Wall Angle Fastening Profiles With Transverse Frame Coupling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing fastening devices for fitting wall elements at non-180° angles are bulky, laborious to install, and aesthetically unpleasing, with separate coupling means and profiles that require access from the top or bottom, making them inefficient and unsightly, especially when used across the entire height of a wall.
Innovation Solution
A fastening device comprising transverse support and closing profiles that integrate with angle profiles, allowing for easy installation and reduced dimensions, with integrated coupling means that eliminate the need for separate profiles and hidden access points, ensuring a more compact and aesthetically pleasing construction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If separate coupling means and profiles are used to fit wall elements at non-180° angles, then the wall elements can be securely fastened, but the device dimensions become larger and less aesthetically pleasing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the angle support profile, angle closing profile, and coupling means into an integrated fastening device. The coupling means are built into the profiles themselves rather than being separate components, eliminating the need for additional separate coupling elements and reducing overall device dimensions while maintaining secure fastening capability.
2Reliability
If dovetail connecting elements are attached from the top or bottom side of profiles, then the wall elements can be fitted at wall angles, but the installation process becomes relatively laborious
Solution Approach 1:
The fastening device is segmented into modular components including angle support profiles, angle closing profiles, and transverse support profiles that can be independently installed. This allows for easier assembly compared to requiring attachment from top or bottom sides, as each component can be positioned and secured in its designated location without requiring access to difficult-to-reach areas.
3Shape
If profiles extend across the entire height between floor and ceiling, then aesthetic reasons are satisfied, but the top side or bottom side becomes inaccessible for attachment
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces transverse profiles that extend horizontally across the wall angle, providing attachment points in a different dimension (horizontally rather than vertically). This allows profiles to extend across the entire height for aesthetic purposes while providing accessible attachment points on the transverse profiles for installing wall elements at the wall angle.
4Reliability
If locking elements with openings are used to couple column elements, then the column elements can be coupled together, but the openings are deemed not aesthetically pleasing
Solution Approach 1:
The coupling means are merged into the profile structure itself, eliminating the need for separate locking elements with openings. The integrated coupling mechanism allows column elements to be coupled together through the profile geometry, providing secure coupling without visible openings that would compromise aesthetic appearance.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is a fastening device for fitting wall elements at a wall angle (α), comprising an angle support profile and an angle closing profile for holding the wall elements between a respective closing surface and a respective holding surface which are couplable to support profile coupling means and closing profile coupling means, which are couplable to each other along a coupling direction (X), at a first coupling angle (β)>0° with respect to the first holding surface and the first closing surface, and at a second coupling angle (γ)>0° with respect to the second holding surface and the second closing surface, comprising transverse support profiles, attachable to the angle support profile to form a support frame and transverse closing profiles, attachable to a respective transverse support profile, to secure the angle closing profile and form a closing frame therewith, for mounting the wall elements between a support frame and closing frame, respectively.