Reversible Cloth Support Bracket for Compact Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing advertisement tools and photography reflectors face issues with storage space efficiency and risk of loss due to their design, where multiple boards or reflectors are needed for multiple pages, and the circular folding of reflectors does not align well with long support brackets, leading to separation and potential loss.
Innovation Solution
A reversible cloth structure attached to a support bracket, comprising two or more quadrilateral pieces of cloth with joined edges forming channels, allowing the cloth surfaces to be turned over and exposed outward for use, and rolled into a long bar shape for storage, reducing space occupation and loss risk.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple advertising boards or posters are used to provide more than two advertising pages, then the advertising capacity is improved, but the risk of loss increases and storage space is wasted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple advertising pages into a single integrated advertising board structure. The board includes a front surface and back surface that can both display advertising content, eliminating the need for multiple separate boards. This merging reduces the number of individual components, thereby reducing the risk of loss while maintaining enhanced advertising capacity.
Solution Approach 2:
The advertising board is designed with multi-functionality to serve multiple purposes. The front and back surfaces can both be used for advertising, and the board can be attached to support brackets in different configurations. This universal design allows a single board to replace multiple specialized boards, reducing both storage requirements and loss risk.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple advertising boards or posters are used to provide more than two advertising pages, then the advertising capacity is improved, but the storage space occupied increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple advertising pages into a single board structure with front and back surfaces. This consolidation reduces the total number of separate boards that need to be stored, thereby reducing the storage space required while maintaining the capacity to display multiple advertising messages.
Solution Approach 2:
The advertising board is segmented into functional surfaces (front and back) that can be independently utilized for advertising. This segmentation allows efficient use of space on a single board, maximizing advertising capacity without requiring additional separate boards for storage.
3Volume of moving object
If the photography reflector is folded into a circular shape for storage, then the reflector can be compacted, but the storage space occupied increases and the inner-layered cloth and outer-layered cloth become separated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the inner-layered cloth and outer-layered cloth into a single integrated reflector structure. The inner layer is positioned inside the outer layer, forming a nested configuration that maintains both layers together during storage. This merging eliminates the risk of separation that occurs when folding reflectors into circular shapes, while still achieving compact storage.
4Volume of moving object
If the photography reflector is folded into a circular shape, then the reflector can be compacted, but the support bracket space utilization is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The reflector is segmented into distinct functional layers (inner-layered cloth and outer-layered cloth) that can be independently positioned and folded. This segmentation allows the reflector to be compacted into a small volume while maintaining a structured form that fits efficiently on the support bracket, maximizing space utilization.
Solution Approach 2:
The inner-layered cloth is nested inside the outer-layered cloth, creating a compact nested structure. This nesting configuration minimizes the overall volume of the reflector while maintaining a regular shape that conforms to the support bracket geometry, thereby maximizing space utilization on the bracket.
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AI summary
A support assembly for advertisement or photography, comprising a support bracket and a reversible cloth structure attachable to the support bracket. The cloth structure includes at least two pieces of cloth that are quadrilaterals with a same size and overlapped with one another. The upper and lower adjacent edges of the at least two pieces of cloth are respectively joined together to form an upper joined edge and a lower joined edge so as to form a channel between each two adjacent pieces of cloth. The other opposite edges on the left and right sides of the at least two pieces of cloth respectively form a channel entrance and a channel exit. The upper and lower joined edges can be turned over toward the channel entrance, inserted into the channel and pulled out from the channel exit to turn the inner surfaces of two adjacent pieces of cloth outward.