A display device
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display units for flat articles are inflexible in orientation, require multiple frame sizes for different markets, and have aesthetic and cost issues due to rivets and additional coatings, as well as components prone to breakage.
Innovation Solution
A display device with a backpiece and frontispiece hinged together, allowing pivoting between closed and open positions, featuring a catch mechanism with an actuator and wedge shape for secure engagement, and resilient supports for varying article thicknesses, enabling easy orientation change and adaptation to different sizes without additional coatings or complex assembly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If rivets and additional coatings are used to fasten frame parts together, then the frame can be assembled, but the production cost increases and the covering may chip or wear with time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the rivet and coating system entirely, replacing it with a snap-fit mechanism where frame parts engage through complementary geometric features (recesses and protrusions) that provide both assembly and durability without any coating
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses simple plastic frame parts with integrated fastening features that eliminate the need for expensive coatings and rivets, accepting that the plastic components themselves provide the fastening function
2Adaptability or versatility
If frames of different sizes are required for different markets, then the correct size can be obtained, but the device complexity and variety of components increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent designs a universal frame structure with standardized hinge and catch mechanisms that can accommodate different article sizes through the same basic assembly, reducing the need for market-specific frame variations
Solution Approach 2:
The frame is divided into modular components (frontispiece, backpiece, hinges, catches) that can be configured for different sizes while maintaining the same fastening and pivoting mechanisms
3Ease of manufacture
If components are clipped together to allow assembly, then the frame can be constructed, but the clipping elements are often prone to breakage
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes separate clipping elements entirely, integrating the fastening function directly into the frame parts themselves through recesses and protrusions that snap together without separate clips
Solution Approach 2:
The frame parts are designed with integrated fastening features where the structural components themselves provide the clipping function, merging the frame structure and fastening mechanism into a single robust system
4Reliability
If the frontispiece is secured to the backpiece with a catch mechanism, then the display article is held securely, but the mechanism for engaging and releasing the catch must be reliable
Solution Approach 1:
The catch mechanism is designed to engage automatically when the frontispiece is closed, using the closing motion itself to trigger the retention without requiring separate actuating components
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses a simple actuator that moves through the backpiece to raise and lower a retaining element, providing a reliable release mechanism that is simpler than complex multi-component systems
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 provides a flexible, cost-effective display solution that can adapt to different orientations and sizes, reducing the risk of damage and production costs while maintaining aesthetic appeal without the need for additional coatings or fragile components.
Implementation Method 1
the retaining element has a wedge shape, and is pivotably mounted along the wedge end, operation of the actuator moving the wedge about the pivot access engagement of the base of the wedge in the raised position with the arch piece preventing relative movement of the frontispiece and backpiece
Implementation Method 2
a backpiece, hingeably mounted by one or more hinge elements to a frontispiece, enabling the frontispiece to be pivoted along a first edge between a closed, display position and an open position
Data Source
AI summary
A display device is disclosed. The display device comprises a backpiece, hingeably mounted by one or more hinge elements to a frontispiece, enabling the frontispiece to be pivoted along a first edge between a closed, display position and an open position allowing insertion/removal of a display article. The frontispiece has a border section and a transparent viewing section, the viewing section and border section secured together to form the frontispiece. Additionally, a catch releasably securing the frontispiece to the backpiece is included, the catch comprising an actuator movable within the backpiece and in a direction through the body of the backpiece, to respectively engage and release the frontispiece, whereby movement of the actuator causes a retaining element to raise and lower to respectively engage and disengage from a retaining element barrier mounted on the frontispiece, said engagement preventing pivoting of the frontispiece from the closed position.