Cardboard Display Stand with Folded Metal Strip Support
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display stands are not manufactured in a simple and cost-effective manner to achieve an attractive three-dimensional shape suitable for use as a sign or advertising medium.
Innovation Solution
A display stand made of cardboard with a planar base body and pivotably connected planar cover bodies, held by a displaceable metal strip bridging a set-up fold, allowing easy conversion from a planar to an angular arrangement through plastic deformation of the metal strip.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a display stand is manufactured with a three-dimensional shape from the beginning, then it provides good display functionality, but it becomes difficult and expensive to manufacture, store, and transport
Solution Approach 1:
The display stand is divided into multiple planar sections that are connected by pivotable joints, allowing the structure to be flattened into a two-dimensional configuration for manufacturing and storage, while maintaining three-dimensional display capability when assembled
Solution Approach 2:
The display stand incorporates movable pivot connections between sections, enabling dynamic transformation between a compact planar state for transport and an extended three-dimensional state for display purposes
2Ease of operation
If a display stand is manufactured with a three-dimensional shape from the beginning, then it provides good display functionality, but it increases storage and transportation space requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The display stand is divided into multiple planar sections that can be collapsed together, reducing the volume required for storage and transportation while maintaining full three-dimensional display capability when assembled
Solution Approach 2:
The planar sections of the display stand are designed to nest or fold together in a compact configuration, similar to nested dolls, minimizing storage volume while preserving the ability to expand into a full three-dimensional display structure
3Strength
If traditional materials are used for display stands, then structural strength is achieved, but manufacturing simplicity and cost-effectiveness are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The display stand combines cardboard or paperboard sections with plastic hinge elements, creating a composite structure that maintains structural strength while enabling simple manufacturing processes and reducing overall cost
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables a visually appealing, stable three-dimensional display stand with minimal deformation, suitable for advertising, that can be easily manufactured, stored, and transported in a planar form.
Implementation Method 1
a flat metal strip which bridges the set-up fold and is displaceably held in the at least one adhesive-free pocket region
Implementation Method 2
An inner surface of the first cover body rests on an inner surface of the first planar section of the base body and is partially glued thereto
Data Source
AI summary
A display stand with a planar base body made of cardboard. Planar sections are pivotably connected to each other by a set-up fold. Inner surfaces of a first and second planar cover body made of cardboard rest on inner surfaces of the planar sections and are partially glued thereto. Adhesive-free pocket regions are formed between the respective inner surface of the first cover body and of a first planar section and between the respective inner surface of the second cover body and of a second planar section, which pocket regions are adjacent to the set-up fold. A flat metal strip is arranged bridging the set-up fold with a first part in the first pocket region and with a second part in the second pocket region and is thereby held displaceably in at least one of the pocket regions without material connection to the respective cover body and planar section.