Adjustable End Frame Assembly for Versatile Display Posts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional display structures face challenges in maximizing display area and visual appeal, particularly in limited retail spaces, where they need to effectively showcase products while maintaining structural integrity and versatility.
Innovation Solution
The end frame assembly includes a post with apertures, a lower support member, stationary plates, and slide plates that allow for adjustable positioning and securement, enabling the attachment of end frames to display structures of varying sizes and configurations, thereby enhancing display area and visual appeal.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If display structures use fixed rigid attachments, then structural integrity is maintained, but adaptability to different display configurations is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The connection assembly incorporates slide plates that can move linearly along the post within apertures, transforming a static rigid connection into a dynamic adjustable one. This allows the end frame to adapt to different display configurations while maintaining structural stability through controlled movement ranges and securement positions.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection assembly is divided into separate components: end frame, slide plates, post with apertures, and fasteners. This segmentation allows independent adjustment of each component's position, enabling versatile configuration adaptation while maintaining overall structural integrity through modular assembly.
2Adaptability or versatility
If display structures use adjustable components, then versatility is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The slide plates serve multiple functions: they provide adjustable positioning along the post, enable securement at various heights, and allow easy reconfiguration. This multi-functionality reduces the need for multiple separate components, thereby managing complexity while achieving versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection assembly is designed for easy self-adjustment using simple fasteners that can be readily secured or released without specialized tools or complex mechanisms. This self-service capability manages operational complexity while maintaining high versatility.
3Area of stationary object
If display structures maximize display area, then product visibility is improved, but ease of assembly and reconfiguration is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The dynamic slide plate mechanism allows quick repositioning of the end frame to maximize display area without requiring complex assembly or disassembly. The linear movement along the post enables rapid reconfiguration while maintaining large display areas.
Solution Approach 2:
The use of standardized apertures and uniform slide plate designs across different positions creates a homogeneous assembly process. This consistency makes assembly and reconfiguration easier while allowing the display area to be maximized through systematic positioning.
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AI summary
An end frame assembly, for use with a display unit including a post having at least one aperture formed through each of two opposing surfaces of the post, including an end frame, a first stationary plate coupled to the end frame, a second stationary plate coupled to the end frame and spaced from and extending substantially coplanarly with respect to the first stationary plate, and a first slide plate disposed over the first stationary plate and including a first tab capable of fitting within one of the apertures formed through one of the two opposing surfaces of the post. The first slide plate is selectively coupled with the first stationary plate via at least a first fastener, and the first fastener is selectively releasable to selectively allow linear movement of the first slide plate and selectively securable to hold the first slide plate in a substantially static position.