Modular Slat Panel Assembly for Adaptable Console Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional slat panel systems for consoles are not easily customizable in terms of height or configuration, limiting their adaptability to various console types and structures.
Innovation Solution
The equipment mounting assembly includes slat panels with upright support members and connectors that allow for secure attachment to structures, featuring a collar with a channel and plates for versatile mounting options, enabling customizable configurations and attachments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional slat panel systems use pre-set heights and fixed configurations, then manufacturing and installation are simplified, but adaptability to different console types and structures is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The slat wall system is divided into multiple adjustable height components including uprights, crossmembers, and slat panels that can be independently positioned and configured. This segmentation allows the system to be customized for different console heights and layouts while maintaining standardized manufacturing processes for each modular component.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates adjustable and reconfigurable elements such as uprights that can be positioned at different heights, crossmembers that can be relocated along the uprights, and slat panels that can be repositioned. This dynamic configurability enables the same basic system to adapt to various console types without requiring completely different designs.
2Adaptability or versatility
If slat panel systems are designed for particular connectors and mounts, then secure attachment is achieved, but ease of customization to fit various structures is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The connector design incorporates universal mounting capabilities that can attach to multiple different console structures and configurations. The uprights and crossmembers feature standardized connection interfaces that work with various console types, allowing a single connector design to serve multiple functions across different applications while maintaining secure attachment.
3Ease of operation
If fixed configuration slat walls are used, then structural stability is maintained, but flexibility in equipment positioning is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system allows dynamic repositioning of slat panels and equipment mounts along the upright and crossmember framework while maintaining structural integrity. The adjustable configuration enables equipment positioning flexibility without compromising the overall stability of the slat wall structure, as the framework provides consistent support regardless of panel positions.
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AI summary
Slat walls and slat rails are used for mounting various equipment such as displays. According to an aspect, there is provided an equipment mounting assembly comprising at least one slat pane, at least one upright support member, and for each upright support member, a respective connector for mounting the upright support member to a structure. Each slat panel includes a respective plurality of horizontal slats on a front face thereof. Each slat panel is mounted to the at least one upright support member at a rear face thereof. Two or more slat panels may be stacked. The connector may include a collar portion that engages an upper panel of a console or other structure.