Triple Poster Slats With Slot-Based Base Panel Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing triple poster devices are tedious to manufacture and suffer from poor visibility and sharpness due to manual folding and susceptibility to weather-induced slat movement.
Innovation Solution
The device features a base panel with a front plate that passes through slats to abut against a rear plate, eliminating the need for folding and providing stability against weather effects, with slats being blocked on either side to prevent movement, and simplified manufacturing by eliminating complex cutting operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If slats are held to the base panel by a folding line, then the device can be manufactured manually, but the slats are susceptible to movement due to weather effects, impairing sharpness and visibility
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the folding line connection between slats and base panel, replacing it with slots that receive the slats. This removes the weak folding line connection that allowed weather-induced movement, while maintaining ease of manufacture through simple slot formation and slat insertion.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of attaching slats to the base panel (traditional approach), the patent inverts the connection method by having the base panel pass through the slats. The front plate passes through slots in the slats and abuts against the rear plate, securing the slats in position rather than the other way around.
2Device complexity
If slats are held to the base panel by a folding line, then the structure is simple, but the visibility and sharpness of posters are poor due to slat movement
Solution Approach 1:
The folding line connection is extracted and replaced with a slot-based system. This maintains structural simplicity while eliminating the movement that caused poor poster sharpness and visibility. The slots provide precise positioning without complex attachment mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection direction is inverted: instead of the base panel holding the slats, the slats hold the base panel through the slots. This inversion provides more stable positioning of the slats, ensuring consistent alignment for sharp and visible posters.
3Ease of manufacture
If manual folding operations are used, then manufacturing is possible without specialized equipment, but the process is tedious and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The tedious manual folding operation is extracted and replaced with a simple insertion process. Slats are placed into slots and secured by the front plate passing through them, eliminating the time-consuming folding step while maintaining equipment-free manufacturing capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The manufacturing sequence is inverted: instead of folding flaps to create slats, the patent inserts pre-formed slats into slots. This reversal of the process eliminates the complex folding operation while keeping the overall manufacturing approach simple and equipment-free.
4Adaptability or versatility
If flaps are cut and folded to form slats, then the triple poster structure can be created, but the manufacturing process becomes complex and tedious
Solution Approach 1:
The complex cutting and folding operations to create flaps are extracted and replaced with a simpler slot-and-slat system. The slats can be pre-formed or simple pieces inserted into slots, maintaining the triple poster structure while dramatically simplifying the manufacturing process.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of creating slats by cutting and folding flaps from the base panel, the patent inverts the approach by inserting separate slat pieces into slots in the base panel. This reversal eliminates the complex flap formation process while achieving the same structural result.
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AI summary
Image display device forming a triple poster, comprising a base panel (1), consisting of a back or background plate and a front plate (2) on which is presented a central poster intended to be viewed from the front of the base panel; and at least one slat (10), preferably a plurality of slats projecting from the front plate (2) at a distance from each other, each slat (10) bearing on a left face a respective left sub-poster and on a right face a respective right sub-poster such that the set of left sub-posters form a left poster intended to be viewed from the left of the base panel and the set of right sub-posters form a right poster intended to be viewed from the right of the base panel.