Modular Exhibition Stand with Stackable Base and Support Elements
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Solution Overview
Problem
Constructing exhibition stands is labor-intensive and requires large, non-modular, and difficult-to-transport container structures, which limits modularity and construction speed.
Innovation Solution
A structural system comprising two base elements and four support elements that can be easily connected and disassembled, allowing for rapid assembly and compact transportation, with a design that eliminates the need for corrugated walls for strength, enabling more modular and creative layouts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If containers are converted into exhibition stands to provide robust fixed structures, then structural strength and stability are improved, but transportability and modularity deteriorate due to sizeable dimensions and difficulty to transport
Solution Approach 1:
The exhibition stand is divided into discrete modular components including base elements, support elements, and connection elements that can be independently manufactured, transported, and assembled. Each base element comprises a frame with standardized connection points, allowing the structure to be segmented into transportable units while maintaining overall structural integrity when assembled
Solution Approach 2:
The base elements and support elements are designed with universal connection interfaces that can accommodate various configurations and attachments. The frames include standardized attachment channels and connection points that can serve multiple functions - providing structural support, enabling modular expansion, and facilitating different layout arrangements at exhibition locations
2Ease of operation
If traditional exhibition stand elements are used for construction, then ease of assembly is improved, but construction speed deteriorates due to labor-intensive assembly processes
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple functional components are merged into integrated units. The base elements combine frame structures, connection interfaces, and support mechanisms into single modular units. The support elements integrate positioning features, connection points, and structural support functions, reducing the number of separate assembly operations required and enabling faster construction
Solution Approach 2:
Connection elements and mounting features are pre-positioned and pre-configured during manufacturing. The frames include pre-installed connection points, attachment channels, and alignment features that eliminate the need for complex on-site adjustments and preparations, allowing for rapid assembly at the exhibition location
3Stability of the object's composition
If containers are used as exhibition stands to provide robust structures, then structural stability is improved, but transportability deteriorates due to sizeable dimensions
Solution Approach 1:
The overall structure is segmented into compact base elements and support elements that can be transported separately. Each element is designed with dimensions optimized for transport while maintaining the capability to form a stable, container-sized exhibition stand when assembled on location
Solution Approach 2:
Support elements and smaller components are designed to nest within or between base elements during transport and storage. This nesting arrangement minimizes the transport footprint of the modular components while allowing them to be quickly deployed and assembled into the full exhibition structure at the event location
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AI summary
A structural system for constructing a stand, such as a promotional stand as used at trade fairs, exhibitions and events. The structural system includes at least two base elements and at least four support elements. The at least two base elements can be releasably connected to the at least four support elements so that, in an assembled state of the structural system, the at least four support elements extend between the two base elements in order to form with the at least two base elements one of a bottom partition and an upper partition of the stand. In a disassembled state of the structural system the at least two base elements and the at least four support elements are stackable.