Floor Mat Hanger Locking Posts for Secure Shipping Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing hangers for displaying vehicle floor mats are of low quality, prone to damage, and fail to securely hold the mats during shipping and display due to their inadequate strength.
Innovation Solution
A hanger design featuring protruding posts with a locking mechanism, including a molded fastening arm and pawl system, which securely captures the mats and distributes weight evenly, allowing for easy injection molding and reattachment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If traditional low-quality hangers are used to display floor mats, then manufacturing cost is reduced, but the hangers are easily broken or damaged due to the heavy weight of the mats
Solution Approach 1:
The hanger is divided into multiple functional components: a body portion, posts extending from the body, locking members with fastening arms, and securing members with pins. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized for its specific function while maintaining overall strength, and enables easier manufacturing through modular production and assembly.
Solution Approach 2:
The hanger utilizes composite construction combining rigid structural elements (body portion and posts) with movable functional elements (locking members and securing members). The design integrates multiple material properties within a single injection-molded component, achieving both strength and manufacturing efficiency.
2Reliability
If traditional hangers are used, then manufacturing simplicity is maintained, but the hangers cannot securely capture floor mats during shipping and display
Solution Approach 1:
The locking members incorporate movable fastening arms that can transition between engaged and disengaged states. The fastening arms pivot to capture the mat and lock into position, providing dynamic securing action. This allows the hanger to adapt to the mat during attachment while maintaining structural integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The detent and pawl mechanism provides automatic locking functionality. When the fastening arm is positioned correctly, the pawl automatically engages with the detent to secure the mat, without requiring additional manual intervention. The design uses the mat's own position to trigger the locking action.
3Stability of the object's composition
If traditional hangers are used, then assembly simplicity is maintained, but the hangers allow mats to become separated during shipping or display
Solution Approach 1:
The pin acts as an intermediary element between the securing member and the locking mechanism. Pressing the pin moves the pawl into engagement with the detent, providing a simple user interface that translates a single pressing action into secure locking. This intermediary simplifies the user's interaction while ensuring reliable connection.
Solution Approach 2:
The hanger is pre-configured with posts and locking members positioned to automatically engage with the mat during attachment. The detent and pawl are pre-positioned to enable automatic locking once the mat is placed, reducing the user's task to simply inserting the mat and pressing the pin.
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AI summary
A hanger for displaying floor mats includes a main body portion and at least one post extending from the main body portion for receiving at least one floor mat. The hanger further includes a locking member hingedly coupled with the body portion and selectively movable between a first configuration disengaged from the post, and a second configuration engaging the post to capture a floor mat supported on the post.