Adjustable Art Frame Corner Assembly for Variable Frame Sizes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional art frames have a fixed size and shape, limiting their adaptability for displaying art pieces of varying dimensions and aesthetics, leading to material wastage and storage inefficiencies.
Innovation Solution
An adjustable art frame system comprising edge pieces and corner pieces with interchangeable configurations, allowing for variable insertion depths and shapes, enabling the creation of different frame sizes and shapes using the same components, and featuring fastener attachment points and slotted openings for secure assembly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional fixed-size frames are used, then manufacturing and assembly are simple, but adaptability to different art piece dimensions is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The frame is divided into multiple edge pieces that can be selectively assembled. Each edge piece can be inserted to different depths into corner pieces, allowing the frame perimeter to be adjusted to match various art piece dimensions while maintaining a manageable number of components.
Solution Approach 2:
The frame structure incorporates adjustable insertion depths for edge pieces, transforming a static fixed-size frame into a dynamic system that can be reconfigured. The edge pieces can be positioned at multiple depth levels within the corner pieces, enabling the same frame components to accommodate different art piece sizes and orientations.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple fixed-size frames are manufactured to accommodate different art pieces, then adaptability is improved, but material wastage and storage needs increase
Solution Approach 1:
A single set of frame components (corner pieces and edge pieces) is designed to serve multiple functions by accommodating various art piece sizes and orientations. The adjustable insertion mechanism allows the same physical components to create different frame perimeters, eliminating the need to manufacture and store multiple dedicated frame sets for different sizes.
Solution Approach 2:
The frame system enables recovery and reuse of frame components after displaying one art piece. By adjusting insertion depths rather than replacing the entire frame, the components can be recovered and reconfigured for the next art piece, significantly reducing material wastage compared to disposable or dedicated fixed-size frames.
3Stability of the object's composition
If edge pieces are inserted deeply into corner pieces for secure assembly, then structural stability is improved, but frame size adjustability is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The corner pieces incorporate slots that provide multiple discrete insertion depth positions for edge pieces. This dynamic positioning system allows the edge pieces to be securely fastened at different depths along the slot length, simultaneously achieving structural stability through secure fastening and size adjustability through variable insertion depths.
Solution Approach 2:
Slots act as an intermediary mechanism between the edge pieces and corner pieces. The slots provide a guided pathway that allows edge pieces to be inserted to different depths while maintaining proper alignment and connection. This intermediary structure enables both secure assembly (through fastener engagement at various positions) and adjustability (through variable insertion depths).
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AI summary
A frame assembly system is disclosed. In some examples, the frame assembly system comprises a plurality of joining pieces having a plurality of openings in each joining piece, each of the plurality of openings having a first cross-sectional shape and framing pieces having a second cross-sectional shape, different from the first cross-sectional shape, wherein the first cross-sectional shape can be formed by an arrangement of two or more of the framing pieces, a first one of the two or more framing pieces positioned approximately perpendicular to at least a second one of the two or more framing pieces in the arrangement. In some examples, four joining pieces form four corners of a rectangular frame, and at least eight framing pieces form four sides of the rectangular frame. In some examples, the first cross-sectional shape is a T shape and the second cross-sectional shape is rectangular. In some examples, the first cross-sectional shape is an L shape and the second cross-sectional shape is rectangular. In some examples, the frame assembly system further comprises a fastener for coupling at least one of the framing pieces to at least one of the joining pieces and a cap piece couplable to at least the at least one joining piece and configured to conceal the fastener.