Interlocking Stand Leg Display Mount to Reduce Assembly Waste
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display mounts are bulky, require significant assembly, and generate waste during manufacturing, making them inefficient and wasteful.
Innovation Solution
A display mount design featuring interlocking stand legs, a stabilizer, and a display that can be cut from a single sheet of material, minimizing waste and allowing easy assembly without the need for tools or fasteners, with a locking mechanism to secure the stabilizer and a recess system to hold the display in place.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional display mounts are used, then the display can be supported and displayed, but the structure becomes bulky and requires significant assembly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple components (stand legs, stabilizer, display holder) into a single integrated structure cut from one sheet of material. The stand legs interlock with the stabilizer through slots and notches, forming a unified assembly that eliminates the need for separate fasteners and reduces assembly steps while maintaining structural stability for displaying achievements.
Solution Approach 2:
The display mount is segmented into distinct functional zones within a single sheet: stand legs for support, stabilizer for structural integrity, slots and notches for interlocking, and a display holder for securing the achievement. This segmentation allows each zone to perform its specific function while the entire structure remains a single piece that minimizes assembly complexity.
2Ease of manufacture
If traditional display mounts are manufactured, then functional components are produced, but significant waste is generated during cutting and manufacturing
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple functional components (stand legs, stabilizer, display holder, locking mechanisms) are merged into a single continuous structure cut from one sheet of material. This eliminates the need to manufacture separate parts and reduces material waste by optimizing the layout to use greater than 80% of the sheet material, with components interconnected through integrated slots and notches.
3Ease of operation
If the display mount is designed for easy assembly, then user assembly complexity is reduced, but the structural stability may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The structure is segmented into interlocking zones with stand legs featuring notches and the stabilizer featuring slots that fit together like puzzle pieces. This segmentation allows for tool-free assembly by simply aligning and pressing the components together, while the interlocking geometry provides inherent structural stability without requiring additional fasteners or complex assembly steps.
Data Source
AI summary
A display mount including a stand having a first stand leg and a second stand leg, the first stand leg interlocked with the second stand leg forming a joint and a stabilizer releasably coupled to the stand and having a slot, the first stand leg and the second stand leg each extending through the slot fixing the joint in place. The display mount further includes a display releasably coupled to the stand and having a front surface and a rear surface, the rear surface having a recess. A top end of the stand extends into the recess to hold the display in place.