Foldable Carrier Ring Structure for Stable Mobile Produce Displays
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current presentation systems for fruits and vegetables in supermarkets are inefficient, as they often require heavy and expensive wooden or metal islands, and folding boxes, which are not mobile or cost-effective, leading to misused capital with no return on investment.
Innovation Solution
A modular, mobile presentation system using a foldable support ring with multi-wall panels that can be easily assembled and disassembled, featuring a stabilizing element with projections for container fixation and adjustable side walls for enhanced stability and presentation, allowing for cost-effective and space-saving storage and attractive product display.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If heavy wooden or metal islands are used for presentation, then stability and durability are improved, but cost and weight increase
Solution Approach 1:
The presentation system is divided into modular components: a base unit with foldable side walls and separate presentation containers. This segmentation allows the structure to achieve stability through proper geometric configuration rather than heavy materials, while enabling easy assembly and disassembly.
Solution Approach 2:
The side walls are designed to be foldable between extended and retracted positions. When extended, they provide structural stability for presentation; when retracted, they reduce the overall footprint for space-efficient storage and transport, eliminating the need for heavy fixed structures.
2Weight of stationary object
If folding boxes are used for presentation, then cost is reduced, but stability and reusability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The foldable side walls can be extended to provide stability during presentation and collapsed for compact storage. This dynamic configuration allows a single durable base unit to replace multiple disposable folding boxes, achieving both cost reduction and improved stability through reuse.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of discarding folding boxes after single use, the invention recovers and reuses the base unit multiple times. The foldable design enables compact storage when not in use, maximizing the utilization rate and return on investment of each base unit.
3Quantity of substance
If multiple folding boxes are stacked to create presentation islands, then presentation capacity is improved, but capital efficiency and mobility worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses a single base unit that can accommodate multiple presentation containers through vertical stacking or side-by-side arrangement. This segmentation allows high presentation capacity from one mobile unit rather than requiring multiple stacked folding boxes that are difficult to relocate.
Solution Approach 2:
The base unit is designed as a universal platform that can support various types of presentation containers and be configured for different presentation needs. This multi-functionality allows one base unit to replace multiple specialized folding boxes, improving both capital efficiency and mobility.
4Reliability
If fixed presentation islands are used, then stability is improved, but ease of assembly and disassembly deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The foldable side walls provide a dynamic solution that achieves stability when extended and locked into position, while allowing easy assembly and disassembly through simple folding motions. This eliminates the need for complex fastening mechanisms required by fixed structures.
Solution Approach 2:
The geometric configuration of the foldable side walls and base unit creates self-stabilizing structures that maintain stability through their own design rather than requiring additional anchoring or fastening components. This self-service stability simplifies assembly and disassembly operations.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a display system (1) comprising a carrier system (2) and possibly at least one transporting and display container (3), in particular a swing-action fruit and vegetable container, wherein the carrier system (2) comprises a foldable carrier ring (4) having side walls (5) made of panels, in particular multi-skin sheets, having a base region and cover region (6,7) and having at least one folding region (8), and also comprises at least one stabilizing element (9), wherein the at least one stabilizing element (9) has at least one fixing device (10), by means of which the stabilizing element (9) can be fixed to the side wall (5) of the foldable carrier ring (4) in the base region and/or in the cover region (6, 7), and the stabilizing element (9) of the carrier system (2) carries the possibly at least one transporting and display container (3).