Tool Display Board Anti-Theft Hook and Reusable Hanger Design
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display boards for tools with anti-theft functions are environmentally unfriendly and lack versatility, as they become unusable when elastic hooks are removed, requiring disposal and losing functionality.
Innovation Solution
A display board design featuring a main body with an extension portion forming a hook portion and a positioning member with a stop portion that deforms the elastic portion, allowing for reusable assembly and functionality even after elastic hooks are clipped, incorporating a fixing hole and plug for secure positioning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If elastic hooks are used for anti-theft function, then tool security is improved, but the display board becomes unusable after hooks are removed requiring disposal
Solution Approach 1:
The invention divides the anti-theft mechanism into two independent components: elastic hooks for initial security and limiting structures (protrusions and grooves) for ongoing positioning. This segmentation allows the display board to maintain functionality through multiple mechanisms rather than relying solely on removable elastic hooks.
Solution Approach 2:
The elastic hooks are designed as disposable components that can be removed without damaging the main body, while the limiting structures remain intact for continued use. This allows partial discarding (hooks) while recovering and retaining core functionality (limiting structures as hanger).
2Ease of operation
If elastic hooks are removed to access tools, then tool accessibility is improved, but the display board loses all functionality and must be discarded
Solution Approach 1:
The display board incorporates multiple functions: the elastic hooks provide initial anti-theft security, while the limiting structures (protrusions and grooves) provide continuous positioning and hanging functionality. This multi-functionality ensures the board remains useful as a hanger even after hook removal.
Solution Approach 2:
The limiting structures are pre-installed and permanently integrated into the display board before use, ensuring that even if elastic hooks are removed, the positioning functionality is already in place and the board can continue to serve its purpose.
3Ease of manufacture
If disposable display boards are used after hook removal, then environmental impact is worsened, but manufacturing simplicity is improved
Solution Approach 1:
The design allows selective discarding of only the elastic hooks (consumable parts) while recovering and retaining the main display board body with limiting structures for continued use as a hanger, reducing overall waste compared to discarding the entire assembly.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the functional state of the display board from single-use to multi-use by activating different mechanisms at different stages: elastic hooks for initial security, then limiting structures for ongoing positioning, extending the product lifecycle and reducing waste.
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 display board maintains functionality as a tool hanger even after elastic hooks are removed, preventing theft and allowing for reuse, thus reducing environmental impact and enhancing usability.
Implementation Method 1
A distal end of the extension portion further extending downwardly and obliquely toward the first surface for a predetermined distance to form an elastic portion
Data Source
AI summary
A display board for tools includes a main body and a positioning member. The main body includes a first surface and a second surface. The first surface extends to form an extension portion. The extension portion further extends to form an elastic portion. The extension portion and the elastic portion form a hook portion. The positioning member includes a stop portion. The stop portion includes a tail portion extending upwardly. The stop portion is abuttable against the elastic portion to deform the elastic portion so that the tail portion crosses over the elastic portion and abuts against a side of the elastic portion. The positioning member is unmovable relative to the main body via a fixing plug inserting in a fixing hole. A receiving space for a tool to be received therein is formed between the main body and the positioning member.