Truss based display system
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display systems in retail environments lack flexibility and ease of assembly, making it difficult to change, move, or replace components without disassembling the entire structure, which limits adaptability and visual updates.
Innovation Solution
A truss-based display system comprising vertical truss members anchored to the floor, horizontal rails, and cantilever supports that allow for easy attachment and repositioning of display panels, cabinets, and lighting fixtures, utilizing quick disconnect mechanisms and interchangeable components to facilitate flexible configuration and updates.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional display systems are used, then structural stability is maintained, but flexibility and ease of assembly are poor, making it difficult to change components
Solution Approach 1:
The display system is divided into modular components including vertical truss members, horizontal rails, display panels, lighting fixtures, and shelving units. Each component can be independently assembled, positioned, and disassembled using standardized connection mechanisms, enabling flexible reconfiguration without requiring complete system disassembly.
Solution Approach 2:
The truss members and horizontal rails serve multiple functions: providing structural support, enabling component attachment at various positions, and facilitating system expansion. The standardized connection interfaces allow the same structural elements to support different types of displays, lighting, and shelving configurations.
2Stability of the object's composition
If display components are firmly anchored, then structural stability is improved, but ease of movement and repositioning deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The connection system transitions from static permanent anchoring to dynamic adjustable connections. Quick-connect mechanisms allow components to be firmly secured during operation while enabling rapid detachment and repositioning when reconfiguration is needed, providing both stability and mobility on demand.
Solution Approach 2:
Specialized connection interfaces and mounting mechanisms serve as intermediaries between structural elements and display components. These intermediaries provide secure attachment during normal operation while enabling controlled detachment through simple operations, decoupling the stability function from permanent fixation.
3Ease of repair
If the entire structure is disassembled to replace components, then component replacement is thorough, but time consumption and productivity are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system architecture separates structural elements from functional components, allowing display panels, lighting fixtures, and shelving to be independently replaced without affecting the structural integrity or requiring disassembly of other components. This modular approach enables targeted component replacement rather than complete system disassembly.
Solution Approach 2:
Standardized connection interfaces and pre-configured mounting positions are established during system design, allowing components to be quickly attached and detached without requiring complex alignment or specialized tools. This preliminary preparation of connection mechanisms dramatically reduces replacement time.
Data Source
AI summary
An adjustable truss structure for a display is provided and includes a vertical truss member, a vertical channel having a vertical slot therein, the vertical channel being attached to the vertical truss member, and a horizontal rail having a horizontal slot. An anchor is attached to the horizontal rail. The anchor has a member rotatable to a first position where the member is insertable into the vertical slot and rotatable to a second position to engage with a surface of the vertical channel, thereby enabling the horizontal rail to be selectively moved up and down the vertical channel and locked into a selected fixed position with respect to the vertical channel. A support member has a channel with a U-shaped cross-section, the channel being hooked into the horizontal slot of the horizontal rail and being horizontally slidable in the horizontal slot.