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After smoking a lot of weed, I have come up with a lot of ideas for a better box,” said Bellucci Poor journalism to include this quote without a summary of the

After smoking a lot of weed, I have come up with a lot of ideas for a better box,” said Bellucci Poor journalism to include this quote without a summary of the ideas engendered. John Correll, a pizza-packaging inventor with 43 patents https://patents.google.com/?inventor=John+Correll https://patents.google.com/?inventor=John+Correll with his most recent box patent at https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/94/5f/ba/91947c30df251f/US8025207.pdf https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/94/5f/ba/91947c3...

readthenotes1 4y ago
Maybe the weed induced ideas weren't worth the effort?
- contingencies 4y ago
  Indeed. In all seriousness, in my reading so far the patents largely relate to vaguely inferred logistical and manufacturing process efficiencies which are difficult to fully grasp without a background in packaging design and manufacturing (I have a few years of experience but am no expert). Specific economic benefits are not discussed, probably a purposeful exclusion. Ballpark it seems the patents are talking about what will probably amount to roughly single digit percentage gains in material cost, manufacturing and shipping at most. Yet total box cost is such a small factor in each transaction that the gains are an invisible rounding error for all but the very largest operator (Dominos). From a design perspective, it seems that once you have flatpacked your boxes, if you require effectively untrained staff to perform assembly operations, the maximum complexity threshold for design (largely due to assembly process speed, training and error-potential) becomes the limiting factor.
Oxidation 4y ago
I do so love patent language: > However, it is essentially non-functional when incorporated within a box that has slanting, or obliquely-angled, walls. In this situation, the cup-holder strap assumes an abortive-looking non-level disposition within the corner section of the box....

readthenotes1 4y ago

Maybe the weed induced ideas weren't worth the effort?

contingencies 4y ago
Indeed. In all seriousness, in my reading so far the patents largely relate to vaguely inferred logistical and manufacturing process efficiencies which are difficult to fully grasp without a background in packaging design and manufacturing (I have a few years of experience but am no expert). Specific economic benefits are not discussed, probably a purposeful exclusion. Ballpark it seems the patents are talking about what will probably amount to roughly single digit percentage gains in material cost, manufacturing and shipping at most. Yet total box cost is such a small factor in each transaction that the gains are an invisible rounding error for all but the very largest operator (Dominos). From a design perspective, it seems that once you have flatpacked your boxes, if you require effectively untrained staff to perform assembly operations, the maximum complexity threshold for design (largely due to assembly process speed, training and error-potential) becomes the limiting factor.

Oxidation 4y ago

I do so love patent language: > However, it is essentially non-functional when incorporated within a box that has slanting, or obliquely-angled, walls. In this situation, the cup-holder strap assumes an abortive-looking non-level disposition within the corner section of the box....