the storage box, then the structural strength is improved, but the folding and assembling process becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The storage box is segmented into a thin folding box and a separate traction support board with greater thickness. This allows the folding box to be easily folded while the traction support board provides the necessary strength reinforcement.
Solution Approach 2:
The traction support board is positioned at specific locations (bottom board and side boards) where strength reinforcement is most needed. This localized reinforcement provides strength where required without making the entire structure difficult to fold.
3Volume of stationary object
If the storage box is made to be disassembled into flat state for storage, then the storage space requirement is reduced, but the assembly and disassembly process becomes more time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The storage box transitions from a static structure to a dynamic one that can easily change between flat and three-dimensional states. The movable traction support board enables quick assembly and disassembly operations, reducing the time required to transform the box.
Solution Approach 2:
The folding box is designed to be self-assembling and self-disassembling through the traction support board mechanism. The linkage plates and fold lines enable the box to automatically take shape or flatten without requiring complex manual manipulation.
4Ease of manufacture
If engagement portions are disposed at the center of the bottom board, then the storage box can be assembled, but the engagement portions may protrude from the seam position making the storage box unsightly
Solution Approach 1:
The engagement portions are extracted from the center of the bottom board and repositioned to the four corners where side boards intersect with the bottom board. This repositioning eliminates protrusion from seam positions while maintaining assembly capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The engagement portions are positioned asymmetrically at the corners rather than symmetrically at the center. This asymmetric placement allows the engagement portions to be hidden at the corners where side boards meet the bottom board, achieving both functional and aesthetic goals.
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AI summary
A quick lift assembling storage box includes a folding box 1 in a flat half-folded state, and a traction support board 2 disposed at the top of the folding box 1. After a user lifts the traction support board 2 to drive and change the folding box 1 in the flat half-folded state into a three-dimensional state with an accommodation space, and then the user can press and superimpose the traction support board 2 onto the bottom and the inner sides of the folding box 1 to reinforce the strength of the folding box 1.