Adjustable Product Display Supports With Serpentine Slot Leveling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current display stands are inefficient for stocking and displaying products of varying sizes and weights, often leading to damage, injury, and difficulty in transporting and restocking, especially when using industry-standard shipping containers, which can result in damage to products or the display stand.
Innovation Solution
An adjustable display system with serpentine slots and adjustment panels that allow for multiple product supports of different depths to be levelled and securely positioned, enabling easy loading and unloading of products while preventing damage and injury, and accommodating various container sizes simultaneously.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If current display stands are used to stock products of varying sizes and weights, then the display stand structure remains simple, but product damage and injury risk increase
Solution Approach 1:
The display stand incorporates adjustable shelving units that can be dynamically repositioned to different heights and configurations. The shelves can be adjusted to accommodate products of varying sizes and weights, allowing the structure to adapt to different stocking requirements while maintaining safety and preventing product damage.
Solution Approach 2:
The display stand allows changes in structural parameters such as shelf height, spacing, and support positioning. By adjusting these parameters, the display stand can safely accommodate different product sizes and weights without requiring a completely different structure for each product type.
2Quantity of substance
If products are stored at greater distances from the display stand, then storage capacity increases, but transportation and restocking difficulties increase
Solution Approach 1:
The storage system is divided into multiple sections with intermediate storage units positioned at strategic locations between the main storage area and the display stand. This segmentation allows products to be staged closer to the display area, reducing the transportation distance and effort required for restocking while maintaining overall storage capacity.
3Productivity
If industry standard shipping containers are used for product transport, then transportation efficiency improves, but compatibility with display stands decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The display stand is designed with universal compatibility features that allow it to work with industry standard shipping containers. The adjustable shelving and modular structure enable the display stand to accommodate various container sizes and configurations, allowing the same container to be used for both efficient transportation and effective display without requiring specialized equipment.
4Adaptability or versatility
If multiple container sizes are accommodated simultaneously, then display versatility improves, but structural complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The display stand uses dynamic, adjustable components such as movable shelves and reconfigurable support structures. These elements can be easily repositioned to accommodate different container sizes, allowing the stand to adapt to various configurations without requiring a complex, fixed structure for each specific container type.
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus and method to retain a product support, displaying the product in a container, in adjustment panels mounted to a frame. Each adjustment panel may mount to the frame at a particular inclination angle, and include a number of serpentine slots for engaging a number of support pins extending from sides of the product support. Each serpentine slot in the number of serpentine slots may include a notch at each end, and at each direction change, of the serpentine slot. Each notch in a particular serpentine slot may be a different distance from a top edge of its respective adjustment panel. A first product support may be retained in a notch such that a top edge of a first container with a first depth on a first product support is substantially level with a top edge of a second container of a second depth on a second product support.