Wall Panel Bracket With Projections For Squared Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wall covering panel systems face challenges in efficient alignment and stabilization, particularly in ensuring panels are squared and securely fastened to walls, especially when dealing with non-structural or frangible materials, and in accommodating electronic devices and accessories without compromising structural integrity.
Innovation Solution
A traveling support system comprising a bracket with projections that engage elongated standards, allowing sliding and rotational stability, combined with anchorless fasteners and a brace for enhanced friction and secure mounting, enabling easy alignment and secure fastening of panels while accommodating electronic components.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional fastening methods are used for wall covering panels, then structural integrity is maintained, but alignment efficiency and installation speed deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The fastening system is divided into two distinct components: a bracket that provides alignment and positioning functions, and a separate anchorless fastener that provides secure attachment. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized for its specific function, enabling efficient alignment while maintaining structural integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The bracket is pre-installed on the wall at desired locations before panel installation. This preliminary positioning creates ready-made alignment references that guide panel placement, eliminating the need for complex measurements and adjustments during the main installation process, thereby improving alignment efficiency without compromising the final secure attachment.
2Stability of the object's composition
If panels are securely fastened to walls, then stability is improved, but ease of alignment and installation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket serves as an intermediary element between the wall and the panel. It provides a stable mounting platform that simplifies panel alignment, while the anchorless fastener acts as a mediator that secures the bracket to the wall without requiring complex fastening operations. This two-stage approach decouples the alignment and fastening operations, making each simpler and more efficient.
3Ease of operation
If anchorless fasteners are used, then ease of installation on frangible materials is improved, but friction and secure mounting deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The anchorless fastener utilizes friction-based attachment, which relies on optimizing contact pressure and surface interaction parameters between the fastener and the frangible material. By carefully designing the fastener geometry and material properties, sufficient friction and mounting strength are achieved without requiring invasive anchoring into the wall structure, thereby maintaining ease of installation on sensitive materials.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system ensures panels are securely and evenly aligned, providing stability against rotation and displacement, and allows for the integration of electronic devices and accessories, enhancing the overall installation process and structural integrity of wall coverings.
Implementation Method 1
The traveling support includes a bracket that slides along an elongated standard
Implementation Method 2
anchorless fasteners and a brace for enhanced friction and secure mounting
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AI summary
Apparatus and methods for providing wall covering. The apparatus may include a traveling support for a wall covering panel. The support may include a bracket. The bracket may include a projection that extends into a generally U- or C- shaped channel. The apparatus may include one or more standards for each panel. The apparatus may include one or more brackets for each panel for each standard. The bracket or brackets may be arranged so that when the panel is engaged to the standard or standards, the standards are parallel to each other and perpendicular to an edge of the panel. The standard or standards and the panel will thus be squared. When the edge is set on a horizontal floor, the standard or standards will be plumb.