Display Support Grip Assembly for Effortless Height Adjustment

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing display support structures are often difficult to adjust and do not allow for the necessary range of movement for ergonomic positioning, requiring significant user effort to change the height of displays.

Innovation Solution

A support structure featuring a post with a movably coupled arm and a grip assembly that includes a housing, actuator assembly, and a resilient member, allowing for easy height adjustment of the display by engaging and disengaging the arm from the post using buttons.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If traditional support structures are used, then structural stability is maintained, but adjustment difficulty increases and user effort increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveadjustment easeVSAvoidgrip assembly complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The grip assembly is divided into distinct functional components: a retention member with wedge component for engagement, buttons for actuation, and a resilient member for biasing. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function efficiently, making the overall assembly easier to operate despite the added complexity of multiple parts working together.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The resilient member acts as an intermediary between the user's manual input and the retention member's engagement with the post. It provides the necessary biasing force to maintain engagement without requiring continuous user effort, mediating the interaction between the mechanical components and enabling easy adjustment.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Adaptability or versatility

If fixed support structures are used, then manufacturing simplicity is maintained, but adaptability decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepositioning rangeVSAvoidadjustment effort

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The support structure transitions from a fixed state to a dynamic, adjustable state through the grip assembly mechanism. The arm can be moved along the post and secured at multiple positions using the retention member and button actuation system, providing adaptability while maintaining ease of operation through the resilient biasing mechanism.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The structure allows changes in the positional parameter of the arm relative to the post. By modifying the engagement position of the retention member along the post, the system achieves multiple adjustable heights and positions, transforming a fixed parameter into a variable one without requiring excessive user effort.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

3Adaptability or versatility

If simple coupling mechanisms are used, then device complexity is reduced, but adjustment range is limited

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemovement rangeVSAvoidengagement reliability

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The wedge component of the retention member utilizes inclined surfaces that function similarly to curved engagement surfaces. As the buttons are pressed and the retention member moves, the wedge geometry provides a smooth, progressive engagement and disengagement action along the post, enabling reliable movement across a range of positions while maintaining secure engagement.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #14Spheroidality (Curvature)

Solution Approach 2:

The complex mechanical engagement system is replaced with a simpler button-actuated retention mechanism. Instead of traditional screws, clips, or complex locking mechanisms, the invention uses button-pressed release of a resiliently-biased retention member that engages with the post through wedge-shaped contact surfaces, achieving both simplicity and reliability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

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 effortless and versatile positioning of displays, providing an ergonomic solution by allowing easy adjustment of the arm assembly along the post, enhancing user comfort and usability.

Implementation Method 1

a resilient member that biases the retention component to a first position, in which, the grip assembly is engaged to the post

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectElasticity: Elasticity

Implementation Method 2

The retention member includes a wedge component, a contact surface, and a channel that is defined between the wedge component and the contact surface

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectMechanical Force: Mechanical Force

Data Source

PatentUS11598479B2Display support structure

Publication Date: 2023.03.07 COLEBROOK BOSSON SAUNDERS (PRODUCTS) LIMITED

AI summary

A support structure for supporting a display includes a post extending between a first end and a second end, an arm movably coupled to the post, and a grip assembly for moveably coupling the arm to the post. The grip assembly includes a housing, an actuator assembly, a retention component movably positioned in the housing, and a resilient member that biases the retention component to a first position, in which, the grip assembly is engaged to the post.