Mounting system with horizontally-slideable bracket and support bracket
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional consumer product display fixtures lack flexibility in accommodating non-standard-sized products, requiring expensive and time-consuming retrofitting and resulting in wasted display space and reduced sales due to the limited ability to adjust shelving locations and sizes.
Innovation Solution
A modular mounting system with horizontally-slideable and insertable brackets that attach to vertical uprights, allowing for adjustable crossbars and shelving configurations to accommodate products of varying sizes, including protractable blades and horizontally-adjustable tracks for trays of different widths.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional fixed shelving fixtures are used, then manufacturing and installation are simple, but flexibility in accommodating non-standard-sized products is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The fixture is divided into modular components including adjustable shelving units, horizontal crossbars, and vertical uprights with toothed engagement structures. Each component can be independently positioned and configured to accommodate different product sizes without requiring complete fixture replacement.
Solution Approach 2:
The shelving system incorporates dynamic adjustment mechanisms allowing shelves to be repositioned vertically along the uprights and horizontally along the crossbars. The toothed engagement structures enable discrete positioning at multiple locations while maintaining structural stability.
2Ease of operation
If conventional fixed shelving is used, then installation is quick and simple, but adjustment of shelving locations requires expensive and time-consuming retrofitting
Solution Approach 1:
The fixture is pre-configured with multiple engagement points along the vertical uprights and horizontal crossbars during manufacturing. These pre-positioned teeth and grooves allow for rapid field adjustment of shelving locations without requiring on-site fabrication or complex installation procedures.
3Area of stationary object
If conventional fixed shelving fixtures are used, then display space utilization is limited, but maximizing display space requires complex adjustable mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The horizontal crossbars and vertical uprights serve multiple functions: they provide structural support, enable vertical shelf adjustment through toothed engagement, and allow horizontal shelf repositioning. This multi-functionality maximizes display space utilization without requiring separate complex adjustment mechanisms for each function.
Data Source
AI summary
The mounting system includes a first crossbar, at least one horizontally-slideable bracket on the first crossbar, and a first support bracket and a second support bracket respectively on a first end and a second end of the first crossbar. The first support bracket and the second support bracket attach the first crossbar to a first vertical upright and a second vertical upright of a consumer product display, respectively. The support brackets each include a major body, and a first engaging structure and a second engaging structure on a first end and a second end of the major body, respectively. The engaging structures each are configured to respectively connect to a front set of teeth and a back set of teeth, where the front set of teeth and the back set of teeth run along a longitudinal length of the first vertical upright and the second vertical upright, respectively.