Vaping Device Package with Window Recess for Visibility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing packaging solutions for electronic vaping devices do not effectively showcase the product while maintaining secure retention, leading to suboptimal display and consumer experience.
Innovation Solution
A packaging method involving a rectangular box structure with a side portion divided into lower, upper retention, and window recess portions, where the side and front recess panels are folded to create a viewing window with greater depth than width, allowing the electronic vaping device to be securely displayed and visible.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If a traditional box packaging structure is used, then the device can be contained and protected, but the product visibility and display effect are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The side panel is segmented into multiple functional portions: a window recess portion for product display, and upper and lower retention portions for device securing. This segmentation allows simultaneous achievement of product visibility through the window portion and device retention through the retention portions with flaps.
Solution Approach 2:
The packaging structure utilizes three-dimensional spatial arrangement by folding recess panels inward to create a window recess portion that extends into the box interior. This dimensional approach allows the display window to protrude toward the front face while maintaining retention functionality at the rear, solving both visibility and security requirements.
2Illumination intensity
If a display window is added to the packaging, then product visibility improves, but the structural complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The recess panels serve multiple functions: they create the window recess portion for product display, forms the structural framework for upper and lower retention portions, and provide folding flaps for device retention. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate components, thereby managing structural complexity while achieving display objectives.
Solution Approach 2:
The window recess portion is nested within the overall box structure, with recess panels folded inward to create the display window cavity. The retention flaps are nested within the same panel structures, allowing the display and retention functions to be integrated within a unified packaging geometry rather than requiring separate additive components.
Data Source
AI summary
A method of displaying an article, a package configured to display a selected portion of an article, and a blank for forming a rectangular box, which is configured to contain an elongate body are disclosed. The method includes establishing a box structure having an inner cavity and a side portion; dividing the side portion into a lower retention portion, and upper retention portion, and a window recess portion, the dividing including: establishing a side recess panel at a location along a side panel of the box structure; establishing a front recess panel along a front panel of the box structure, the front recess panel adjacent the side recess panel, the front recess panel having a greater width than the side recess panel; and establishing the window recess portion by folding the first and front recess panels into the box structure.