Modular Information Stand Assembly for Flexible Cellular Layouts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing information stands have limited functionality in transforming geometric configurations, insufficient mobility, high qualification requirements for maintenance, intricate assembly, and poor standardization, limiting artistic expression and flexibility.
Innovation Solution
A set of standard holders comprising box-shaped modules with flat bottoms and perpendicular walls, including square, right-angled, triangular, and sectored modules, with equidistant holes and stiffness ribs, allowing for easy assembly and disassembly, and made from die-pressed plastic with fasteners for a spatial cellular structure.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If standard holders are interlinked by fasteners forming a cellular structure, then structural stability is improved, but assembly complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The information stand is divided into separate modular holders that can be independently assembled and disassembled. Each holder is a self-contained unit with standardized connection interfaces, allowing the overall structure to be built from simple repeating segments rather than requiring complex integrated construction.
Solution Approach 2:
The holders are designed with universal standardized connection interfaces that work across all holder types in the system. The same fastener and connection mechanism can be used to assemble any combination of holders, simplifying the assembly process while maintaining structural stability throughout the entire cellular structure.
2Manufacturing precision
If holders are made with fixed geometric configurations, then manufacturing precision is improved, but adaptability decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The holder system transitions from fixed, permanent geometric configurations to dynamic, reconfigurable arrangements. Holders can be easily assembled, disassembled, and repositioned to create different geometric configurations as needed, while each individual holder maintains precise manufacturing tolerances for its connection interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
By segmenting the overall structure into independent modular holders with standardized interfaces, the system achieves both precision in individual component manufacturing and flexibility in overall configuration. Each segment can be precisely manufactured once and then reused in multiple different geometric arrangements.
3Stability of the object's composition
If a frame structure is used to fix holders, then structural stability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The functions of the frame structure and the holders are merged into a unified modular system. The holders themselves serve as both the structural elements and the functional information display units, eliminating the need for a separate frame framework. Each holder incorporates its own connection interfaces and structural integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of using a continuous frame structure, the support system is segmented into discrete holder units that independently provide structural stability. Each holder acts as a self-supporting module with integrated connection points, replacing the need for a separate overarching frame while maintaining overall structural stability.
4Adaptability or versatility
If multiple standard holder sizes are used, then adaptability is improved, but standardization decreases
Solution Approach 1:
Different holder sizes and shapes are used in different locations within the cellular structure based on specific functional requirements. Each local position can be optimized with the appropriate holder type (different dimensions, orientations, or configurations) while maintaining the same standardized connection interfaces throughout the entire system.
Solution Approach 2:
The standardized connection interfaces and modular design allow holders of various sizes and configurations to work together in a unified system. The universal connection standard enables adaptability through size variety without compromising standardization, as all holders use the same attachment mechanisms and interface protocols regardless of their specific dimensions.
Data Source
AI summary
The set parts of the information stand has pieces like solid box-shaped assembly modules, among them at least one square module (1), at least one right-angled module (2), at least one isosceles triangular module (3), at least one sectored convex module (4), and at least one sectored concave module (5), meanwhile sectored modules (4, 5) being right-angled with the angular stretch making up one fourth of the circumference. Each module has flat bottom (7) and at least two mutually perpendicular rectilinear walls (8) to mate adjacent modules. Sectored convex module (4) has arcuate wall (9), while sectored concave module (5) has arcuate wall (10). Polygonal module (6) has rectilinear walls (8) arranged along the legs of the right-angled triangle, while wall (11) arranges along the conditional hypotenuse of the triangle and it being a broken star-shaped line. Walls (8, 9, 10, 11) have the height at least 0.075 of the length of walls (8) of module 1. Module 2 has a holder made like overlay frame (12) of flat information carrier (13) of the A4 format, while module (14) has a holder like container (15) of the 3D information carrier. The length of walls (8) of all modules (1-6, 14) are made multiple of the least one of these lengths.