Twisted Package Design with Parallelogram Panels
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional packaging methods are limited in providing exotic shapes and improved functionality, as they typically consist of basic boxes with straight sides, lacking innovative designs that can be both compact and functional.
Innovation Solution
A twisted package design featuring a body with longitudinal fold lines that can be twisted in a formed state, incorporating end bridges and panels to enclose a pouch cavity, with assemblies that allow selective closure and a blank configuration using parallelogram body panels and triangle panels connected by fold lines, enabling a compact flat state for storage and a twisted state for use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Shape
If conventional basic boxes with straight sides are used, then manufacturing simplicity is maintained, but shape variety and functional innovation are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The package body is divided into multiple panels (front, back, left, right) connected by fold lines, with end bridges connecting these panels. This segmentation allows the package to be flattened into a compact form while maintaining structural integrity and enabling twisted configurations when assembled.
Solution Approach 2:
The package transitions between two-dimensional flat collapsed state and three-dimensional twisted formed state. The fold lines and end bridges enable this dimensional transformation, allowing compact storage when flat and functional twisted shape when formed, effectively utilizing spatial dimensions.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the package is designed to be twisted in formed state, then functional versatility is improved, but manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The end bridges are positioned asymmetrically relative to the panel centers, and the fold lines are arranged to create a twisted configuration rather than a symmetric box. This asymmetric arrangement enables the twisted functional form while the fold lines provide natural alignment guides during manufacturing.
Solution Approach 2:
The fold lines are pre-formed and positioned on the blank before assembly, and the end bridges are pre-configured with connection features. This preliminary preparation ensures that during assembly, the components align correctly to form the twisted shape, reducing the precision requirements during the final assembly process.
3Ease of operation
If the package can be selectively enclosed by user, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of using complex latches or locks to keep the package closed, the design uses an open configuration as the default state with simple end assemblies that can be brought together to enclose. The first end assembly has latch features that can engage with the second end assembly, allowing selective enclosure through simple user action rather than complex mechanisms.
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AI summary
In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, a twisted package can be configured to be flat in a collapsed state having one or more fold lines that are straight. At least a portion of the twisted package can be twisted in the formed state such that the one or more fold lines are bent in the formed state and/or such that a body of the twisted package is twisted in a formed state. Any suitable structure to form a twisted package is contemplated herein.