Modular Artwork Mounting Panel with Rotatable Locking Securing Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for packaging artwork for transportation and storage are often expensive, skill-dependent, and not easily adaptable to different sizes, making them inefficient and costly for high-value items.
Innovation Solution
A packaging apparatus featuring a flat mounting panel with retention members and securing devices that use a locking mechanism to securely attach fastening devices to the panel, allowing for easy adjustment and reuse across various artwork sizes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If custom-built containers are used for artwork packaging, then packaging quality and security are improved, but cost and complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging system is divided into separate modular components: a standardized container, adjustable mounting panels, and independent securing devices. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently while maintaining overall packaging quality without requiring custom-built integrated solutions.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting panel and securing devices are designed as universal components that can accommodate artworks of various sizes and types. The adjustable mounting panel with multiple retention member positions and interchangeable securing devices provides multi-functional capability, eliminating the need for custom containers for different artwork requirements.
2Reliability
If specialist packaging firms assemble custom packaging, then packaging quality is improved, but dependency on expertise and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging system incorporates self-aligning and self-explanatory features that enable users to assemble it without specialist expertise. The standardized interfaces, color-coded components, and intuitive securing device mechanisms allow anyone to achieve professional-quality packaging results independently.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting panel and securing devices are pre-configured with standardized retention member positions and alignment features during manufacturing. This preliminary preparation eliminates the need for complex on-site adjustments and expertise during assembly, while maintaining high packaging quality.
3Ease of manufacture
If fixed-size containers are used, then manufacturing simplicity is maintained, but adaptability to different artwork sizes is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting panel is designed with adjustable retention members that can be repositioned along the panel surface, and securing devices that can be configured for different artwork dimensions. This dynamic adjustability allows a single standardized container to adapt to various artwork sizes without sacrificing manufacturing simplicity.
4Ease of manufacture
If reusable packaging systems are implemented, then cost-effectiveness improves, but complexity of adjustment mechanisms increases
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustment mechanism is segmented into simple, independent components: retention members that slide along tracks, securing devices with basic locking mechanisms, and modular fastening devices. This segmentation keeps individual component complexity low while enabling overall system reusability and adaptability.
Data Source
AI summary
Apparatus for use in holding an artwork during transportation and storage, the artwork comprising or being mounted within a frame with a plurality of fastening devices secured to the frame, each fastening device having an aperture in a part which protrudes from a side of the frame, the apparatus comprising a substantially flat mounting panel provided with a plurality of retention members; and a plurality of securing devices for securing the fastening devices to the mounting panel, each of the securing devices comprising an engagement part for engaging the fastening device and a locking part which is rotatable about an axis from a first angular position in which it can be located adjacent a respective retention member and a second angular position in which it engages with a respective retention member, whereby each securing device can be used to secure a respective fastening device to the mounting panel by aligning the aperture in the fastening device relative to a retention member of the mounting panel, inserting the locking part through the aperture in the fastening device to a position adjacent a retention member so that the engagement part of the securing device engages a surface of the fastening device about the aperture therein, and rotating the locking part from the first angular position to the second angular position so the locking part engages with and is retained by said retention member.