Truss Display Frame With Sliding Panels for Fast Reconfiguration
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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 their adaptability and visual appeal.
Innovation Solution
A truss-based display system comprising vertical truss members anchored to the floor, horizontal rails, and cantilever supports that allow for easy repositioning and replacement of display panels and cabinets, using quick disconnect mechanisms and sliding tracks for flexible configuration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If display systems use fixed rigid structures, then structural stability is maintained, but flexibility and ease of reconfiguration are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The display system is divided into modular components including truss members, horizontal rails, cantilever supports, and display panels that can be independently assembled and reconfigured. This segmentation allows flexibility in arrangement while maintaining structural integrity through standardized connection interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates movable and adjustable elements such as sliding display panels along tracks, repositionable cantilever supports, and configurable rail positions. These dynamic features enable the display structure to be easily reconfigured without complete disassembly, balancing flexibility with structural stability.
2Ease of operation
If display components are permanently fixed, then structural integrity is maintained, but ease of replacement and repositioning is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
Connection points, mounting tracks, and attachment mechanisms are pre-positioned during initial system assembly. This preliminary action allows display components to be quickly replaced or repositioned by simply engaging with pre-prepared connection interfaces, maintaining both ease of replacement and structural integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses intermediary connection elements such as quick-connect couplings, sliding mechanisms, and standardized mounting interfaces between permanent structural components and replaceable display elements. These intermediaries enable easy component replacement while preserving the integrity of the overall structure.
3Productivity
If the entire structure is disassembled for component changes, then complete flexibility is achieved, but time and labor requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the display system into independent modular units with standardized interfaces, individual components or groups of components can be replaced without affecting the entire structure. This dramatically reduces reconfiguration time compared to complete disassembly while maintaining full flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The system applies different connection characteristics to different parts: permanent fixed connections for the main truss structure provide stability, while localized movable connections at component interfaces enable quick replacement. This local differentiation optimizes both reconfiguration speed and structural integrity.
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AI summary
A display unit comprising a plurality of vertical truss members anchored to a floor surface; a plurality of horizontal rails attached to the vertical truss members thereby forming a frame; a horizontal track anchored to a floor surface in front of the vertical truss members; a plurality of cantilever supports attached across the top of the frame, the cantilever supports each having a front portion providing an upper frame and lower frame; a plurality of upper rectangular panels mounted in a first row adjacent one another in the upper frames; a plurality of lower rectangular panels mounted in the lower frames adjacent one another a second row below the first row; first and second side panels anchored to the floor track and to a plurality of the horizontal rails; a plurality of cabinets located adjacent one another between the first and second side panels and anchored to the floor track and at least one of said horizontal rails; and a plurality of display panels disposed between the top surfaces of the cabinets and the lower edges of the lower rectangular panels.