Slideable Center Bracket for Modular Retail Display Shelving
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional consumer product display fixtures lack flexibility in accommodating non-standard-sized products, requiring expensive and time-consuming retrofitting and resulting in wasted display space and reduced sales due to limited shelving options.
Innovation Solution
A modular mounting system with horizontally-slideable and insertable brackets that attach to vertical uprights, allowing for adjustable shelving configurations, including protractable blades and horizontally-adjustable tracks to accommodate varying product sizes, enabling flexible display and vending of non-standard-sized products.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional fixed shelving locations are used, then standard-sized products can be displayed, but non-standard-sized products cannot be accommodated and display space is wasted
Solution Approach 1:
The support brackets are designed with slideable components that allow horizontal and vertical adjustment of crossbar positions. The crossbars can be moved along the vertical uprights to different heights and horizontal locations, enabling the shelving system to adapt to various product dimensions while maximizing the utilization of display space.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting system uses standardized support brackets and crossbars that can be configured in multiple ways to display different product types and sizes. The same basic components serve multiple functions by being repositionable, eliminating the need for different fixture types for different products.
2Ease of manufacture
If conventional fixed shelving is used, then fixture structure is simple, but retrofitting is expensive and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The shelving system is divided into modular components: support brackets, crossbars, and shelf units. Each component can be independently adjusted or repositioned without affecting the entire structure, allowing for easy reconfiguration and cost-effective retrofitting of existing fixtures.
Solution Approach 2:
The slideable mechanisms in the support brackets enable dynamic repositioning of crossbars without requiring permanent installation or structural modifications, making the system easily adaptable to new product requirements while maintaining simple original fixture structures.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple standard fixture types are used, then different product categories can be displayed, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
A single universal mounting system with adjustable support brackets and crossbars replaces the need for multiple specialized fixture types. The same basic components can be configured to display various product categories by changing positions and arrangements, thereby reducing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The adjustable and reconfigurable nature of the mounting system allows one fixture type to dynamically adapt to different product display requirements, eliminating the need for static, specialized fixtures for each product category.
Data Source
AI summary
The support bracket includes a major body with a first surface, a first engaging structure on a first end of the major body, a second engaging structure near a second end of the major body, and at least one center bracket connected to the major body, the at least one center bracket being slideable along the first surface of the major body between the first engaging structure and the second engaging structure.