Stepped Fence Panel Display With Adjustable Clamps for Floor Space
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Solution Overview
Problem
Displaying multiple fence panels is floor-space intensive due to their size, making it challenging for retailers to effectively showcase them to consumers.
Innovation Solution
A product display system featuring a foundation with adjustable clamp elements and rails that securely hold fence panels of varying dimensions, allowing for efficient display and transportation, with the foundation made of glass-fiber reinforced concrete for added strength and reduced material costs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple fence panels are displayed simultaneously, then customer selection capability is improved, but floor space consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The display system transitions from horizontal floor-space arrangement to vertical arrangement by utilizing steps of different heights. Fence panels are displayed at multiple elevation levels rather than all on the same plane, allowing customers to view and select from multiple panels while minimizing the footprint area occupied by the display structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The display structure is divided into multiple independent steps or levels, each capable of holding individual fence panels. This segmentation allows flexible configuration of multiple display positions within a compact vertical envelope, enabling simultaneous display of multiple panels without requiring proportional floor space for each panel.
2Adaptability or versatility
If fence panels of different dimensions are displayed, then product variety presentation is improved, but display system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The clamp assembly is designed as a universal fixture that can accommodate fence panels of varying dimensions through adjustable positioning mechanisms. The same basic clamp structure can secure panels of different widths, heights, and thicknesses by adjusting the clamp position along the rail and modifying the protrusion extension, eliminating the need for multiple specialized fixtures for different panel types.
Solution Approach 2:
The display system incorporates adjustable and movable components, including clamps that can slide along rails and protrusions that can extend or retract, allowing the fixture to dynamically adapt to different panel dimensions. This dynamic adjustability enables a single display structure to present diverse product varieties without requiring complex fixed configurations for each panel type.
3Strength
If the foundation is made of strong material like glass-fiber reinforced concrete, then structural strength is improved, but material cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The foundation utilizes glass-fiber reinforced concrete, a composite material that combines concrete with glass fibers to achieve enhanced structural strength and durability. This composite approach provides the necessary load-bearing capacity and rigidity for the display structure while being more cost-effective than using solid steel or other high-strength metals, as the glass fibers reinforce the concrete at a lower material cost.
Data Source
AI summary
Fence panel display systems can include a unitary foundation including a plurality of steps, at least one rail extending along the width of one of the steps, and at least two clamp assemblies adjustably coupled to the rail. A fence panel can be clamped to the foundation using the clamp assemblies by adjusting the clamp assemblies along the width of the step and by adjusting protrusions extending from main bodies of the clamp assemblies in a direction perpendicular to the width of the step.