Print hanger
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing poster and print hanging solutions often feature complex channels, thick visible components, or aesthetically unpleasing designs, which can distract from the display and fail to position the print close to the wall effectively.
Innovation Solution
A print hanger system comprising thin brackets with ferromagnetic lobes and matching cover plates with magnets, which securely attach to the wall and hide the brackets, allowing for different widths and configurations to accommodate various print sizes, positioning the print close to the wall while maintaining an aesthetic appearance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional rail systems with channels or magnetic bars are used, then prints can be securely attached, but the components are thick and visible, creating an aesthetically displeasing appearance
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the mounting function into separate components: thin brackets mounted to the wall, and thin cover plates that attach to the brackets and secure the print. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized for thinness while collectively providing secure attachment.
Solution Approach 2:
The cover plate nests over the bracket, with the bracket mounted to the wall and the cover plate attached to the bracket's protruding lobes. This nested arrangement allows the components to be layered thin-to-thin, minimizing overall thickness and visibility while maintaining secure attachment through the magnetic connection between the cover plate and bracket.
2Reliability
If complex channel systems are used to hold prints, then secure attachment is achieved, but the system becomes complicated and aesthetically displeasing
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the essential function of secure attachment from the complex channel system and implements it through simple thin brackets with protruding lobes and matching cover plates with magnetic magnets. This eliminates the need for complex channels while maintaining secure attachment through the magnetic connection between the cover plate and bracket.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the attachment mechanism from mechanical channels to magnetic attraction, allowing the cover plate to securely hold the print through magnetic force while maintaining a thin, simple profile. This parameter change from mechanical to magnetic attachment simplifies the overall system design.
3Reliability
If thick components are used to secure prints, then reliable attachment is achieved, but the print is positioned farther from the wall
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the mounting system into thin brackets and thin cover plates connected by magnetic magnets, the overall thickness is minimized while maintaining secure attachment. Each component can be optimized for thinness, and the magnetic connection provides the necessary holding force without requiring thick mechanical structures.
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
The solution provides a discreet and aesthetically pleasing way to hang prints, ensuring they are securely attached close to the wall, resisting air flow and snagging, while accommodating different sizes and styles.
Implementation Method 1
thin brackets with ferromagnetic lobes and matching cover plates with magnets, which securely attach to the wall and hide the brackets
Data Source
AI summary
A print is hung on a wall with a print hanger that has a bracket and a cover plate. The bracket is mounted to a wall and carries the cover plate. The cover plate has magnets that align with lobes of the bracket to clamp an edge of the print and secure the cover plate to the bracket. The cover plate has a pocket to receive and hide the bracket.