Magnetic poster holder device and method for detachable poster hanging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing magnetic poster holder systems lack flexibility, as the magnet clips are typically fixed to a suspension profile, making it difficult to adjust the length and magnetic force, and the profile becomes less flexible, limiting user customization and ease of assembly.
Innovation Solution
A magnetic poster holder unit with a detachable magnet clip system where the magnet clip can be inserted into a hanging profile in either longitudinal or transverse direction, allowing for easy assembly and disassembly, and the ability to insert alternative fixing items, with a u- or v-shaped magnet clip featuring notches for mechanical locking, enabling flexible profile length adjustment and magnetic force variation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If magnet clips are fixed connected to a suspension profile, then the magnetic fixing strength is improved, but the flexibility and adaptability of the system deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system is divided into separate modular components: magnet clips that can be independently attached and detached from the suspension profile. This segmentation allows the magnetic fixing strength to be optimized in the magnet clips while maintaining system flexibility through easy reconfiguration and adjustment of individual modules.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection between magnet clips and suspension profile is made dynamic rather than fixed. The magnet clips can be attached and detached as needed, allowing the system to adapt to different configurations and requirements, thereby maintaining both strength when needed and flexibility when reconfiguration is required.
2Strength
If magnets are fixed built in to a suspension profile, then the magnetic fixing is improved, but the ease of manufacture and customization deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
By separating the magnets into independent magnet clips rather than embedding them permanently in the suspension profile, the system becomes modular. This allows the profile to be manufactured as a simple structural element while the magnetic functionality is provided by separate, easily manufactured clips that can be produced and attached independently.
Solution Approach 2:
The magnetic elements are extracted from the suspension profile and placed in separate magnet clips. This extraction simplifies the profile manufacturing process while maintaining the magnetic fixing function, allowing the profile to be made from standard materials and designs without complex integrated magnet embedding.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the hanging profile is shortened, then the adaptability is improved, but the reliability of the fixed magnetic connection deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system is segmented into a permanent suspension profile and detachable magnet clips. When the profile needs to be shortened or reconfigured, individual magnet clips can be removed without affecting the structural integrity or magnetic connection reliability of the remaining profile, maintaining both adaptability and reliability simultaneously.
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 provides a highly flexible and customizable poster hanging system that allows for easy assembly and disassembly, adjustable magnetic force, and hidden magnet clips, enabling efficient and aesthetically pleasing poster display with options for wall, ceiling, or rack mounting.
Implementation Method 1
magnetic items and the poster edge's magnetic items are brought to contact against a magnet clip containing corresponding magnetic items for detachable magnetic fixing
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AI summary
The invention relates to a magnetic poster holder unit, where a v- or u- shaped magnet clip (1) in the bottom is provided with a magnet (4). According to the invention, the magnet clip (1) is in the top, on the outer side, designed with notches (6), whereby the magnet clip (1) can be clicked into a hanging profile, which has an inner shape, which corresponds to the outer shape of the magnet clip (1), such that the magnet clip's notch (6) by insertion in the hanging profile can provide a mechanical locking and thereby fixation between the magnet clip (1) and the hanging profile. The invention also relates to a method for detachable hanging of poster of flat, flexible length material along a poster edge, where the poster edge includes magnetic items and where the poster edge's magnetic items are brought to contact against a magnet clip (1) containing corresponding magnetic items for detachable magnetic fixing of the poster edge against the magnet clip (1).