Modular Double-Sided Slat Panel for Portable Display Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional slatwall panels are often large, heavy, and inconvenient to move, limiting their utility for temporary or mobile displays, and existing modular systems either lack double-sided functionality or are complex to assemble.
Innovation Solution
A modular double-sided display panel system composed of interconnected slat members with upper and lower engagement portions that can be easily assembled without sliding, allowing for the creation of double-sided panels or curtains with opposing hook-receiving surfaces, and optionally supported by a frame for free-standing structures.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If conventional slatwall panels are made large and heavy to provide structural stability and display capacity, then the display functionality is improved, but the portability and ease of movement deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The display panel is divided into multiple individual slat members that can be separately handled and assembled. Each slat member is a discrete component that can be easily moved, and they are interconnected through engagement portions to form the complete display structure, providing both stability and portability
2Adaptability or versatility
If modular slatwall systems are designed with double-sided functionality to increase display versatility, then the adaptability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines double-sided functionality into a single slat member design. Each slat member has engagement portions on both ends that can connect to adjacent slats, allowing the same component to function on both sides of the display panel without requiring separate components or complex assembly procedures
3Stability of the object's composition
If modular slat members are designed with sliding interconnection mechanisms to provide rigid assembly, then the structural stability is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The slat members are designed with self-aligning engagement portions that automatically guide the connection between adjacent slats. The engagement portions feature surfaces that facilitate self-alignment during assembly, eliminating the need for precise manual positioning or sliding motions while maintaining rigid structural stability
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AI summary
A modular double-sided display panel including multiple slat members. Each slat member has an upper engagement portion and a lower engagement portion. A panel may be constructed from multiple slat members by serially interconnecting generally horizontally disposed slat members in a vertical chain. In particular, the serial interconnection between adjacent slat members occurs by placing the lower engagement portion of a first slat member over the upper engagement portion of an adjacent second slat member in a substantially vertical chain until a suitable number of slats have been thus interconnected. The assembled slat members will define two opposing surfaces, each of which can receive hooks, supports or other display apparatus.