Adhesive-Bonded Reinforcement Bracket for Simplified Frame Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current frame and bracket systems for hanging articles, such as diplomas and mirrors, are complex and costly to manufacture due to the need for multiple components to ensure reinforcement and level hanging, and they often require cumbersome assembly processes.
Innovation Solution
A hanging system comprising a support structure with a mounting groove and a hanging bracket that allows for level hanging and easy repositioning, featuring a reinforcement bracket that simplifies assembly and reduces component count by serving dual purposes of holding mitered components together and facilitating hanging from a support surface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If traditional frame apparatuses use multiple components (channel, corner supports, corner brackets, D-rings, chipboard covers, dust covers) to ensure reinforcement and proper hanging, then the frame achieves sufficient structural strength and hanging capability, but the manufacturing complexity and cost increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple traditional frame components into a single integrated corner bracket assembly. The corner bracket serves dual purposes: it reinforces the mitered joint and provides the hanging mechanism. This merging eliminates the need for separate corner supports, D-rings, and other auxiliary components, thereby reducing part count while maintaining structural integrity and hanging functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The corner bracket is designed as a multi-functional component that simultaneously performs structural reinforcement and hanging functions. By integrating the hanging feature directly into the corner bracket, the design achieves universality where a single component fulfills multiple roles that traditionally required separate parts, thus simplifying the overall frame apparatus.
2Strength
If traditional frame apparatuses use multiple components and assembly steps (positioning corner supports, gluing, stapling corner brackets), then the frame achieves proper reinforcement, but the assembly time and labor cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The corner bracket assembly integrates reinforcement and hanging functions into a single component that requires minimal assembly steps. The mitered sections are joined using the corner bracket as the primary reinforcement element, eliminating the need for separate corner supports and multiple fastening operations, thereby significantly reducing assembly time while maintaining structural strength.
3Manufacturing precision
If traditional hanging systems require precise positioning and level alignment during installation, then the article can be hung correctly, but the installation process becomes difficult and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The corner bracket is pre-configured with integrated hanging features and alignment indicators during manufacturing. This preliminary preparation allows the installer to simply attach the bracket to the mitered joint and use the built-in alignment features to ensure proper level positioning, eliminating the need for complex measurement and adjustment procedures during installation.
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AI summary
A method of assembling a frame which includes positioning a first frame member adjacent to a second frame member, the first and second frame members having channel with a mounting surface; providing a reinforcement bracket having a plate with a front surface and a rear surface, a first mounting element extending from the rear surface of the plate, and a second mounting element extending from the rear surface of the plate; applying an adhesive along at least one of: (1) the mounting surfaces of the frame members; and (2) the first and second mounting elements of the reinforcement bracket; and positioning the first and second mounting elements into the channels and pressing the first and second mounting elements against the mounting surfaces to adhesively attach the reinforcement bracket to the first and second frame members and thereby couple the first and second frame members together.