Screening Arrangement Fittings for Product Display

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing screening arrangements in stores, such as DIY stores, fail to effectively display the screening body's features like texture, color, and pattern, leading to consumer uncertainty and potential package opening, which can render products non-vendible.

Innovation Solution

A screening arrangement with fittings that are releasably connected to the top and bottom elements to maintain a predefined distance, allowing the screening body to be visible and displayed in its position of use, using snap engagement means for secure connection and incorporating a guidance cord system for easy assembly and mounting.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If the screening arrangement is packaged in a simple transparent package, then the packaging cost is reduced and the structure is simplified, but the screening body is not sufficiently visible and consumer trust is compromised

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepackaging structureVSAvoidvisibility of screening body

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The screening body is pre-configured in its operational position within the package using fittings that maintain a predefined distance between the top and bottom elements. This preliminary arrangement allows consumers to view the screening body in its actual working configuration before purchase, eliminating the need for complex display mechanisms while building consumer trust.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Volume of stationary object

If the screening body is displayed in a compressed or folded state to save space, then the packaging volume is reduced, but the consumer cannot see the screening body's features

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepackaging volumeVSAvoidvisibility of screening body features

Core Design Contradiction:

Volume of stationary objectVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The screening body is configured in a dynamic operational state within the package rather than a static compressed state. The fittings maintain the screening body at a predefined distance, allowing it to extend and display its full length and features while still fitting within manageable packaging dimensions.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

3Device complexity

If no distance-maintaining mechanism is used, then the device structure is simplified, but the screening body cannot be displayed in its position of use

Engineering Contradiction:

ImprovestructureVSAvoiddisplay accuracy

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

Fittings are introduced as intermediary elements between the top and bottom elements to maintain the predefined distance. These fittings serve as mediators that enable accurate display of the screening body in its operational position without requiring complex structural modifications to the screening body itself.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentEP2220327B1Screening arrangement including a fitting facilitating display of the screening body, and combination of a screening arrangement and a package improving display of the screening arrangement

Publication Date: 2014.01.08 VKR HOLDING AS

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AI summary

The screening arrangement (1) has a top element (4), a bottom element (7), and a screening body (6). The screening body includes a first end edge and a second end edge, the first end edge being accommodated in the top element and the second end edge fastened to the bottom element. In its supply condition at least one fitting (10;210) is releasably connected with the top element (4) and the bottom element (7) to provide a predefined distance between the bottom element (7) and the top element (4).