Magnetic Display Board Mounting for Modular Window Covering Cases
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing window covering display systems require multiple frames for each sample, making them costly for dealers to showcase multiple options, as each frame is permanently designed for a specific window covering and lacks flexibility for different products.
Innovation Solution
A modular display case system that uses a display board with magnetic bonding to securely hold window coverings, allowing for easy swapping of different window coverings and hardware sets within a single frame, enabling sequential display of various window coverings without the need for multiple frames.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple frames are used for each window covering sample, then each window covering can be securely displayed, but the cost increases significantly for dealers showcasing multiple options
Solution Approach 1:
A single display frame is designed to accommodate multiple different window covering samples through the use of interchangeable display boards. The frame structure includes universal mounting features that can securely hold various board configurations, allowing one frame to serve multiple display purposes rather than requiring dedicated frames for each sample.
Solution Approach 2:
The display system is divided into separate functional components: a permanent frame structure, removable display boards, and interchangeable mounting hardware. This segmentation allows the frame to remain while only the display boards and hardware need to be changed when switching between different window covering samples, reducing the total number of frames needed.
2Reliability
If frames are permanently designed for specific window coverings, then each sample can be securely mounted, but flexibility to switch between different products is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The display system transitions from static, permanent mounting configurations to dynamic, reconfigurable arrangements. Display boards can be removed and replaced, and mounting hardware can be adjusted or repositioned, allowing the same frame to adapt to different window covering types while maintaining secure mounting through each configuration change.
Solution Approach 2:
Display boards are pre-equipped with appropriate mounting hardware attached to their reverse sides before insertion into the frame. This preliminary preparation ensures that when a display board is installed, the mounting security is immediately established without requiring complex on-site assembly, while still allowing easy removal and replacement of different pre-configured boards.
3Quantity of substance
If a single display case is used for multiple window coverings, then cost is reduced, but the mechanism for securely holding different samples must be simplified
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting hardware is extracted from the frame structure and attached to the display boards instead. This allows the frame to remain a simple, universal container while the complexity of secure mounting is transferred to the removable display boards, which are pre-configured with appropriate hardware for different window covering types.
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
This solution allows for efficient and cost-effective display of multiple window covering samples using a single display case, reducing the financial burden on dealers and enhancing the ability to demonstrate various options to customers without the need for redundant frame structures.
Implementation Method 1
a display case with a top, left side, right side, and bottom, thus having two side walls; the display case adapted to reversibly hold a display board near the top of the display case through a magnetic bond between the display case and the display board
Data Source
AI summary
An assembly for display of a window covering having a display case and a window covering attached to a display board. The a display case adapted to reversibly hold a display board near the top of the display case through a magnetic bond between the display case and the display board. Mounting hardware for the window covering is engaged with the display board. The window covering is engaged with mounting hardware so that the window covering with the mounting hardware, and the display board may be removed from the display case such that a different mounting board with a different set of mounting hardware and a different window covering may be inserted in the display case to demonstrate the appearance and functionality of the window covering.