Adjustable Shelf Wedge for Aligning Product Displays

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional store display systems often fail to effectively showcase products due to incompatibility with standard shelves, leading to awkward or misaligned displays.

Innovation Solution

A shelf system comprising a base section and a back section that can slide relative to each other, allowing for adjustable length and alignment with existing shelves, along with a clip arrangement for holding printed materials, enabling optimal product display.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a fixed display device is used, then the product display structure is simple, but the device cannot be adapted to different shelf sizes and configurations

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveadaptability to different shelvesVSAvoiddisplay device structure

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The display device is divided into multiple segments including a base section, a body section, and an adjustable positioning mechanism. This segmentation allows each part to be independently adjusted to fit different shelf configurations while maintaining overall structural simplicity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The display device incorporates dynamic adjustment capabilities through sliding mechanisms and repositionable components that allow the device to adapt its dimensions and configuration to match various shelf sizes, transforming a static structure into a flexible, adaptable system.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

2Manufacturing precision

If a custom display device is designed for each shelf type, then perfect alignment is achieved, but the device complexity and manufacturing cost increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvealignment precisionVSAvoiddevice design complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The display device is designed as a universal platform with standardized adjustment mechanisms that can achieve precise alignment across multiple shelf types and configurations, eliminating the need for custom-designed devices for each shelf variant.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The device employs adjustable parameters such as slide positions, angles, and dimensions that can be modified to achieve precise alignment on different shelves, allowing a single design to maintain high manufacturing precision across varied applications without increasing complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

3Adaptability or versatility

If the display device has fixed dimensions, then the structure is simple, but it cannot accommodate different product sizes and shelf configurations

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccommodation of product sizesVSAvoidadjustment operation

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS9420902B2Shelf wedge for displaying products on an existing shelf system

Publication Date: 2016.08.23 SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE SA

AI summary

A shelf wedge can be used to display products. The shelf wedge can have an adjustable length which can be selectively established by moving a base section relative to a back section, for example by sliding the base section on projections extending from the body of the back section. A method of displaying products is also provided.