Cube shaped display article
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional display methods, such as frames, typically offer only one display face, limiting the ability to showcase multiple images or artworks simultaneously, whereas cube-shaped displays with multiple faces provide a solution but often require complex assembly and lack flexibility in image placement and repositioning.
Innovation Solution
A cube-shaped display article with interconnected L-shaped image templates and a snap-fit assembly mechanism, allowing for easy attachment and repositioning of images on multiple faces using removable adhesive labels, and a skeleton frame for additional support and accessorization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional frames are used for displaying images, then the display structure is simple, but only one display face is available limiting multiple image display
Solution Approach 1:
The display device is segmented into multiple independent faces (first face, second face, third face, fourth face, fifth face, sixth face) that can be arranged in various configurations. Each face can independently display different images, allowing the system to provide multiple display faces while maintaining the simplicity of individual frame structures.
Solution Approach 2:
The display device is designed to perform multiple functions by combining several display faces in one structure. The same basic frame structure can be replicated and arranged to create displays with 2, 3, 4, 6 or more faces, making the design universal and adaptable to different display needs without requiring entirely different structures for each configuration.
2Adaptability or versatility
If cube-shaped displays with transparent covers are used, then multiple display faces are provided, but complex assembly and lack of flexibility in image placement occur
Solution Approach 1:
The image display system is segmented into separate image templates that can be independently created, printed, and attached to different faces. This allows images to be placed flexibly on any face without being constrained by a pre-assembled cube structure, and enables easy repositioning or replacement of individual images or entire faces.
Solution Approach 2:
The display device incorporates dynamic and adjustable elements that allow faces to be positioned and repositioned flexibly. The structure permits adjustment of face positions and angles, enabling users to configure the display according to their needs and easily replace or reposition images without complex disassembly procedures.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple images are displayed on multiple faces, then image display capability is enhanced, but structural integrity may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The display structure is divided into separate modular faces that are connected through standardized joining mechanisms. This segmentation allows each face to be structurally independent and stable, while the connection points between faces are designed to maintain overall structural integrity. Each face can support its displayed image independently without compromising the stability of the entire multi-face structure.
Data Source
AI summary
A display for displaying a plurality of images includes a cube shaped housing formed of a first housing part that includes first, second and third faces and a second housing part that includes fourth, fifth and sixth faces, wherein the first part and the second housing parts are coupled to one another by a snap-fit to form the cube shaped housing. The display includes a skeleton frame formed of a first frame part and a second frame part. The first frame part and the second frame part are attached to one another to surround the cube shaped housing. The display includes a first image template that includes interconnected first, second and third images, the first image being coupled to the first face, the second image being coupled to the second face and the third image being coupled to the third face. The display includes a second image template that includes interconnected fourth, fifth, and sixth images, the fourth image being coupled to the fourth face, the fifth image being coupled to the fifth face and the sixth image being coupled to the sixth face.