Picture frame assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing picture frame systems fail to provide a cost-effective and modular solution for displaying and rearranging artwork, as they are either difficult to disassemble or require extensive assembly and fixing appliances, limiting their use in educational settings and home decoration.
Innovation Solution
A picture frame assembly with a base plate, a board, and a frame featuring interlocking protrusions and recesses that allow multiple boards to be joined coplanarly, forming a collage, and equipped with magnetic connectors for easy assembly and attachment to surfaces, enabling modular display and replacement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If picture frames are fixed to a display surface using fasteners and hangers, then the pictures can be securely displayed, but the process becomes time-consuming and requires extensive assembly appliances
Solution Approach 1:
The picture frame system is divided into modular components (frames with interlocking puzzle-piece shapes) that can be easily assembled and disassembled. Each frame segment can be independently handled and connected to others, eliminating the need for complex fastening appliances and reducing assembly time while maintaining secure display.
Solution Approach 2:
The fixing function is merged into the frame structure itself through interlocking puzzle-piece profiles. The frames incorporate built-in connection mechanisms that combine the display and securing functions into a single integrated system, eliminating the need for separate fasteners and hangers.
2Stability of the object's composition
If multiple individual pictures are assembled into collages using traditional methods, then the collages can be displayed, but the process requires extensive fixing appliances and is difficult to disassemble
Solution Approach 1:
The collage is formed by segmenting the display surface into multiple independent frame modules with puzzle-piece profiles. These modular segments can be easily separated and reconfigured, providing both structural stability during display and ease of disassembly when needed, without requiring extensive fixing appliances.
3Reliability
If picture frames are designed to be permanently attached to walls or floors, then the collage becomes a stable mural, but it cannot be disassembled for reuse or relocation
Solution Approach 1:
The frame connection system transitions from static permanent attachment to dynamic reversible connection. The interlocking puzzle-piece profiles allow the structure to be stable during display (mural mode) but can be easily disassembled and relocated (reusable mode), providing adaptability between different usage states without compromising stability in either mode.
4Ease of manufacture
If traditional picture frame systems are used, then individual pictures can be framed, but they cannot be easily joined to form collages or rearranged for different displays
Solution Approach 1:
The frame modules are designed with universal interlocking puzzle-piece profiles that enable multiple functions: individual picture framing, collage formation, and flexible rearrangement. The same basic frame component can serve different purposes by simply changing its position or orientation, eliminating the need for different types of frames for different display configurations.
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AI summary
A picture frame assembly 10 is provided comprising a base plate 11 with a border edge 12 arranged on the base plate 11 such as to form a depression 11A, a board 21 received within said depression 11A, and a frame 31 provided as a topmost element in the assembly, wherein the border edge 12 and the board 21 each comprise a number of profiled members, which fully interlock with each other in a coplanar manner when the board 21 is received within the depression 11A, wherein said profiled members form a boundary interface, being completely covered by the frame 31. By means of the profiled members a plurality of boards 21 can be further joined to each other to form a collage in a coplanar manner.