Tethered Display Frame with Removable Content Fasteners
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display devices are not suitable for easily changing or removing patterns, limiting their versatility and adaptability for personal or business purposes.
Innovation Solution
A tethered display frame with fasteners that can be attached to apparel or items using suspender clips, allowing for easy insertion and removal of personalized content such as pictures, quotes, or messages, made from clear plastic or translucent materials with various fastening options like Velcro, snaps, or zippers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If display devices are made permanent or fixed, then stability and reliability are improved, but adaptability and ease of changing content deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The display device is divided into a permanent frame structure and a removable display component. The frame provides stable attachment to apparel while the display component can be easily removed and replaced, allowing content changes without affecting the overall device stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The display component transitions from a fixed state to a removable state through magnetic and mechanical fastening mechanisms. This dynamic design allows the display to be securely held during use but easily detached for content replacement, balancing stability and adaptability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If display devices are made removable and interchangeable, then adaptability and ease of changing content are improved, but reliability and stability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple attachment mechanisms (magnetic fasteners, snap fasteners, and mechanical clips) are combined within the display component to ensure secure attachment to the frame. This multi-layered fastening system maintains reliability while preserving ease of removal and replacement.
Solution Approach 2:
Magnetic fasteners serve as an intermediary between the display component and the frame, providing strong holding force during normal use but allowing easy separation when needed. The magnetic field acts as a mediator that maintains stability without preventing removal.
3Ease of manufacture
If traditional display devices are used, then manufacturing simplicity is maintained, but versatility and freedom of expression deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The frame is designed with universal attachment points and standardized fastening mechanisms that can accommodate various display components and apparel types. This universal design allows a single frame structure to serve multiple functions and support diverse content displays.
Solution Approach 2:
The display component parameters (size, shape, content type) can be changed while maintaining the same attachment interface. This allows different display configurations to use the same manufacturing processes and attachment mechanisms, preserving manufacturing simplicity while increasing versatility.
Data Source
AI summary
A tethered display frame has a planar backer sheet, a top sheet of transparent or translucent material overlaying the planar backer sheet, a border attached along a common periphery of the planar backer sheet and the top sheet, a plurality of straps fastened to the frame, and a fastener affixed to distal ends of each of the straps whereby the frame can be releasably fastened to an article. The border encloses the planar backer sheet and the top sheet on three sides with a fourth side providing means for a user to insert a display item between the top sheet and the planar backer sheet.