Foldable 3D Display System with Interlocking Panels
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display systems fail to provide a visually attractive, interest-generating, and cost-effective solution that can be easily assembled and converted from a flat to a three-dimensional configuration, due to complexity and high production costs.
Innovation Solution
A foldable display system with pre-formed housing members and interlocking panels that can be quickly assembled into a three-dimensional shape, allowing for standardized components and easy integration of unique graphics, enabling conversion from a flat to a fully erected display configuration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Shape
If complex systems are employed to produce three-dimensional displays, then visually unique appearances are generated, but production cost and assembly complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The display system is divided into multiple flat panel segments that can be independently manufactured and then assembled together. Each panel is a simple flat component, but when segmented panels are assembled in a specific configuration, they form the three-dimensional display structure, thus reducing individual component complexity while achieving the desired 3D appearance
Solution Approach 2:
The invention transitions from two-dimensional flat panels to three-dimensional display configuration through folding and assembly. The flat panels are arranged in a folded state for storage and transport, then unfolded and assembled to form the three-dimensional display, effectively using dimensional transformation to simplify manufacturing while achieving complex visual appearances
2Shape
If complex systems are employed to produce three-dimensional displays, then visually unique appearances are generated, but production cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the display into multiple flat panels, each panel can be manufactured using simple, cost-effective printing or printing processes. The complexity is shifted from individual component manufacturing to assembly-level integration, significantly reducing production costs while maintaining the ability to generate visually unique three-dimensional appearances through the arrangement of simple segments
Solution Approach 2:
The invention uses inexpensive flat panel materials that can be easily produced and discarded or reconfigured. Rather than manufacturing expensive three-dimensional structures, the system uses cheap flat panels that are assembled into temporary or reusable three-dimensional displays, reducing production costs while achieving the desired visual effects
3Shape
If prior art display systems are designed for three-dimensional configuration, then visually exciting displays are generated, but ease of erection and deployment decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The flat panels are pre-manufactured with pre-applied graphics, pre-cut shapes, and pre-configured assembly features. The panels are prepared in advance in a flat, easy-to-handle configuration, and then quickly assembled into the three-dimensional display structure, reducing the time and effort required for erection while maintaining visually exciting three-dimensional configurations
Solution Approach 2:
The display system is designed to be dynamic and reconfigurable, allowing the flat panels to be easily folded and unfolded between storage and display states. The assembly structure enables quick transformation from two-dimensional flat configuration to three-dimensional display configuration, enhancing ease of operation while maintaining visually appealing three-dimensional forms
4Productivity
If flat panel configurations are used for storage and transport, then shippability and transportability are improved, but display complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system exploits dimensional transformation by storing and transporting the display components in a two-dimensional flat configuration, which maximizes space efficiency and transportability. When deployed, the flat panels are assembled into a three-dimensional configuration to create the display, thus achieving both easy transport and complex visual appearances through dimensional change
Data Source
AI summary
By providing a housing member within which all of the required elements are pre-formed and constructed as a display system which enables any desired graphics to be inserted therein to form an integral part of the assembly, a unique, printed, visually exciting and interest generating foldable, three-dimensional display system is attained. In accordance with the present invention, the interest generating, foldable display system of the present invention is quickly and easily automatically erected from its flat, generally two-dimensional configuration into a three-dimensional display. Furthermore, the housing preferably comprises an enlarged internal cavity for receiving any desired display element. In this way, the display assembly is easily, and automatically converted from a two-dimensional, substantially flat configuration into a three-dimensional fully erected, interest generating, visually exciting display.