Self-erectable Display with Biased Support and Elastic Band
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing self-erectable displays require complex assembly and training for users to set up, and there is a need for a solution that allows for easy deployment and storage while maintaining a tubular shape for effective point-of-sale advertising.
Innovation Solution
The design incorporates a tubular shroud with internal biased supports and elastic bands that allow the display to self-erect from a folded state, utilizing lines of weakness for folding and unfolding, enabling easy assembly and storage without additional fasteners, and maintaining stability through elastic tension.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the display is designed to be self-erectable with simplified assembly, then ease of operation is improved, but structural complexity increases due to internal biased supports and elastic bands
Solution Approach 1:
The display structure employs biased supports and elastic bands that automatically generate the force needed to erect the display without user intervention. The biased supports are pre-loaded during manufacturing to exert outward force on the shroud panels, causing the display to self-erect when unfolded, thereby eliminating the need for complex assembly instructions or training.
Solution Approach 2:
The biased supports are pre-loaded with elastic energy during the manufacturing process, storing the force required for erection in advance. This preliminary action allows the display to automatically transition from a folded storage state to an erected display state without requiring users to apply force or follow complex assembly procedures.
2Ease of operation
If the display structure includes internal biased supports and elastic bands for self-erection, then ease of operation is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The biased supports and elastic bands are integrated into a single manufactured assembly during the manufacturing process. The elastic bands are attached to the biased supports and the shroud panels in a predetermined configuration, creating a pre-assembled unit that requires minimal additional assembly steps at the point of deployment, thereby reducing the complexity burden on end users.
3Productivity
If the display is designed to collapse for storage, then productivity is improved through easier storage and transport, but structural integrity may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The display structure is designed with movable joints and flexible connections between the shroud panels and biased supports, allowing the structure to dynamically transition between erected and collapsed states. The biased supports maintain their pre-loaded force throughout the cycle, ensuring that structural integrity is preserved in both configurations while enabling efficient storage and transport.
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 allows for effortless deployment and storage of self-erectable displays, ensuring they can be easily set up and collapsed, maintaining structural integrity and ease of use, making them suitable for point-of-sale advertising without requiring extensive user instruction or training.
Implementation Method 1
an elastic band to be coupled to the support to outwardly bias the first shroud panel from the second shroud panel
Data Source
AI summary
Self-erectable displays and methods of making such self-erectable displays are disclosed. An example self-erectable display includes a shroud including a first shroud panel opposite a second shroud panel and a support coupled within the shroud. In the example display, the support including a top edge, a bottom edge, and first and second side edges. The first and second edges extend through an aperture defined by the support. The example display also includes an elastic band coupled to the support to outwardly bias first shroud panel from the second shroud panel.