Magnetic Assembly False Wall Panel with Adjustable Support
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing screen-type wall systems face issues such as risk of injury during assembly, inability to create false walls with angles, and maintenance difficulties, particularly in the entertainment industry where ease of use, lightness, and concealment are essential.
Innovation Solution
A screen-type panel with a magnetic assembly system featuring adjustable support parts and magnets, allowing for flush surface contact and easy assembly without protrusions, enabling the formation of perfectly concealing walls with angles and facilitating easy maintenance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If spring clips are used to retain panels together, then panels can be assembled, but there is a risk of injury to hands during assembly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the spring clips from the assembly system and replaces them with magnetic retention. The harmful protruding spring clips are extracted entirely, eliminating the injury risk while maintaining the panel assembly function through magnetic attraction between panels.
2Ease of operation
If magnets are fixed in recesses with caps, then panels can be assembled, but maintenance becomes difficult when magnets are incorrectly positioned
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the caps from the magnet recesses, making magnets accessible from the exterior of the panel. This allows users to easily access and reposition magnets without having to disassemble the panel structure, significantly improving maintenance ease while keeping the assembly simple.
3Ease of operation
If panels are assembled with magnetic means, then panels can be joined together, but the system cannot create false walls with angles
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the magnetic retention system into discrete magnet units positioned at specific locations on panel edges. This segmentation allows panels to be assembled in various configurations including angles, as each magnet can independently engage with magnets on adjacent panels regardless of the angle between them.
4Ease of operation
If magnets protrude from panel edges, then magnetic assembly is enabled, but the surface is not flush and concealment is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent embeds magnets within recesses in the panel structure, nesting them inside the panel body rather than having them protrude. This allows the magnetic assembly function to be maintained while the external surface remains flush and smooth, achieving perfect concealment when panels are assembled together.
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 safe, intuitive, and efficient assembly process, ensuring complete concealment, adaptability, and easy maintenance, while allowing for the creation of lightweight, versatile partitions suitable for entertainment and other applications.
Implementation Method 1
a magnet (11) fixed to a support part (12), the support part (12) being fixed to an upright (2) of the frame (1)
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AI summary
A screen-type panel comprising a frame (1) formed by the assembly of two uprights (2) and at least one crossbar (3), the frame comprising means for assembling two panels together, the assembly means being of a magnetic type and comprising a magnet (11) fixed on a support piece (12), the support piece being fixed on the upright of the frame, the support piece having a front face (14) and is provided with means suitable for allowing adjustment of the position of this front face between a retracted state, in which a magnet is fixed on the front face of the support piece, and an extended state, in which the front face of the support piece is apparent.