Modular Display Hanger Assembly for Multi-Product Retail Attachment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display hangers are typically designed to support specific types of consumer products, requiring separate hangers for each product type, which increases manufacturing costs and complicates attachment and removal in retail environments.
Innovation Solution
A display hanger assembly featuring a universal hook element with an integrally molded product attachment assembly, allowing securement of various consumer products using a detachable hook element attachment member that can be easily connected and disconnected, enabling the same hook element to support different products.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a separate hanger is manufactured for each consumer product type, then the hanger can be securely attached to the specific product, but the manufacturing cost increases and device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The hook element is designed as a universal component that can attach to multiple different consumer products through the detachable interconnecting portions. The standardized hook element with consistent attachment mechanisms serves multiple product types, eliminating the need to manufacture separate dedicated hangers for each product while maintaining secure attachment through the specialized interconnecting portions.
2Reliability
If a separate hanger is manufactured for each consumer product type, then the hanger can be optimized for that product, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The hanger system is segmented into distinct functional components: a universal hook element and detachable interconnecting portions specific to each product type. This segmentation allows the complex product-specific attachment features to be separated from the universal hook element, reducing overall system complexity by enabling modular assembly rather than requiring entirely different hanger designs for each product.
3Ease of manufacture
If a universal hanger design is used for multiple product types, then manufacturing cost decreases, but the ease of operation for securement and removal worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The interconnecting portions are designed with dynamic attachment and detachment capabilities, allowing easy connection and removal operations. The detachable design enables quick engagement and disengagement of product-specific portions with the universal hook element, maintaining ease of operation despite the universal design accommodating multiple product types.
4Reliability
If multiple separate hangers are used for different products, then each product can be securely displayed, but the loss of time for attachment and removal increases
Solution Approach 1:
The product-specific interconnecting portions are pre-designed and pre-configured to match the universal hook element interface. This preliminary design ensures that attachment operations can be performed quickly without requiring complex alignment or adjustment, as the detachable portions are already shaped and positioned for optimal engagement with the hook element, reducing the time required for both attachment and removal.
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AI summary
A display hanger assembly is used to hang and display a variety of consumer products in a retail setting. The assembly includes a hook element for hanging from a display rack peg and an integrally molded consumer product attachment assembly. The attachment assembly includes product support member and hook element attachment member. The attachment member includes a first interconnecting portion and a second interconnecting portion which are detachably connected for securement to the hook element.