Modular Goods Display Rack With Sliding Transfer Units

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional goods display racks require replacement or extensive modification when product types, sizes, or display plans change, leading to inefficiencies and increased costs due to their fixed design.

Innovation Solution

A goods display rack with detachable and adjustable goods transfer units that can be easily attached and detached from fixing profiles, allowing for the modification of unit types and positions to accommodate different product sizes and arrangements, featuring a recess and protrusion system with magnetic or Velcro attachments for secure engagement.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Strength

If the goods base is integrally formed, then structural strength and stability are improved, but adaptability to different product types and sizes deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestructural strengthVSAvoidadaptability to different product types
Core Design Contradiction:
StrengthVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The goods base is divided into multiple independent goods transfer units that can be selectively arranged and combined. Each unit can be independently removed, added, or repositioned along the longitudinal direction, allowing the rack to adapt to different product types, sizes, and display requirements while maintaining structural integrity through the modular design.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Reliability

If the goods base is fixed, then stability and reliability are improved, but ease of modification and adaptability deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovestabilityVSAvoidease of modification
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The goods transfer units are designed to be movable relative to each other along the longitudinal direction of the rack, enabling dynamic reconfiguration. Units can be slid to different positions or removed entirely based on display needs, while the tilt mechanism maintains stable gravitational force for product movement, combining stability with flexibility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Productivity

If the goods base is tilted, then product movement and display efficiency are improved, but control over individual unit positioning deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay efficiencyVSAvoidcontrol over unit positioning
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The tilt mechanism is applied to each individual goods transfer unit rather than the entire goods base. This segmentation allows each unit to be independently tilted at controlled angles, enabling precise control over product movement for each product type while maintaining overall display efficiency through gravitational force.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

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

Enables continuous use by allowing replacement of defective units and easy adaptation to changing product displays, reducing waste and costs by allowing flexible configuration based on product characteristics and sizes.

Implementation Method 1

A magnetic device or a double-sided Velcro device may be formed on each of the bottom surface of the recess and the top surface of the flange

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectMagnetic force: Magnetism

Implementation Method 2

A magnetic device or a double-sided Velcro device may be formed on each of the bottom surface of the recess and the top surface of the flange

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectVelcro adhesion: Velcro

Implementation Method 3

the front fixing profile is positioned lower than the rear fixing profile, so as to maintain a tilted state in which the front end is lower than the rear end, thereby enabling a product to be moved from the rear end toward the front end by gravitational force

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectGravity: Gravitation

Data Source

PatentEP3391787B1Goods display rack
Publication Date: 2022.02.02 SEIDAE IND CO LTD
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AI summary

A goods display rack according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: at least one goods transfer unit configured so as to transfer goods placed on an upper surface to a withdrawal position; a front fixing profile arranged on the front of the goods display rack so as to attachably/detachably fix a front end of the goods transfer unit; and a rear fixing profile arranged on the rear of the goods display rack so as to attachably/detachably fix a rear end of the goods transfer unit, wherein the goods transfer unit is configured so as to slide to the left and right sides in a position-adjustable area between the front fixing profile and the rear fixing profile, in a state in which the front end and the rear end thereof are respectively mounted in the front fixing profile and the rear fixing profile.