Polyhedral Pop-Up Display Structure for Compact Shipping and Fast Setup
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing point-of-purchase displays face challenges in efficiently transitioning from a compact, transportable state to an erect display configuration while maintaining stability and ease of assembly.
Innovation Solution
The design involves substrates with connection members and lines of weakness that allow for folding and unfolding into a polyhedral shape, utilizing hook-and-loop fasteners, adhesives, and resilient members to facilitate easy deployment and storage, with a base structure for stability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If the display is designed to be collapsed for shipping, then shipping efficiency is improved, but assembly complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The display is divided into multiple panels that can be independently folded and connected. Each panel contains connection members that interface with adjacent panels, allowing the display to be segmented for compact shipping while maintaining simple assembly through standardized connection interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The display panels are designed to nest within each other when collapsed, with each panel containing or overlapping adjacent panels. This nesting arrangement minimizes shipping volume while the hierarchical structure provides natural alignment cues that simplify assembly.
2Stability of the object's composition
If the display uses multiple connection members and fasteners, then structural stability is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple connection functions are merged into integrated connection members that combine fastening, alignment, and structural support features. The hook-and-loop fasteners are integrated directly onto the panel edges, eliminating separate fastening components and simplifying manufacturing while maintaining stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection members are designed with universal functionality to perform multiple roles: providing structural stability through mechanical interlocking, enabling adjustable positioning through resilient members, and facilitating easy assembly through intuitive engagement. This multi-functionality reduces the number of separate components needed.
3Ease of operation
If the display is designed for easy assembly, then ease of operation is improved, but structural integrity may worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The display panels are designed to self-align and self-assemble through built-in geometric features and connection members that guide proper positioning. The resilient members automatically engage with corresponding features on adjacent panels, eliminating the need for complex alignment procedures while maintaining strong structural connections.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection members incorporate curved or flexible geometries that provide mechanical advantage during assembly, allowing simple pulling or pushing motions to generate sufficient engagement force. The curved paths of the resilient members distribute loads more evenly, maintaining structural integrity while requiring minimal assembly force.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables efficient shipping, easy assembly, and stable display configuration, addressing the need for a compact-to-erect transition while ensuring structural integrity and ease of use.
Implementation Method 1
a plurality of resilient members disposed within the shroud and engaged to the polygonal segments. In a folded state, the plurality of resilient members are compressed, and in an erected state, the plurality of resilient members are extended
Implementation Method 2
utilizing hook-and-loop fasteners
Implementation Method 3
utilizing hook-and-loop fasteners
Implementation Method 4
utilizing hook-and-loop fasteners, adhesives
Data Source
AI summary
A display apparatus includes a first substrate and a second substrate disposed in opposition to one another and connected to one another to form a shroud, the first substrate and the second substrate being connected to form a first joint at a first lateral end of the shroud, a second joint at a second lateral end of the shroud and a third joint formed at a lower portion of the shroud, the third joint including a first base connection member rotatably depending from a lower portion of the first substrate and a second base connection member rotatably depending from a lower portion of the second substrate, the third joint being located at a first position in the shroud with the shroud in a compressed state and being located in a second position in the shroud with the shroud in an uncompressed state. The display apparatus also includes a resilient member connecting the first joint to the third joint and connecting the second joint to the third joint to bias the third joint from the first position to the second position when the shroud is the uncompressed state.