Portable Display Board With Slanted Corners For Rod Passage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional portable display boards used in the film industry, such as storyboards, are prone to damage due to their lightweight and inexpensive materials, leading to frequent replacement and inefficiencies in the creative process.
Innovation Solution
A durable portable display board design featuring hinged rectangular sheets with rod mountable edges and slanted corners, allowing for easy attachment and removal of visual scenes, and optionally made of magnetic material for enhanced usability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Weight of moving object
If lightweight and inexpensive materials like cardboard or foam board are used for display boards, then portability and cost are improved, but durability and resistance to damage deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The display board is divided into multiple detachable sheets that can be individually replaced. Each sheet can be independently handled, attached, and removed without affecting the entire board structure, enabling easy replacement of damaged sheets while maintaining the board's overall integrity and reusability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables selective discarding and replacement of individual damaged sheets while recovering and retaining the reusable board structure and intact sheets. This partial replacement approach maintains durability by allowing the board framework to be reused indefinitely while only replacing the specific worn or damaged components.
2Adaptability or versatility
If scenes are frequently added, removed, revised, and reordered on traditional storyboards, then adaptability and creative flexibility are improved, but damage to the backing material and scenes increases
Solution Approach 1:
The storyboard is segmented into individual detachable sheets that can be independently manipulated. Each sheet can be removed, replaced, or reordered without affecting the others, enabling frequent creative changes while preventing cumulative damage to a single backing surface.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from a static permanent backing to a dynamic reconfigurable structure where sheets can be easily attached and detached. This dynamic capability allows the storyboard to adapt to changing creative needs while preserving the integrity of both the board structure and the scene materials through repeated use.
3Ease of operation
If traditional pinning, taping, or pasting methods are used to attach scenes to storyboards, then ease of attachment is achieved, but damage to both the backing material and scenes occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The harmful attachment elements (pins, tapes, adhesives) are extracted and replaced with a mechanical slot-based system. Scenes are attached by inserting them into slots without requiring penetrating or bonding materials, eliminating the damage caused by traditional attachment methods while maintaining ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The slot structure serves as an intermediary mechanism between the scene and the board. Instead of directly attaching scenes to the backing material with harmful substances, the slot provides a neutral mechanical interface that secures scenes without damage, facilitating easy attachment and removal.
Data Source
AI summary
A portable display board comprises a generally rectangular sheet defining a display area bordered by rod mountable edges. Each rod mountable edge comprises a duct configured for passage of a mounting rod therethrough. The generally rectangular sheet has one or more slanted corners each horizontally and vertically displacing a horizontal duct from an open top or bottom end of a vertical duct to allow passage of the rod along a longitudinal axis of the horizontal duct without interference from the vertical duct and vice versa. The sheet may be formed from magnetic material and the portable display board can be suspended by a duct from a C-stand for display of magnet-backed scenes for storyboarding or other purposes.