Display system for coupling to visual communication products
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing visual communication products, such as light boxes, lack flexibility in adding accessories like shelves without requiring machining operations that mark the frame permanently, limiting their versatility and configuration options.
Innovation Solution
A composite accessory system comprising a coupling device made of flexible plastic with a bent flange and semi-spheres for secure attachment to the light box frame, allowing additional support surfaces without machining, combined with an accessory plate that can be manually attached and configured for various functionalities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If accessories are incorporated on the light box using existing solutions, then additional advertising surfaces and functionality are added, but the frame requires machining operations that permanently mark it and reduce versatility
Solution Approach 1:
A coupling device acts as an intermediary element between the light box frame and accessories. This mediator component attaches to the frame without machining and provides mounting points for accessories, thereby avoiding permanent modifications to the frame while enabling accessory installation
Solution Approach 2:
The system is divided into separate functional components: the light box frame, the coupling device, and the accessory. This segmentation allows the coupling device to bear the attachment function, freeing the frame from machining requirements and enabling reconfigurability
2Strength
If the frame is machined to fix accessories, then accessories can be securely attached, but the frame is permanently marked and cannot be reused with different configurations
Solution Approach 1:
The coupling device serves as a mediator that provides secure attachment points for accessories without requiring frame modification. It attaches to the intact frame and transfers the attachment function away from the frame itself, preserving the frame's reconfigurability
Solution Approach 2:
The coupling device can be removed and repositioned on the frame at different locations, allowing the same accessory to be reconfigured. The frame itself is recovered in its original state without permanent marks, enabling multiple configuration cycles
3Adaptability or versatility
If a composite accessory system is used to avoid machining, then frame versatility is preserved, but the coupling mechanism complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The coupling device incorporates a flexible plastic body that can elastically deform to accommodate the frame profile and secure attachment. This flexibility simplifies the coupling mechanism compared to rigid machined connections, as the elastic material conforms to the frame geometry without requiring complex fastening structures
Solution Approach 2:
The coupling device uses composite construction combining plastic material with embedded ferromagnetic elements or mechanical features. This composite approach enables multiple attachment methods (magnetic, mechanical) within a single component, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining versatility
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AI summary
A display system for coupling to visual communication products has a frame and a display surface, wherein the display system presents a coupling device for coupling to the frame, associated with an accessory that can be manually coupled and decoupled, defining a support. For this purpose, the coupling device presents a flattened body, of a length according to the thickness of the frame, having an end front flange which determines an elbow, and which defines an insertion groove in the profile of the frame, having at its opposite end an elastically deformable rear clipping flange. In this way, the coupling device presents on its front side edge an opening defined by a semi-sphere acting as a positioning pin where the accessory is coupled.