Adjustable Product Display Assembly for Variable Shelf Layouts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Retail environments face challenges in maximizing product visibility and storage efficiency due to limited space and the need for versatile product display assemblies that can accommodate various product sizes without requiring multiple display unit sizes.
Innovation Solution
The product display assembly features a modular design with adjustable dividers and mounting clips that can engage shelves of different sizes, allowing for customizable positioning and secure attachment, enabling the display of products of varying widths and lengths without the need for multiple display unit sizes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple sizes of product display assemblies are stocked to accommodate various product sizes, then the adaptability to display different product dimensions is improved, but the device complexity and inventory requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The product display assembly is divided into modular components including a base unit, adjustable dividers, and positioning elements that can be configured in different arrangements. This segmentation allows a single base unit to accommodate multiple product sizes by reconfiguring the modular components rather than requiring multiple complete display units of different sizes.
Solution Approach 2:
The divider positioning mechanism allows dynamic adjustment of divider locations along the base unit. The dividers can be moved to different positions to accommodate products of varying widths and lengths, transforming a static display unit into a dynamically reconfigurable system that adapts to different product dimensions.
2Device complexity
If fixed-size product display assemblies are used, then the device complexity is reduced, but the adaptability to accommodate various product sizes is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The display assembly uses segmented modular components that maintain overall system simplicity while enabling adaptability. The base unit remains simple in design, but incorporates standardized slots or guides that work with interchangeable divider elements, allowing configuration flexibility without complicating the fundamental structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The base unit is designed as a universal platform that can support multiple product configurations. By incorporating standardized features such as evenly spaced positioning slots or adjustable divider mounts, a single simple base design serves multiple functions across different product size requirements.
3Manufacturing precision
If dividers are made fixed in position, then the manufacturing precision and structural stability are improved, but the adaptability to reconfigure for different product layouts is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The divider positioning system combines precise manufacturing features with dynamic adjustability. The base unit includes precisely manufactured slots, guides, or mounting positions that ensure accurate divider placement, while the dividers themselves are designed to be movable along these precision features, allowing reconfiguration while maintaining positioning accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
An intermediary mechanism such as adjustable mounts, sliding guides, or positioning clips is introduced between the base unit and the dividers. This intermediary element provides the interface that allows dividers to be easily repositioned while maintaining precise alignment with the base unit's manufacturing features.
Data Source
AI summary
A product display assembly includes a floor and a divider. The floor is configured to support a product. The divider is configured to selectively engage the floor such that the divider extends in a longitudinal direction. The divider includes a body portion and a proximal leg. The proximal leg is movable with respect to the body portion in a longitudinal direction between a first position where the proximal leg engages the floor and a second position where the proximal leg is free from engagement with the floor.