EP0578624B1 - Shelving arrangement - Google Patents

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EP0578624B1
EP0578624B1 EP93850115A EP93850115A EP0578624B1 EP 0578624 B1 EP0578624 B1 EP 0578624B1 EP 93850115 A EP93850115 A EP 93850115A EP 93850115 A EP93850115 A EP 93850115A EP 0578624 B1 EP0578624 B1 EP 0578624B1
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Carl-Göran Alneng
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Sintek International AB
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B96/00—Details of cabinets, racks or shelf units not covered by a single one of groups A47B43/00 - A47B95/00; General details of furniture
    • A47B96/02—Shelves
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B96/00—Details of cabinets, racks or shelf units not covered by a single one of groups A47B43/00 - A47B95/00; General details of furniture
    • A47B96/02—Shelves
    • A47B96/027—Cantilever shelves

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  • the present invention relates to a shelving arrangement including shelves for suspension by shelf standards by means of hooks provided at the back of the shelves and shaped for engagement with corresponding apertures formed in the shelf standards.
  • the shelves can have, for example, a square, rectangular or triangular form and be supported by perforated squares serving as said shelf standards.
  • Conventional and previously known shelving systems mostly comprise perforated tracks or wall-mounted bars with separate brackets, or brackets fixed to the shelves (e.g. GB-A-924667).
  • the main object of the present invention is to provide a shelving arrangement by which costs of manufacture, transport and assembly are minimized, and to increase the possibility to vary the general layout of, for example, an exhibition or a shop.
  • Another object is to provide such a shelving arrangement where strong shelves can be manufactured in one piece without the side pieces or end pieces of the shelves hide or conceal articles exposed.
  • Fig. 1 shows, in perspective, a rectangular shelf provided in accordance with the invention and, in connection therewith, a support standard of a suitable type.
  • Fig. 2 shows, in perspective, a triangular shelf, as viewed from behind.
  • Fig. 3 shows, likewise in perspective, a front view of the shelf of Fig. 2.
  • the shelf planes of the shelving arrangement according to the invention are e.g. square, rectangular or triangular, although other forms are conceivable, and their surfaces have along their long sides, short sides or diagonal sides one end piece directed upwards from the plane of the shelf and one end piece directed downwards from the plane of the shelf, the rear edges of said end pieces having hooks for securing the shelves to the shelf standards or hooking them onto the standards.
  • the shelf standards 36 shown here are of a conventional type and may consist of squares having quadratic cross section and being provided with rows of apertures on one or more sides for receiving the support hooks of the shelves. In the standard illustrated, there is only one row of apertures or slots 38.
  • the shelf shown in Fig. 1 includes a rectangular shelf plane 10, and at one short side thereof there is a first end piece 12 flanged upwards and at the opposite short side there is a second end piece 14 flanged downwards.
  • the front side 16 of the shelf 10 is flanged downwards, and the rear side 18 of the shelf is flanged upwards.
  • At the rear longitudinal edges of the angle-cut end pieces hooks 20 are formed for suspending, by engaging apertures 38, the shelf on the support standard 36 of the shelving arrangement.
  • an inter-space or gap 22 is provided in order to render it possible to stack several shelves together when stored and transported.
  • the shelf shown in Figs. 2 and 3 has a triangular shelf plane 24 wherefrom a first end piece 26 is flanged upwards and a second end piece 28 is flanged downwards.
  • the end pieces 26, 28, which are angle-cut and taper towards the front side of the shelf plane, are provided at their rear edges with a hook 30 for suspension on the support standard 36 of the shelving arrangement.
  • end pieces 26, 28 are located at a right-angled corner or point of the shelf plane 24, and this corner is provided with a recess 32 so that there is room left for the support standard onto which the shelf is to be suspended.
  • the support standard is square and provided with suspension apertures in two adjacent sides.
  • the recess 32 also facilitates stacking of the shelves when stored and transported.
  • the plane is flanged downwards to form a front side 34.
  • the square or rectangular shelves according to Fig. 1 are hooked onto the support standards by the hooks 20 of the upwardly flanged end piece 12 being introduced into the apertures of a first standard.
  • the top hook enters first, after which the hooks 20 of the opposite downwardly flanged end piece 14 are introduced into the apertures of a second cooperating standard.
  • the triangular shelf according to Figs. 2 and 3 is mounted, however, with the upwardly flanged end piece and the downwardly flanged end piece placed at each its side of the same standard.
  • the shelves By arranging the shelves according to the invention such that there is a comparatively large distance between the lowermost and the uppermost hooks 20, 30 on the upwardly flanged and the downwardly flanged end pieces, respectively, the shelves will obtain great stability and and support ability.
  • This feature will be obtained by the embodiment shown in Figs. 2 and 3, that has only one hook on either end piece, by the respective hook 30 being located as high up as possible on the upwardly directed end piece 26, and as far down as possible on the downwardly directed end piece 28.
  • the shelves will also become nestable.
  • the gap 22 in the corner between the rear edge of the upwardly directed end piece and the upwardly flanged rear side 18 of the shelf will allow also these shelves to be nested completely tight.

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EP93850115A 1992-06-10 1993-06-01 Shelving arrangement Expired - Lifetime EP0578624B1 (en)

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SE9201776A SE469650B (sv) 1992-06-10 1992-06-10 Hyllstaell
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EP0578624A2 EP0578624A2 (en) 1994-01-12
EP0578624A3 EP0578624A3 (en) 1997-09-24
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EP (1) EP0578624B1 (cs)
JP (1) JPH06169819A (cs)
KR (1) KR940000564U (cs)
AT (1) ATE176579T1 (cs)
CZ (1) CZ281448B6 (cs)
DE (1) DE69323450T2 (cs)
DK (1) DK0578624T3 (cs)
FI (1) FI103945B1 (cs)
HU (1) HU216615B (cs)
NO (1) NO177122C (cs)
PT (1) PT8795U (cs)
SE (1) SE469650B (cs)

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US2263837A (en) * 1939-12-26 1941-11-25 C E Erickson Company Inc Shelving construction
GB924667A (en) * 1961-02-08 1963-05-01 Walter Arthur Ord Improvements relating to shelving, racks, bins, or the like
DE1429701A1 (de) * 1964-09-11 1969-03-13 Trepatent As Vorrichtung zum Aufhaengen von Regalbrettern bzw.-platten
US4154419A (en) * 1978-06-05 1979-05-15 Harter Corporation Shelf support bracket construction
DE8716429U1 (de) * 1987-12-12 1988-03-03 Beutler Werbetechnik Wolfgang Beutler, 3000 Hannover Regal
US5004302A (en) * 1988-03-14 1991-04-02 General Electric Company Shelf support system for split cantilever shelves

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HU9301666D0 (en) 1993-11-29
JPH06169819A (ja) 1994-06-21
NO932103D0 (no) 1993-06-09
NO932103L (no) 1993-12-13
DE69323450T2 (de) 2000-02-24
NO177122B (no) 1995-04-18
KR940000564U (ko) 1994-01-03
PT8795T (pt) 1994-04-29
SE9201776D0 (sv) 1992-06-10
EP0578624A2 (en) 1994-01-12
CZ104993A3 (en) 1994-01-19
DK0578624T3 (da) 1999-09-20
FI103945B (fi) 1999-10-29
EP0578624A3 (en) 1997-09-24
HUT70134A (en) 1995-09-28
HU216615B (hu) 1999-07-28
NO177122C (no) 1995-07-26
FI932630L (fi) 1993-12-11
FI103945B1 (fi) 1999-10-29
FI932630A0 (fi) 1993-06-09
SE469650B (sv) 1993-08-16
DE69323450D1 (de) 1999-03-25
PT8795U (pt) 1996-01-31
CZ281448B6 (cs) 1996-10-16

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