Luminous glass display shelf
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current display shelves with lights are heavy, costly, and limited in modeling, resulting in excessive homogenization, low cost performance, and poor quality and assembly stability.
Innovation Solution
A luminous glass display shelf featuring a plurality of upright posts and mounting frames with hollow tube bodies containing LED strips and light-transmitting surfaces, made from plastic and steel materials for low weight and high structural rigidity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If wooden material or steel frame is bonded to light strips, then lighting function is achieved, but weight increases and cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses thin-walled hollow tube bodies made of plastic material with light-transmitting surfaces instead of traditional thick wooden or steel structures. The tube walls are designed to be thin yet maintain sufficient strength while allowing light transmission, thereby achieving lighting function with significantly reduced weight.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs composite construction by integrating LED light strips within hollow plastic tube bodies that have light-transmitting surfaces. This composite structure combines the lighting function of LED strips with the structural and light-transmitting properties of the plastic tubes, achieving both illumination and weight reduction.
2Illumination intensity
If wooden material or steel frame is bonded to light strips, then lighting function is achieved, but manufacturing cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses injection-molded plastic tube bodies with integrated light-transmitting surfaces, which are more cost-effective than traditional wooden or steel framing. The molding process allows for efficient mass production of the tube structures that serve both structural and light-transmitting functions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines LED strips with injection-molded plastic tubes in a integrated manufacturing approach. The LED strips are installed within the hollow tube bodies, creating a composite lighting structure that is more economical to manufacture than traditional wooden or steel frame constructions with separate lighting components.
3Strength
If traditional materials and structures are used, then structural strength is sufficient, but assembly stability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the display shelf into modular components: upright posts, crossbars, and hollow tube bodies that can be independently manufactured and then assembled. This segmentation allows for precise fitting and stable assembly while maintaining structural strength through the rigid plastic tube bodies and connector designs.
Solution Approach 2:
The hollow tube bodies serve as rigid structural elements that provide both strength and stable connection points for assembling the display shelf. The thin-walled but rigid plastic tubes maintain structural integrity while enabling precise assembly through their standardized shapes and connection interfaces.
4Ease of operation
If conventional display shelf designs are used, then basic functionality is achieved, but modeling flexibility is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs modular upright posts, crossbars, and hollow tube bodies that can be configured in various arrangements to create different display shelf models. This segmentation enables flexible modeling while maintaining basic display functionality through standardized connection mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The hollow tube bodies serve multiple functions: they provide structural support, transmit light from integrated LED strips, and offer design aesthetic. This multi-functionality allows the same basic components to be used across different modeling configurations, enhancing versatility while maintaining ease of operation.
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 lightweight, cost-effective, and structurally rigid display shelf with enhanced lighting effects and improved assembly stability, offering better economic benefits and modeling flexibility.
Implementation Method 1
a LED strip electrically connected with a power supply assembly is mounted in the tube body
Implementation Method 2
A tube wall of the tube body is at least partially formed with a light-transmitting surface so as to transmit light of the LED strip and generate luminous effect
Data Source
AI summary
A luminous glass display shelf which includes a plurality of upright posts and a plurality of mounting frames mounted with supporting plates. The plurality of mounting frames are vertically distributed at intervals and are respectively connected among the plurality of upright posts. Each of the plurality of mounting frames includes a hollow tube body, and a LED strip electrically connected with a power supply assembly is mounted in the tube body. A tube wall of the tube body is at least partially formed with a light-transmitting surface to transmit light of the LED strip and generate luminous effect. The connector is inserted and connected with the frame, and the light-transmitting surface is made of the light-transmitting material, thus ensuring lighting effect of the display shelf when powered on. The connector and the upright post are fixed through the groove, which improves rigidity of the whole display frame structure.