Wall Panel Cleat Mounting for Releasable Wall Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display boards with dry-erase surfaces lack versatility in mounting options, as conventional adhesive methods provide permanent attachment, limiting adjustability and modification.
Innovation Solution
A wall panel assembly featuring a steel sheet with angled side flanges and a cleat with longitudinal slots, allowing for releasable attachment to a support structure with spaced engagement members, enabling adjustable and expandable panel mounting on walls.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If adhesive mounting is used to attach panels to wall surfaces, then the mounting is effective and preferred for dry-erase panels, but the attachment becomes permanent and does not easily permit modification or adjustability
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting system is divided into separate components: a support structure with engagement members that attaches to the wall, and a panel with a cleat that engages with the support. This segmentation allows the panel to be releasably attached rather than permanently bonded, enabling adjustment and modification while maintaining secure mounting effectiveness.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting system transitions from a static permanent adhesive bond to a dynamic releasable mechanical connection. The engagement members can be inserted into and removed from the cleat, allowing the panel to be easily adjusted, repositioned, or removed while maintaining secure attachment during use.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a support structure with engagement members is used to enable releasable attachment, then adjustability and versatility are enhanced, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The support structure with engagement members serves multiple functions: it provides secure wall attachment, enables releasable panel mounting, allows for adjustment and repositioning, and can accommodate multiple panels. This multi-functionality justifies the increased complexity by delivering versatile adaptability in a single integrated system.
3Adaptability or versatility
If panels are made with cleats and longitudinal slots for engagement, then releasable and permanent mounting options are available, but the manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The cleat and longitudinal slots are pre-formed as integral parts of the panel during manufacturing, rather than being added as separate components. This preliminary action incorporates the mounting features into the panel fabrication process itself, reducing assembly complexity while maintaining the flexibility for both releasable and permanent mounting options.
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AI summary
A wall panel assembly includes at least one panel made from a steel sheet having a plurality of rear extending lateral edge flanges forming an enclosure and including a front surface. A cleat disposed within the formed enclosure includes a cleat body having a slot that is engageable with a support structure that is fixedly attachable to a wall. The support structure includes a plurality of engagement members that are releasably engageable in the at least one slot of the cleat. The support structure can be formed from a series of linear interconnectable sections.