Folded Display With Interlocking Tabs And Adhesive
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Solution Overview
Problem
Outdoor placard advertising displays face challenges in withstanding harsh weather conditions and require a design that allows easy attachment to various structures while maintaining rigidity and durability.
Innovation Solution
A foldable display design using polymeric corrugated boards with interlocking tabs and a high-bond adhesive system, allowing for secure alignment and attachment to surfaces, and incorporating a coupon dispenser for enhanced advertising effectiveness.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If corrugated materials are used to provide rigidity and weather resistance, then the display can withstand outdoor elements, but the display becomes difficult to attach to various structures
Solution Approach 1:
The display is divided into multiple panels connected by seams, with tabs and slots created as separate elements. This segmentation allows the rigid corrugated material to be broken into manageable sections that can be easily attached to various structures while maintaining overall rigidity and weather resistance.
Solution Approach 2:
Tabs and slots serve as intermediary elements between the corrugated display panels and mounting structures. These intermediary components provide attachment points that facilitate easy installation on various surfaces without compromising the weather-resistant properties of the main display structure.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the display is designed to be easily attached to various structures, then attachment versatility is improved, but the structural rigidity and alignment precision deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The tab and slot connections use asymmetric geometries where tabs have specific shapes that correspond to matching slots. This asymmetry ensures precise alignment when panels are joined, maintaining manufacturing precision while allowing the overall structure to be attached to various surfaces through the versatile tab-slot system.
Solution Approach 2:
The tab and slot connection system serves multiple functions: it provides precise alignment between panels, enables easy attachment to various structures, and maintains structural rigidity. This multi-functional design achieves both attachment versatility and alignment precision simultaneously.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple panels are connected along seams to form a foldable display, then adaptability is improved, but the structural stability and fixed alignment deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
Tabs and slots are pre-formed on the corrugated panels before assembly. This preliminary action ensures that when panels are folded and connected along seams, the tabs can be inserted into slots to automatically establish fixed alignment and structural stability without requiring additional fastening steps.
Solution Approach 2:
The tab fits nested within the slot connection, creating a interlocking joint that maintains structural stability while allowing the display to be folded. This nesting mechanism ensures that connected panels remain firmly aligned when folded, providing both adaptability and structural integrity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The design provides a durable, weather-resistant, and versatile advertising solution that can withstand outdoor elements and securely attach to various structures, enhancing the visibility and effectiveness of placard advertising.
Implementation Method 1
a very high bond adhesive affixed to at least one of the coated surface of the first tab and the coated surface of the second tab
Data Source
AI summary
A display including a first panel connected to a second panel along a seam, wherein the first panel includes a first edge opposed from the seam and the second panel includes a second edge opposed from the seam, at least one first tab connected to the first panel along the first edge, and at least one second tab connected to the second panel along the second edge, wherein the first panel is folded relative to the second panel along the seam such that the first tab is engaged with the second tab such that engagement between the first tab and the second tab fixedly aligns the first panel relative to the second panel.