Tradeshow display crate
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Solution Overview
Problem
The trade show exhibition industry faces challenges in minimizing assembly and disassembly time, reliance on third-party assemblers, and storage costs, as well as protecting displays during transport, due to the complexity and fragility of conventional shipping crates and displays.
Innovation Solution
A modular trade show display crate with a pallet base and hinged side walls that can be easily unfolded and configured into a display format, featuring a reinforcing mesh layer and graphic panels, allowing for tool-less setup and reduced storage needs, while protecting contents from damage during transport.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional shipping crates and displays are used, then protection during transport is provided, but assembly and disassembly time increases and reliance on third-party assemblers increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the shipping crate and display structure into a single integrated unit. The crate itself is designed to transform into the display structure, eliminating the need for separate packaging and display components. This combination allows the same structure to provide protection during transport and serve as the final display, thereby reducing assembly time while maintaining protection reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The crate incorporates dynamic transformation capabilities through hinged sides and collapsible structures that can transition between a closed protective crate configuration and an open display configuration. This dynamic design enables rapid reconfiguration without requiring complex assembly procedures, thus reducing assembly and disassembly time while maintaining structural integrity for protection.
2Reliability
If conventional shipping crates and displays are used, then protection during transport is provided, but complexity of the system increases
Solution Approach 1:
By combining the crate and display into a single integrated structure, the patent reduces the total number of components and systems that need to be managed. Instead of handling separate crate and display systems, the integrated design simplifies the overall system complexity while maintaining the protective function during transport.
3Reliability
If conventional shipping crates are used, then protection during transport is provided, but storage costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a nested design where the display components are integrated within the crate structure itself. When not in use, the display elements can be collapsed or nested within the crate volume, maximizing space utilization. This nesting approach allows the same structure to provide protection during transport and serve as compact storage, thereby reducing storage costs while maintaining protection reliability.
Data Source
AI summary
A trade show display has a transport mode configured as a crate, and display mode erected on a trade show floor. The crate comprises a base which may be configured as a pallet and having side walls attached at the periphery of the base defining a crate interior. The side walls each having a transport side and an opposite display side, the display side having graphic display panels attached or attachable thereto. When in the transport mode, the exhibit crate having the transport sides exteriorly exposed on the crate and defining crate side walls. When in the display mode on a tradeshow floor, the side walls have the graphic display panels facing forward and may define a back wall of a tradeshow display booth. The base comprising a platform for placement of product, equipment, or furniture.