Wall Plaque Mounting System with Loose Bushings
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for mounting large items like deer heads on walls often subject decorative elements to stress, making them prone to damage and requiring complex or labor-intensive installation processes.
Innovation Solution
A wall plaque system featuring a decorative glass plate with strategically placed apertures and bushings, allowing for easy assembly with a hanger and spacer, which distributes the load's force to the wall while keeping the glass plate unstressed, enabling single-user installation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Shape
If the decorative glass plate is used to mount the load directly, then the aesthetic appearance is improved, but the glass plate is subjected to stress and becomes prone to damage
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting system is divided into separate functional components: the decorative glass plate serves only aesthetic purposes, while the hanger, bushings, and fasteners handle the mechanical loading. This segmentation allows the glass to maintain its decorative function without bearing structural stress.
Solution Approach 2:
A hanger with bushings acts as an intermediary between the load and the glass plate. The bushings are loosely seated in apertures of the glass plate, providing a stress-free connection point that transfers loads away from the glass material itself.
2Reliability
If traditional mounting methods are used, then the load can be securely mounted, but the installation process becomes complex and labor-intensive
Solution Approach 1:
The hanger, spacers, and fasteners are pre-assembled with the glass plate during manufacturing, with bushings loosely seated in apertures. This preliminary assembly simplifies installation to a single hanging action, eliminating complex on-site assembly steps.
Solution Approach 2:
The loosely seated bushings automatically align and secure the hanger to the glass plate through simple insertion, requiring no precise alignment or complex fastening procedures during installation. The system self-adjusts to ensure proper mounting.
3Area of stationary object
If the glass plate is made larger for decorative purposes, then the visual impact is improved, but the risk of stress and damage increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting function is extracted from the glass plate itself and transferred to a separate hanger assembly. This allows the glass plate to be enlarged for decorative impact without increasing its structural load-bearing requirements, as the hanger handles all mounting stresses.
4Strength
If multiple fasteners are used to secure the load, then the mounting strength is improved, but the assembly process becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple fastening functions are merged into a single hanger assembly that attaches to the load through multiple fasteners while connecting to the glass plate through loosely seated bushings. This consolidation maintains strong mounting while simplifying the user-facing assembly process to a single hanging operation.
Data Source
AI summary
A wall plaque and its method of attachment to a load and to a wall is provided. A decorative glass plate has first and second pairs of apertures. A bushing is loosely seated in each aperture. The load is placed against the front surface of the glass plate and overlaps the apertures. A hanger seats against the first pair of bushings and is attached to the load by fasteners which extend through the hanger and bushings and into the load. A spacer seats against the second pair of bushings and is attached to the load by fasteners which extend through the spacer and bushings into the load. An anchor is mounted to the wall where the load is to be hung. After the load is assembled with the glass plate, the hanger seats on the anchor to easily mount the load onto the wall.