Model Display Stand with Smoke-Shaped Features for Action Simulation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing model car display stands are often specific to certain scales and fail to simulate real-life actions like burning rubber or blowing smoke, limiting their versatility in supporting a wide range of model car sizes and orientations.
Innovation Solution
A universal display stand designed to accommodate various model car scales, featuring a flat base with smoke-puff-shaped hooks and protrusions to simulate burning rubber, allowing cars to be positioned in wheelie or skidding configurations, with a hinged flap for adjustable display.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If display stands are specifically designed for certain model scales, then the stand can securely hold that specific scale, but the stand cannot accommodate a wide range of model car sizes
Solution Approach 1:
The display stand is designed with a universal base structure that can accommodate multiple model car scales (1:64, 1:32, 1:24, 1:18, etc.) through a single design. The base includes adjustable features and multiple positioning points that adapt to different car sizes without requiring separate stands for each scale.
Solution Approach 2:
The stand is divided into functional segments including a base portion, a display portion with hinged flap, and adjustable retaining elements. This segmentation allows each part to be optimized for specific functions while maintaining overall versatility across different model scales.
2Adaptability or versatility
If traditional display stands use simple flat surfaces, then the stand structure is simple, but the stand cannot simulate real-life actions like burning rubber or blowing smoke
Solution Approach 1:
The display stand incorporates visual elements such as smoke-puff-shaped hooks and protrusions that create the illusion of burning rubber or blowing smoke. These features use shape and visual design rather than complex mechanical systems to simulate action effects.
Solution Approach 2:
The stand creates visual copies of action effects (smoke puffs, burning rubber) through molded features on the display surface. Instead of generating actual smoke or fire, the design replicates the visual appearance of these actions through strategic shaping of the display elements.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the display stand uses fixed positioning, then the car is securely held in one position, but the stand cannot display cars in various orientations like wheelie or skidding positions
Solution Approach 1:
The display stand incorporates a hinged flap mechanism that allows dynamic adjustment between different display positions. The flap can be positioned to support cars in wheelie, skidding, or flat orientations, providing versatility while maintaining secure holding through gravity and friction.
Solution Approach 2:
The stand uses gravity-assisted positioning where the hinged flap naturally settles into positions that securely hold the model car. The design requires minimal user intervention to achieve stable display orientations, as the structure itself provides the positioning mechanism.
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AI summary
A model display stand is an apparatus that is used to display model cars in a position simulating the act of burning rubber. The apparatus includes a base panel, a propping tab, a first smoke-cloud-shaped wall, a second smoke-cloud-shaped wall, a first smoke-trail-shaped protrusion, and a second smoke-trail-shaped protrusion. The base panel serves to support portions of a model car when the model car is mounted onto the apparatus. The propping tab serves to elevate portions of the model car to display the model car in a wheelie position. The first smoke-cloud-shaped wall and the second cloud-shaped wall surround the base panel and the model car mounted onto the base panel. Along with the first smoke-trail-shaped protrusion and the second smoke-trail-shaped protrusion, the first smoke-cloud-shaped wall and the second smoke-cloud-shaped wall also serve to simulate the act of burning rubber by the model car.