One-Piece Dimensional Display Board with Score Marks

Solution Overview

Problem

Existing display boards require two separate components (poster board and header card) for assembly, increasing production costs and degrading appearance with frequent use, while also being cumbersome for portability.

Innovation Solution

A one-piece dimensional display board with score marks and cut openings to form folding panels and segments, allowing for adjustable depth and dimensionality without the need for separate components, enhancing portability and aesthetic appeal.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Shape

If two separate components (poster board and header card) are used for assembly, then dimensional display and headline prominence are improved, but production cost increases and device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedimensional displayVSAvoidassembly complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ShapeVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the poster board and header card into a single integrated display board structure. The header portion is formed as an integral part of the display board, eliminating the need for separate components and their associated joining slots. This reduces assembly complexity while maintaining the dimensional display effect and headline prominence.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Shape

If two separate components (poster board and header card) are used for assembly, then dimensional display and headline prominence are improved, but production cost increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedimensional displayVSAvoidproduction cost

Core Design Contradiction:

ShapeVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the poster board and header card into a single integrated display board structure. The header portion is formed as an integral part of the display board, eliminating the need for separate components and their associated joining slots. This reduces assembly complexity while maintaining the dimensional display effect and headline prominence.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Ease of operation

If frequent assembly and disassembly of separate components is performed, then portability is improved, but appearance degrades and component lifespan decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveportabilityVSAvoidappearance integrity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the poster board and header card into a single integrated display board structure. The header portion is formed as an integral part of the display board, eliminating the need for separate components and their associated joining slots. This reduces assembly complexity while maintaining the dimensional display effect and headline prominence.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS10600344B1Dimensional display board

Publication Date: 2020.03.24 LORENZINI ANN LOUISE

AI summary

Display boards of the kind generally used for presentations in educational and business settings, for example, and that can be made from a variety of materials including rigid paper pulp, corrugate, plastic polymers and foam are provided with openings in the board for creating dimensions.