Graphic Panel Assembly Height Adjustment Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
In retail environments, uneven floors and display units can cause graphic panels mounted across multiple gondola display units to appear crooked or out of alignment, as existing solutions fail to effectively adjust for height discrepancies.
Innovation Solution
A graphic panel assembly with a rotatable hardware assembly, including a bored rod with a threaded exterior and interior, and a magnetic foot, allows for adjustable height positioning of graphic panels relative to the display units, ensuring alignment across multiple units.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If graphic panels are mounted across multiple gondola display units, then product display coverage is improved, but alignment uniformity deteriorates due to uneven floors and display unit surfaces
Solution Approach 1:
The hardware assembly incorporates a rotatable bored rod with threaded exterior that engages a magnetic foot, enabling dynamic height adjustment of the graphic holder. This allows the system to adapt to varying display unit heights and floor unevenness, maintaining alignment uniformity across multiple display units while preserving extended display coverage
Solution Approach 2:
The threaded rod mechanism changes the vertical position parameter of the graphic holder by rotating the bored rod, which moves the magnetic foot along the threaded path. This parameter adjustment compensates for height discrepancies between display units, ensuring consistent alignment while maintaining broad display coverage
2Ease of manufacture
If existing mounting solutions are used on uneven surfaces, then installation simplicity is improved, but alignment precision deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The magnetic foot automatically self-aligns to the display unit surface through magnetic attraction, eliminating the need for complex alignment tools or procedures. The rotatable threaded rod then allows simple manual adjustment to achieve precise alignment, combining ease of installation with high alignment precision
3Device complexity
If graphic panels are fixed at a single height, then device complexity is reduced, but adaptability to uneven surfaces deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The bored rod is designed to be rotatable within the aperture, transforming a static single-height mounting system into a dynamic adjustable-height system. This simple rotational mechanism provides adaptability to uneven surfaces while adding minimal complexity to the overall mounting device
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 solution ensures graphic panels are uniformly aligned and levelled, maintaining consistent height and alignment despite uneven floor and display unit surfaces, enhancing visual presentation.
Implementation Method 1
The magnetic foot is configured to be magnetically coupled to a display unit
Data Source
AI summary
A graphic panel assembly includes a graphic holder. The graphic holder includes a base having an upper support portion for coupling to a graphic and a lower support portion including an aperture. The graphic holder also includes a hardware assembly. The hardware assembly includes a bored rod having a threaded exterior and a threaded interior and a magnetic foot fixedly mated to the threaded interior of the bored rod. The threaded exterior is positioned within the aperture located in the lower support portion of the base. The bored rod is rotatable within the aperture to adjust a distance between the base and the magnetic foot.