Treasure Chest

In preparation for St. Patrick's Day, we've designed a self-opening treasure chest for you to hide all of your precious treasures in! This box uses lenticular folds to store spring energy, as well as a compliant latch to keep the box closed.

Visit our Instagram to see a high quality video of the treasure chest in action!

Learn More

This design was developed by the Compliant Mechanisms Research Group (CMR) from Brigham Young University (BYU). Follow us at @byucmr on Instagram or visit the BYU Compliant Mechanisms Research (CMR) website to learn more about compliant mechanisms.

See https://rdcu.be/dnHx0 for an article in Nature Communications about how and why we share these maker resources.

Technical Information 

Follow us at @byucmr on Instagram or visit the BYU Compliant Mechanisms Research (CMR) website to learn more about compliant mechanisms, or check out these books: Compliant Mechanisms, Handbook of Compliant Mechanisms.

Intellectual Property

The downloadable 3D print files provided here may be used, modified, and enjoyed for noncommercial use. To license developable mechanism technology for commercial applications, contact:

BYU Technology Transfer Office

3760 Harold B. Lee Library

Brigham Young University

Provo, UT 84602

Phone: (801) 422-6266 

https://techtransfer.byu.edu/contact