Interchangeable Door Display Frame With Locking Backplate
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing door systems lack the ability for consumers to easily interchange decorative elements such as glass or iron panels without professional intervention, limiting customization and reconfiguration options.
Innovation Solution
An interchangeable display system that includes a framing system with a locking platform mechanism, allowing for the secure attachment and removal of art inserts, such as translucent glass, using a flanged backplate with sliding and locking hinge mechanisms, and retainer systems like rubber bumpers and washers, which can be secured with removable bolt housings for storage and security.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If fixed decorative leaded glass, moldings, carvings, and iron panels are installed on doors during manufacturing, then the door achieves a complete and aesthetically pleasing appearance, but the consumer cannot easily access or interchange these decorative elements without professional intervention
Solution Approach 1:
The door assembly is divided into separate modular components: a door assembly containing a door light assembly with frame sections, and removable display inserts with decorative elements. This segmentation allows consumers to interchange decorative elements independently without affecting the structural integrity of the door, resolving the contradiction between ease of interchangeability and structural complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The display insert is nested within the door light assembly frame, which itself is integrated into the door. This nested structure allows the decorative insert to be easily removed and replaced while maintaining the overall door structure, enabling consumer-friendly interchangeability without requiring complex structural modifications.
2Adaptability or versatility
If door assemblies are configured to prevent reconfiguration and replacement of parts, then structural integrity and security are maintained, but consumers are prevented from customizing and reconfiguring decorative elements
Solution Approach 1:
The door light assembly incorporates a dynamic locking mechanism with spring-loaded clips and latch members that can be easily engaged and disengaged. This dynamic design allows consumers to remove and replace display inserts according to their customization needs while maintaining structural stability when the locking mechanism is engaged, thus resolving the contradiction between adaptability and reliability.
3Productivity
If professional intervention is required to replace broken components or decorative elements, then replacement accuracy and quality are ensured, but the process becomes time-consuming and costly
Solution Approach 1:
The door assembly is designed with user-friendly features including removable display inserts, accessible fasteners, and a door light assembly that can be independently removed from the door. These self-service design elements enable consumers to perform maintenance, replacements, and customizations themselves without requiring professional intervention, thereby increasing productivity while maintaining ease of manufacture through standardized, simple components.
Data Source
AI summary
An interchangeable display system is disclosed, configured for mounting a display art frame to a door, or the like. The system is adapted to receive interchangeable art inserts, displays, etc., at the will of the proprietor without professional installation. The system provides a proprietor with the capability to customize a door, or the like, with a locking platform mechanism that enhances existing residential and commercial door design configurations. Access is provided to interchangeable art work, for example, without the industry standard to permanently fixate the artwork directly onto or within a door. The system is fixated on one side. The opposing side is, for example, a flanged matching backplate that is locked with a single or multiple sliding and locking hinge mechanism. A perimeter channel is disposed between the front and back frame plates to receive, for example, a translucent decorative art piece, that fits within the channel cavity.