Segmented PVC Top Profiles for Garden Fence Kits
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Solution Overview
Problem
Garden fences with PVC top profiles are prone to stress deformation due to temperature variations, leading to inefficiencies in storage and transport due to their longer lengths compared to slats, resulting in a larger package volume and reduced visual appeal.
Innovation Solution
A kit comprising top profile segments with a shorter length than traditional profiles, connected by elements with a wider fixing section, allowing for alignment and clamping, which reduces curvature and package volume, and includes support brackets and connecting elements for secure assembly and packaging.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If traditional long top profiles are used, then the clamping function is sufficient, but the package volume increases and storage/transport efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The top profile is divided into multiple segments (first top profile segment and second top profile segment) that can be packaged separately from the slats. These segments are then assembled on-site by connecting them to form the complete top profile, reducing the package volume during storage and transport while maintaining the required clamping function.
2Reliability
If PVC top profiles are used, then the clamping function is provided, but stress deformation occurs due to temperature variations affecting visual appearance
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the top profile into multiple shorter sections, the patent reduces the overall length of each individual PVC component. This minimizes thermal stress accumulation and deformation in each segment while maintaining adequate clamping performance through the distributed configuration of multiple segments along the fence structure.
3Volume of moving object
If top profiles with length greater than slats are used, then clamping coverage is sufficient, but packaging efficiency decreases due to empty volume
Solution Approach 1:
The top profile is segmented into multiple shorter sections that can be efficiently packaged alongside slats and other fence components. The segments are designed to provide adequate clamping coverage when assembled in sequence, ensuring that the total clamping function is maintained while improving package volume utilization during storage and transport.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from a single long top profile to multiple shorter segments arranged in a distributed configuration along the fence structure. This dimensional reorganization allows for more efficient packaging while maintaining the required clamping coverage through the collective action of multiple segments.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a kit suitable for assembling a garden fence made up of a wire grid formed by interconnected longitudinal wires and cross-wires and (ii) a series of slats which can be provided longitudinally between the longitudinal wires in said wire grid, said kit comprising: a series of slats with a length LL; a series of support brackets for suspending said slats from said cross-wires; two or more top profile segments with a length LP, where the length LP is smaller than the length LL; and one or more connecting elements for, in use, aligning a first top profile segment with an adjacent, second top profile segment. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a package comprising said kit, as well as to the storage and transport of the aforesaid.