Portable Scoreboard With Stacked Card Display Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing scoreboards for sporting and recreational events are either too large and permanent or lack a simple, efficient method for tracking and displaying single digit, double digit scores, and the number of games won, particularly in casual settings like community parks.
Innovation Solution
A portable scoreboard comprising a base member, a support member with ring members, and multiple stacks of cards that can be rotated or flipped to display single digit, double digit scores, and the number of games won, allowing for easy assembly, disassembly, and dual-sided viewing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If large permanent scoreboards are used in stadiums, then score display visibility is improved, but portability and ease of transport deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The scoreboard is divided into modular components including a base member, support member, and multiple card stacks that can be independently assembled and disassembled. This segmentation allows the scoreboard to maintain adequate display visibility while being easily transported and stored, resolving the contradiction between visibility and portability.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention transitions from traditional large flat scoreboard designs to a three-dimensional stacked card structure. By organizing score indicators vertically in stacked arrangements, the scoreboard achieves adequate visibility in a compact form factor that is easy to transport, effectively resolving the visibility-portability contradiction.
2Loss of information
If multiple separate displays are used for single digit scores, double digit scores, and games won, then score tracking completeness is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple card stacks displaying single digit scores, double digit scores, and games won are merged into a single integrated scoreboard structure. The card stacks are positioned in specific spatial relationships (with the second stack between the first and third stacks), creating a unified device that provides complete score tracking without excessive complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The card stack system serves multiple functions simultaneously - tracking single digit scores, double digit scores, and games won within a single standardized structure. This multi-functionality approach maintains score tracking completeness while avoiding the need for separate complex display systems for each score type.
3Extent of automation
If traditional electrical display devices are used, then automated score display is improved, but suitability for home and recreational use deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The invention replaces expensive electrical display components with simple, inexpensive physical cards that can be manually handled and replaced. These card components are cost-effective and suitable for home and recreational use, while still providing automated-level score tracking through manual card manipulation by scorekeepers.
Solution Approach 2:
The scoreboard system enables scorekeepers to directly manipulate the display components (cards) to update scores, creating a self-service mechanism that does not require complex electrical systems. This approach makes the scoreboard suitable for home and recreational use while maintaining effective score display functionality.
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AI summary
A scoreboard for displaying scores in a sporting event or other recreational event is disclosed herein. The scoreboard comprises a base member, a support member, a plurality of cards and a ring member. The support member is disposed above the base member. The plurality of cards is arranged in at least three stacks along the length of said support member. Each of said cards defining at least one fastening aperture and indicia. The ring member is threaded through each of the fastening apertures in the cards and the support member. The scoreboard allows a scorekeeper to accurately display the score, and easily observe the movement of players to either side of a court. The scoreboard is simple in construction, easy to use, and eliminates the need of handling two large cards side by side.