Universal Beverage Packaging With Raised Cylinder Support
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing packaging solutions for beverage containers of different sizes, such as 11 ounce and 15 ounce mugs, require separate packaging sizes, leading to increased costs, additional time, and storage burdens due to the need for multiple materials and sizes.
Innovation Solution
A universal packaging system featuring a bottom support structure with a raised cylinder that accommodates beverage containers of varying heights by allowing a 15 oz. mug to fit with its open side down and an 11 oz. mug to fit with its solid bottom on the raised cylinder, sharing a common support structure design that reduces material usage and storage needs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If separate packaging sizes are used for different beverage container sizes, then each container size can be properly accommodated, but manufacturing costs increase and storage requirements multiply
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging opening is designed with a raised cylinder structure that enables a single packaging size to accommodate multiple beverage container sizes (11 ounce and 15 ounce mugs). The raised cylinder creates different support surfaces: the interior floor surface for taller containers and the upper surface of the raised cylinder for shorter containers, making the packaging universally applicable across different container dimensions.
Solution Approach 2:
The solution adds vertical dimensionality to the packaging base by incorporating a raised cylinder that extends upward from the interior floor surface. This vertical feature creates multiple elevation levels within the same horizontal footprint, allowing different container sizes to be supported at different heights without requiring multiple packaging sizes.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple packaging sizes are maintained in inventory, then all beverage container sizes can be packaged, but storage burden and material costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
A single packaging design with a raised cylinder structure serves multiple container sizes, eliminating the need to maintain inventories of different packaging sizes. The raised cylinder creates adaptable support surfaces that work with both 11 ounce and 15 ounce mugs, reducing material variety to one universal packaging type.
3Ease of operation
If different packaging types are used for different container sizes, then proper fit is achieved, but processing time increases due to handling multiple materials
Solution Approach 1:
The raised cylinder structure within the packaging opening provides size-appropriate support surfaces for different container types, maintaining proper fit accuracy without requiring workers to handle or select from multiple packaging types. This universal design eliminates the time loss associated with material switching while preserving the accuracy of proper container-packaging fit.
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AI summary
Universal packaging for beverage containers of different sizes is described. The universal packaging includes a bottom support structure including an opening having an interior floor surface. A raised cylinder extends upwards from the interior floor surface. A beverage container of a first height fits within the opening in the bottom support by placing an open side of the beverage container down upon the interior floor surface, the raised cylinder extending into an interior of the beverage container of the first height. A beverage container of a second height, the second height being less than the first height, fits within the opening in the bottom support by placing a solid bottom surface of the beverage container of the second height down upon an upper surface of the raised cylinder.