DE29715456U1 - Flower box holder made of extruded profile - Google Patents

Description

Flower box holder made of extruded profile

The invention refers to a flower box holder made of extruded profile for loggias, terraces or balconies. The flower box holder itself is attached to walls or supports with brackets.

Flower boxes (IPK A01G 10/2) are often attached to loggias, terraces or balconies. It is common to attach commercially available flower boxes (now mostly made of plastic) using suitable flower box holders (IPK A47H 27/00). Specially bent metal brackets are known as flower box holders to hold the commercially available flower boxes in grid dimensions that are attached to the railing of balconies or loggias, which can be adjusted in terms of the attachment width according to document EP0459845, for example. Such brackets for attachment have the disadvantage that they can only be attached via a fastening edge, i.e. always at the upper end, and thus partially cover a handrail in a disturbing way. The use of sufficiently rigid flower boxes is also necessary and the load they place on the railing must be taken into account.

Specially shaped extruded metal profiles (IPK B21C 23/14) are characterized by the high degree of freedom of design of their profile and the possibility of industrial series production. Such profiles are used, for example, in lightweight construction, for railings and handrails (IPK E04F 12/00) for loggias, terraces or balconies.

Furthermore, according to the publication DE 4300823, special extruded profiles are known which serve simultaneously as flower box holders and as handrails. In these solutions, one edge of the profile, which is in a trough-shaped form to accommodate a flower box and which also has the necessary bending stiffness for a railing system, is designed as a handrail.
These profiles have the following disadvantages:

• Due to the simultaneous casting of the handrail, the arrangement of the flower box is only possible at the height prescribed for railings.

• the form and design of the handrail is predetermined by the cast-on handrail and cannot be variably adapted to the specific design of the railing filling by using different handrail profiles.

• the size of the existing flower box holder profiles is such that only commercially available flower boxes can be used without an insert or only soil can be filled in without an insert underneath.

The object of the invention is to develop a flower box holder that offers a wide variety of variants both in terms of attachment to railing systems and in terms of the flower boxes to be used. This should ensure cost-effective production and assembly.

The problem is solved by the features shown in claim 1. Preferred developments arise from the subclaims.

The essence of the invention lies in the fact that the flower box holder is integrated in a rigid composite with a separate handrail and/or the support profile to achieve the required bending strength of the railing system, whereby the flower box holder can be mounted in a railing system in the variants: directly and/or with distances on the handrail, post and/or the support profile; vertically at a freely selectable height to the handrail; differently oriented to the floor edge in the horizontal direction, by containing functional elements, which preferably as: an essentially flat, vertical contact edge as a mounting element I on the upper outside; two support edges I on both sides of the same height for covering a lower tub area that can be used as an insert in the lower tub part; two support edges II on both sides of the same height for hanging commercially available flower boxes

in the inner upper part of the tub; an essentially flat, horizontal contact edge as assembly element II; are designed.

Advantageous further developments arise in particular from the fact that the flower box holder can be combined with an insert both as a holder for commercially available flower boxes and can also be used directly with soil as a plant pot, in that the tub-shaped extruded profiles are designed with a profile cross-section to be sufficiently rigid to accommodate commercially available balcony boxes and are provided with special functional elements.

The advantages of the invention are in particular:

• that a modular system is created with regard to flower box holders,

• a combination with the railing systems for balconies and loggias is possible ,

• the diverse possible assembly and arrangement variants for similar flower box holders fit together, can be combined with each other and thus create interesting new facade solutions,

• the flower boxes used do not necessarily have to be inherently rigid (any inserts are conceivable),

• the flower box holders themselves can be used as flower boxes (plant troughs) with and without inserts.

The invention is explained below using an embodiment with
Fig. 1 as profile of the flower box holder
Fig. 2 as a selection of mounting variants
explained in more detail.

According to Fig. 1, a flower box holder 1 consists of an extruded profile, which is attached directly and/or with spacers to components 2 of the loggias, terraces or balconies, whereby the flower box holder 1 is each provided with a

Insert 3 can be combined with suction cups for water and can be used both as a holder for commercially available flower boxes 4 (with and without water tank) and directly with soil 5 as a plant pot, in that tub-shaped extruded profiles with a profile cross-section for holding commercially available balcony boxes are designed to be sufficiently rigid and are provided with special functional elements. These advantageously have functional elements which are designed as an essentially flat, vertical contact edge as an assembly element I 6 on the upper outside, two equally high support edges I 7 on both sides for the insert 3 in the inner lower tub part, two equally high support edges Il 8 on both sides for hanging commercially available flower boxes 4 in the inner upper tub part; an essentially flat, horizontal contact edge as an assembly element Il 9;.

According to Fig. 2, the flower box holders 1 are combined with a railing system 10 for balconies, terraces and loggias. Advantageous combinations [e.g. a), b), c), d), e) f)] result from the flower box holder 1 in the railing system in the variants

• each directly and/or with spacers on the handrail 11, post 12 and support profile 13,

• vertically at a freely selectable height to the handrail 11

· is mounted differently in the horizontal direction relative to the floor edge 14, whereby the necessary bending rigidity of the railing system 10 is achieved in the rigid connection with the handrail 11 and/or the support profile 13.

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Reference symbols used

1 Flower box holder 2 component 3 Mission 4 standard flower box 5 Earth &dgr; Mounting element I 7 Support edge I 8th Support edge Il 9 Mounting element i! 10 Railing system 11 Handrail 12 post 13 Carrying profile 14 Floor edge

Claims (3)

Protection claims 1. Flower box holder made of extruded profile, which is attached to walls or supports by means of holders as part of a railing system for balconies, terraces and loggias, characterized in that that the flower box holder (1) is integrated in a rigid connection with a separate handrail (11) and/or the support profile (13) to achieve the required flexural rigidity of the railing system (10), that the flower box holder (1) in a railing system (10) in the variants · directly and/or with spacers on the handrail (11), post (12) and/or on the support profile (13), • vertically at a freely selectable height to the handrail (11) • differently oriented in horizontal direction relative to the floor edge (14)
can be mounted. 2. Flower box holder made of extruded profile according to claim 1, characterized in that
that the functional elements as • a substantially flat, vertical contact edge as mounting element I (6) on the upper outside, · two equally high support edges I (7) on both sides for the insert (3) inside the lower part of the tub, • two support edges of equal height on both sides II (8) for hanging commercially available flower boxes (4) in the interior upper part of the tub • a substantially flat, horizontal contact edge as a mounting element Il (9) are executed. 3. Flower box holder made of extruded profile according to one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that that the flower box holder (1) can be combined with an insert (3) both as a holder/holder for commercially available flower boxes (4) and can also be used directly with soil (5) as a plant pot, in that the tub-shaped extruded profiles with a profile cross-section for holding commercially available balcony boxes (4) are designed to be sufficiently rigid and are provided with special functional elements. HERE ARE TWO PAGES OF DRAWINGS