Modular Pusher and Hang Bar Display for Item Alignment and Visibility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional merchandise display systems lack flexibility and aesthetics, often resulting in a messy and unappealing presentation of products due to rotation, tangling, and misalignment of items on hang bars, especially when accommodating differently sized products with offset hanging holes.
Innovation Solution
A modular product display system featuring a base with a spring-loaded pusher assembly and adjustable hang bars, coupled with modular design elements that allow for easy reconfiguration and integration with existing frameworks, ensuring products remain aligned and visible, with modules of varying widths and heights to accommodate diverse product sizes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If multiple hang bars are placed close to each other to increase product display density, then the quantity of products displayed increases, but items can rotate on the bar, become tangled with adjacent items, and create a messy display
Solution Approach 1:
A pusher assembly acts as an intermediary mechanism between the hang bar and the displayed items. The pusher applies continuous forward pressure on the items, preventing them from rotating or becoming tangled while maintaining close spacing between hang bars for high display density.
Solution Approach 2:
The pusher assembly applies a preliminary counteracting force to prevent items from rotating or becoming misaligned. By continuously pushing items forward, the system preemptively counteracts the natural tendency of items to rotate or tangle when hung closely together.
2Adaptability or versatility
If hang bars are repositioned by removing and replacing them in different holds in the peg-board, then flexibility to accommodate different product configurations is improved, but the system becomes visually unappealing and hang bars can be disconnected or knocked out of place
Solution Approach 1:
The system transitions from static peg-board holds to a dynamic adjustment mechanism. The hang bar includes an adjustment mechanism that allows it to be repositioned along the module without being removed, providing flexibility while maintaining continuous attachment and stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The hang bar is divided into adjustable segments or sections that can be repositioned independently along the module. This segmentation allows flexible configuration for different product sizes while maintaining secure attachment at multiple possible positions.
3Adaptability or versatility
If items are suspended from a hang bar with an offset hanging hole, then the item can be displayed, but it hangs at an angle instead of remaining aligned
Solution Approach 1:
The pusher assembly serves as a mediator that applies force to the rear portion of items with offset hanging holes. This rearward force counteracts the angular hang caused by offset holes, realigning the items to face forward while accommodating the offset hole configuration.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the force application parameter by introducing the pusher assembly that applies continuous forward pressure. This force parameter adjustment compensates for the geometric parameter of offset hanging holes, maintaining item alignment despite the offset configuration.
4Quantity of substance
If items remain at the back of the hang bar, then all items can be displayed, but product visibility decreases and item access becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The pusher assembly acts as a mediator that continuously pushes items forward toward the front of the display. This ensures that items are positioned at the front for maximum visibility and accessibility, while the spring mechanism allows items to be pushed forward without preventing any item from being displayed.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The system provides a visually appealing and effective presentation of products, maintaining alignment and visibility while allowing for easy assembly and reconfiguration, enhancing customer engagement and product accessibility.
Implementation Method 1
a spring loaded pusher assembly is provided on the base and which operates to urge products suspended from the hang bar towards the front of the module
Data Source
AI summary
A product display module comprises a body with a base, a back wall extending upwards from the base, a hang bar coupled to the back wall and extending over the base, and a spring loaded pusher assembly slidably mounted to the base. Each module can include at least one side wall. Multiple modules can be ganged together and coupled to a mounting plate to provide a product display system.