Adjustable Truss Hanger Cantilever Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for hanging video panels or walls from horizontal box trusses leave the truss structure visible, which is aesthetically unpleasing and limits its usage, and do not allow for hanging objects in front of or behind the truss structure.
Innovation Solution
An adjustable truss hanger with a hanging point located at one end of a bar, extending beyond the upper chords of a horizontal box truss, allowing for cantilevered mounting of panels or video walls in front of the truss, using adjustable clamps and a secure eyebolt for attachment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If video panels are hung from the lower chords of a horizontal box truss, then the panels can be supported, but the entire horizontal box truss remains visible which is aesthetically unpleasing
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of hanging panels from the lower chords (conventional approach), the invention inverts the mounting location to the upper chords of the truss. The hanger bar extends forward from the upper chord, allowing panels to be suspended in a position that obscures the truss structure from view, thereby achieving both support capability and aesthetic appearance.
2Stability of the object's composition
If a hanging point is located between two clamps on a hanger bar, then the structure is stable, but objects cannot be hung in front of the truss structure
Solution Approach 1:
The invention moves the hanging point from the conventional position between clamps (one-dimensional positioning along the bar) to the forward end of the hanger bar, extending in the third dimension (depth) beyond the truss plane. This allows objects to be hung in front of the truss structure while the clamps remain positioned on the upper chords for structural stability.
3Strength
If the entire horizontal box truss is visible above the video wall, then the structural support is apparent, but it prevents use for certain applications requiring hidden truss
Solution Approach 1:
The hanger bar acts as an intermediary element that transfers the load from the video panel (hanging at the forward end) to the truss structure (clamped at the upper chords). This mediator allows the truss to provide structural support while remaining hidden behind the panel, enabling applications where the truss must be aesthetically concealed.
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AI summary
An adjustable truss hanger is provided that creates a hang point that extends beyond, and outside of, the two upper chords of a horizontal box truss. Two clamps affix the truss hanger to the upper chord pair of a horizontally oriented box truss. The hanging point is provided on at least one end of the truss hanger bar, and not between the clamps, for providing the hanging point at the end of a cantilever. Objects, such as video panels and/or video walls, can thus hang in front of the horizontal truss, obscuring the truss from view.