Transportation Collar for Container Impact Protection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Packages, such as paint containers, often suffer damage during shipment due to handling and extreme air pressure differentials, leading to dented containers and dislodged lids, resulting in spoilage of contents.
Innovation Solution
A transportation collar with a ring structure featuring a base wall, annular skirts, and a peripheral impact barrier that securely positions both the container and its lid, allowing for reversible use with different container types and sizes, thereby preventing damage and maintaining the lid's sealed position during shipping.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional packaging without additional protective structures is used, then device complexity is reduced, but containers become susceptible to damage from handling and air pressure differentials during shipping
Solution Approach 1:
The transportation collar is designed to fit over the container opening, with the lid nesting within the collar structure. The collar itself is a ring-shaped structure that can contain the lid while being contained within the overall packaging assembly, creating a nested protective system that protects the container without requiring external complex structures
Solution Approach 2:
The transportation collar is divided into distinct functional segments: a peripheral impact barrier for external protection, a lid-retaining structure with radially inwardly extending features, and a base wall with stepped portions. Each segment addresses specific damage mechanisms independently, providing comprehensive protection through modular design
2Reliability
If a secure lid retention mechanism is implemented, then lid dislodgement is prevented, but the structure becomes more complex and less adaptable to different container types
Solution Approach 1:
The transportation collar is designed with a universal configuration that can accommodate multiple container types and sizes. The ring structure with adjustable lid-retaining features allows the same collar design to function with various container openings, making the solution broadly applicable across different package formats while maintaining secure lid retention
Solution Approach 2:
The lid-retaining structure includes movable or adjustable elements such as the radially inwardly extending beads or engagement features that can adapt their position or configuration based on the specific container and lid combination, enabling secure retention across different container types without requiring custom-designed collars for each variant
3Reliability
If a peripheral impact barrier is added to protect containers during shipping, then container damage is reduced, but the packaging structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The peripheral impact barrier is merged with the lid-retaining structure into a single integrated transportation collar component. Rather than being separate elements, the impact barrier forms the outer ring structure that also provides the framework for lid retention features, reducing overall packaging complexity while maintaining both protective functions
Solution Approach 2:
The impact barrier provides localized protection at critical areas where containers are most vulnerable during handling, such as the peripheral edges and corners. The structure concentrates protective features where needed rather than requiring uniform complex protection across the entire packaging assembly, reducing overall structural complexity
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AI summary
A transportation collar that includes a ring having a central longitudinal axis and including: a base wall extending transversely and radially inwardly with respect to the axis, and an annular skirt extending in a first axial direction axially away from the base wall; and a peripheral impact barrier extending radially outwardly from the ring adapted to position both the transportation collar and a container carried by the collar relative to one or more additional adjacent transportation collars and one or more additional corresponding containers, wherein the peripheral impact barrier comprises a flange wall extending transversely with respect to the axis.