Interconnecting Display Plates for Uniform Wall-Mounted Award Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing award and recognition display systems lack standardization, leading to inefficiencies and increased costs due to the variety of sizes, shapes, and configurations of trophies, plaques, and medals, making uniform and convenient display challenging, often resulting in storage or disposal.
Innovation Solution
A modular display system comprising interconnecting display plates with standardized connectors (pins and keyholes) that can be easily attached to a mounting plate, allowing for flexible and uniform display of awards on a wall, reducing the physical space required and enabling easy addition of more awards.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional display methods (shelves, cabinets, individual mounting) are used for trophies and plaques, then each item can be displayed individually, but the space required increases significantly and uniformity cannot be achieved
Solution Approach 1:
The invention transitions from horizontal shelf/cabinet display to vertical wall-mounted display. Multiple plaques are arranged in a vertical column, utilizing the vertical dimension to reduce horizontal footprint. The mounting plate with stacked plaque configuration allows multiple awards to be displayed in a compact vertical space rather than requiring extensive horizontal surface area.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting plate serves multiple functions: it provides a standardized base for mounting multiple plaques, ensures uniform alignment through pre-drilled holes, and creates a cohesive display unit. This universal mounting solution can accommodate various plaque types while maintaining consistency, eliminating the need for different display methods for different award types.
2Adaptability or versatility
If plaques are acquired from multiple unrelated sources over many years, then the variety of awards increases, but uniformity in display becomes nearly impossible
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting plate provides a universal interface that can accommodate plaques of different sizes, shapes, and origins. The standardized mounting holes and plate design create a uniform display appearance regardless of the individual plaque characteristics, allowing diverse awards to be displayed consistently.
Solution Approach 2:
The display system separates the mounting function from the plaque content. The mounting plate handles the uniformity aspect through its standardized design, while the plaques themselves can vary in content and origin. This segmentation allows versatility in award selection while maintaining display uniformity through the common mounting infrastructure.
3Adaptability or versatility
If medals are hung individually, then each medal can be displayed, but they become cumbersome and likely to become entangled due to rotation and askew positioning
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple medals are mounted together on a single plaque or display unit rather than being hung individually. This merging approach prevents entanglement by securing the medals in fixed positions relative to each other, eliminating the rotation and movement that causes individual medals to become askew and tangled.
4Ease of operation
If trophies are placed on wall shelves or bookcases, then they can be displayed, but a fairly substantial horizontal surface is required and height variations present further challenges
Solution Approach 1:
The invention moves the display from horizontal surfaces (shelves, bookcases) to vertical wall mounting. This dimensional change allows trophies and plaques to be displayed without requiring substantial horizontal space, utilizing the vertical wall area instead. The stacked vertical arrangement maximizes space efficiency.
Data Source
AI summary
A display system having a mounting plate configured for being secured on a wall, the mounting plate comprising a mounting plate body and a mounting plate connector formed on or in the mounting plate body, and a first display plate configured for being removably installed on the mounting plate, the first display plate comprising a first display plate body and a first display plate first connector formed on or in the first display plate body, the first display plate first connector configured for selectively engaging the mounting plate connector, the first display plate body having a first indicia formed thereon, whereby upon securing the mounting plate on the wall and removably installing the first display plate on the mounting plate as by engaging the first display plate first connector with the mounting plate connector the first indicia formed on the first display plate body is visible.