Pivoting Display Stand for Shelf Visibility and Item Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Displaying consumer apparel such as shoes and skates near shelves poses a challenge in achieving high visibility while maintaining convenient consumer access to adjacent inventory without interference.
Innovation Solution
A product display assembly with a pivot mechanism allows the support arm to move between a parallel position for viewing and an angled position for access, enabling easy removal and placement of boxed items without disturbing adjacent displays or boxes, and is biased to return to the viewing position.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If the displayed shoe is placed on or near the shelf to achieve high visibility, then the displayed shoe is easily visible to consumers, but the displayed shoe interferes with access to the items on the shelf
Solution Approach 1:
The display stand incorporates a pivot mechanism that allows the support arm to move between a first position (parallel to the shelf front edge) and a second position (angled outward). This dynamic positioning enables the displayed shoe to be visible when in the first position and accessible when pivoted to the second position, resolving the contradiction between visibility and access.
2Loss of information
If the displayed shoe is positioned near the shelf for consumer viewing, then product visibility is improved, but consumer access to boxed items becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The pivot mechanism enables the support arm to dynamically reposition the displayed shoe between a viewing position (first position, parallel to shelf) and an access position (second position, angled outward). This allows consumers to view the displayed shoe without blocking access to boxed items on the shelf.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the display stand is fixed in position to maintain product visibility, then visibility is maintained, but access to adjacent shelf items is blocked
Solution Approach 1:
Rather than a fixed position, the display stand uses a pivot mechanism with two defined positions. The support arm can be held in the first position for visibility or pivoted to the second position for access, providing dynamic stability rather than fixed stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The display stand is segmented into a frame mounted to the shelf and a separately movable support arm. This segmentation allows the support arm to be pivoted independently from the frame, enabling access to shelf items while maintaining the frame's stable mounting.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables clear product visibility, easy access to adjacent inventory, and facilitates customer examination and purchase without interfering with adjacent shelf items.
Implementation Method 1
The pivot mechanism is configured to enable pivotal movement of the support arm between a first position in which the support arm is generally parallel to a front edge of the shelf and a second position in which the support arm extends generally outward at an angle relative to the front edge of the shelf
Implementation Method 2
The pivot mechanism biases the support arm to return from the second position to the first position
Data Source
AI summary
A product display comprises a frame removably mountable to a shelf and a support arm mounted to the frame via a pivot mechanism. The support arm is configured for removably mounting a product on the support arm. The pivot mechanism is configured to enable pivotal movement of the support arm between a first position in which the support arm is generally parallel to a front edge of the shelf and a second position in which the support arm extends generally outward at an angle relative to the front edge of the shelf. The pivot mechanism biases the support arm to return from the second position to the first position.