Packaging for Treats on Sticks with Securement Tabs

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current packaging for treats on sticks fails to securely protect and visually display them while allowing easy access, often being costly, difficult to set up, and not aesthetically appealing.

Innovation Solution

A packaging system comprising a base tray with interconnected panels and a container that can be folded to form a closed structure, using securement tabs and holes for attachment, allowing treats on sticks to be displayed upright and easily accessed.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If multiple packaging elements are used to secure and display treats, then protection and display quality improve, but costs increase and setup becomes more difficult

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveprotection qualityVSAvoidsetup complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple packaging elements (base tray, container, securement tabs, windows) into an integrated assembly where the container attaches to the base tray through securement holes and tabs, creating a unified structure that provides both protection and display functionality without requiring separate complex components

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The base tray and container structure serves multiple functions simultaneously: it protects treats during transport, displays them upright through the window panels, and allows easy access through removable connections, eliminating the need for separate packaging elements for each function

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Reliability

If packaging secures treats properly, then protection improves, but access becomes more difficult

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesecuring qualityVSAvoidaccess ease

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The packaging uses removable connections between the container and base tray through securement tabs and holes, allowing the structure to transition between a secured closed state for transport and an open accessible state for consumption, providing dynamic adaptability between protection and access requirements

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

3Shape

If packaging displays treats adequately, then visual appeal improves, but securing and access functionality deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedisplay qualityVSAvoidaccess ease

Core Design Contradiction:

ShapeVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The packaging transitions treats from a flat horizontal arrangement in the base tray to a vertical upright display position in the container, utilizing the vertical dimension to achieve proper display orientation while maintaining securement through the same base tray structure

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentUS9139359B1Packaging for protection and display of treats

Publication Date: 2015.09.22 SIMPSON KIP ROBERT

AI summary

A packaging for the protection and display of treats may include a base tray and a container. The base tray may include an upper level panel, at least one middle level panel and a lower level panel. The container may include a first side panel, a second side panel, a front panel, and a rear panel. The base tray and the container may be made by folding each panel to form a closed structure. Securement tabs of the base tray may removably attach to securement holes along the first side panel and the side side panel of the container.