Unitary Floating Shelf Bracket to Simplify Leveling and Installation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current floating shelf bracket installation methods require multiple steps and can be complicated, often necessitating professional assistance due to the need to level and align separate brackets, making it difficult for consumers to ensure the shelf lies straight and level.
Innovation Solution
A unitary, single-piece floating shelf bracket design featuring a connecting bar and two or more bracket arms that are permanently or removably attached, allowing for easy leveling and hanging, with countersunk screw holes to ensure flush installation and a quick two-step process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If multiple separate brackets are used for floating shelf installation, then the shelf can be supported, but the installation process becomes complicated and time-consuming requiring professional assistance
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple separate bracket components into a single integrated bracket assembly that includes a connecting bar and multiple bracket arms permanently attached together. This merging eliminates the need to install multiple separate brackets individually, simplifying the installation process to a single unit while maintaining the structural support function for the shelf.
2Manufacturing precision
If separate brackets are installed individually, then each bracket can be positioned, but leveling and alignment become difficult and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket arms are pre-attached to the connecting bar in a fixed, predetermined configuration during manufacturing. This preliminary action ensures that when the bracket assembly is installed, the arms are already positioned and aligned correctly, eliminating the need for time-consuming field adjustments and leveling of multiple separate brackets.
3Productivity
If a unitary single-piece bracket is used, then installation is simplified to a single step, but the bracket structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The unitary bracket is designed with distinct functional segments including a connecting bar for wall mounting and multiple bracket arms for shelf support, all integrated into a single piece. This segmentation allows the complex structure to be manufactured as one component that simplifies installation, as the entire assembly hangs from a single connecting bar without requiring multiple separate installation steps.
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AI summary
A floating shelf includes a plank shelf, and a floating shelf bracket, configured to support the plank shelf, including a connecting bar and two or more bracket arms attached to one another by the connecting bar. The connecting bar and the two or more bracket arms may be permanently attached to one another so that the floating shelf bracket is a unitary, single-piece bracket. The connecting bar and the two or more bracket arms may be removably attached to one another.