Pivotable Sample Display Frame With Adjustable Wing Brackets
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing product sample display systems are limited by the inability to efficiently display multiple sizes and types of samples due to uniform wing dimensions, requiring significant space and manual effort to view all samples, and often restrict retailers to displaying only one manufacturer's products.
Innovation Solution
A display frame with vertically adjustable shafts and wing support brackets that accommodate varying wing sizes and shapes, allowing for curved configurations and biased wing positions, integrated with QR codes and battery-operated lights for enhanced visibility and information access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If uniform sized wings are used in the display system, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but the ability to display multiple sizes and types of samples is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The display system is divided into modular components: a base unit, multiple adjustable support structures, and interchangeable wing elements. Each support structure can be independently adjusted to accommodate different wing sizes and configurations, allowing the system to display diverse sample types while maintaining simple manufacturing of individual modules.
Solution Approach 2:
The support structures are designed with universal adjustability features, including adjustable height, angle, and positioning capabilities. This allows a single support structure to accommodate multiple wing sizes and types, making the display system versatile without requiring multiple specialized components for each sample type.
2Area of stationary object
If multiple wings are stacked in an array, then more samples can be displayed in limited space, but viewing underlying samples requires manual movement of overlying wings
Solution Approach 1:
The display system arranges wings in a curved or arc-shaped configuration rather than a flat stacked array. This curvature allows wings to be positioned at different angles and heights along the arc, enabling simultaneous viewing of multiple samples without requiring manual movement, as each wing is accessible from its unique position in the curved arrangement.
3Reliability
If a large and heavy base is used to support multiple wings, then the display is stable and resistant to tipping, but the space requirement and weight increase
Solution Approach 1:
The support function is segmented and distributed to multiple individual support structures rather than relying on a single large heavy base. Each support structure is independently adjusted to provide stability for its specific wings, allowing the use of lighter individual components that collectively provide adequate support without requiring a large, space-consuming base.
Data Source
AI summary
A product sample display structure holding multiple support members, each support member supporting a wing support bracket that may be positioned at a selected vertical location on the support member. Vertically adjusting the wing support brackets allows the structure to hold wings of varying heights or from different manufacturers. Each wing displays a product and a QR code associated with information about the product and which is operable to facilitate placing an order for the product.