Adjustable Display Bracket Assembly for Multi-Fixture Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing retail displays lack versatility and efficiency in terms of adjustability and compatibility with different base fixtures, limiting their adaptability and merchandising effectiveness.
Innovation Solution
A display system featuring a support bar with adjustable brackets that can be secured to various uprights, allowing for customizable length and height adjustments, enabling secure attachment to different types of standards and facilitating easy assembly and reconfiguration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional displays are used, then they provide basic display functionality, but they lack adjustability and compatibility with different base fixtures
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket assembly is designed with a universal interface that can accommodate multiple types of base fixtures and uprights. The channel member receives various bracket configurations, and the adjustment mechanisms allow the same display structure to work with different fixture types, achieving multi-functionality without requiring multiple specialized components.
Solution Approach 2:
The display system incorporates adjustable brackets with movable components that can be positioned at different locations along the channel member. This dynamic adjustability allows the display to adapt to different fixture types and configurations, transforming a static structure into a versatile, adaptable system.
2Adaptability or versatility
If displays are made fixed and non-adjustable, then they are simpler to manufacture, but they cannot be reconfigured for different retail environments
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket assembly is divided into separate, modular components including the channel member, adjustable brackets, and connection elements. This segmentation allows each component to be manufactured independently using standard processes, then assembled into configurable arrangements, maintaining manufacturing simplicity while enabling reconfigurability.
Solution Approach 2:
The adjustable brackets incorporate movable parts that can be repositioned along the channel member and secured at different locations. This dynamic capability allows the display to be reconfigured for different retail environments without requiring complex manufacturing processes, as the adjustability is achieved through simple mechanical movement and locking mechanisms.
3Adaptability or versatility
If adjustable brackets are added to increase versatility, then compatibility with different standards is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket assembly incorporates adjustment mechanisms at specific locations where needed - brackets positioned along the channel member with adjustment capabilities in two perpendicular directions. This localized application of complexity only where required maintains overall system simplicity while achieving the necessary adaptability for different standards and configurations.
Data Source
AI summary
A display system includes a housing and a support bar. The housing has a front face and a rear face. The support bar includes an elongate body and a first bracket. The elongate body has a front face and a channel. The first bracket is secured within the channel of the elongate body and is adjustable relative to the housing in two substantially perpendicular directions. The rear face of the housing is secured to the front face of the support bar.