Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
  • A63C—SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
  • A63C11/00—Accessories for skiing or snowboarding
  • A63C11/02—Devices for stretching, clamping or pressing skis or snowboards for transportation or storage
  • A63C11/028—Storage in cupboards or ski-racks, e.g. with clamping devices
• • 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
  • A47B47/00—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features related to dismountability or building-up from elements
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
  • B65D25/00—Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
  • B65D25/02—Internal fittings
  • B65D25/10—Devices to locate articles in containers
  • B65D25/103—V-shaped elements, e.g. racks, protuberances projecting from a supporting surface, supporting the articles locally at its sides
  • B65D25/105—V-shaped elements, e.g. racks, protuberances projecting from a supporting surface, supporting the articles locally at its sides and retaining it by snap-action, e.g. clips

Definitions

• the invention relates to a stand for rod or plate-shaped objects, such as skis, snowboards or the like.
• a large number of stands have already become known, with most of the designs on wall mounts the objects to be accommodated, such as e.g. Skis, snowboards or the like are clamped between two interacting, possibly eccentrically mounted holding jaws (e.g. EP-A-0381224 or EP-B-0191891).
• a number of designs of stands are also known, in which receiving openings are provided for the insertion or setting of such objects, these receiving openings essentially having to be matched to the objects to be inserted. In each receiving opening, e.g. one ski or pair of skis can be set. So that the edge areas of the objects to be inserted are not injured, these receiving openings are often also equipped with a rubber or plastic border. However, only skis of a similar size or just snowboards of a similar size or other objects of approximately the same size can be placed in these receiving openings, since the size of the receiving openings is predetermined.
• a number of holders for skis and possibly additionally for ski poles have become known (e.g. DE-A-3616718, US-A-4190182 or EP-A-0406179), in order, for example, to be able to carry a pair of skis better by hand.
• a ski is clamped between two elastically bendable cheeks, which are connected by a crossbar to form a type of U-profile.
• the possibility of securely holding rod-like or plate-shaped objects, such as skis, snowboards or the like. in a stand for holding several objects is not given in such a way.
• such a construction known for individual holders for carrying skis is not suitable.
• the invention has therefore set itself the task of creating a stand of the type mentioned, in which objects of different thickness and width dimensions can be used and still be held securely. According to the invention, this is achieved by a plurality of holding elements which are oriented approximately parallel to one another and are held in a strip, rod or finger-like manner, elastically bendable and / or resiliently displaceable or pivotable, which are elastically bent away and / or pushed back resiliently by inserting the objects.
• the width of the holding elements is significantly smaller than the width of the objects to be used.
• several holding elements are resiliently pushed back for each object to be used, so that usually a plurality of holding elements are resiliently or elastically supported on the surface of the set object. If a large number of holding elements are present, then there is also the guarantee that the lateral stops are relatively close to the side boundaries of the set objects due to the non-pushed-back holding elements and thus improve the positionally secure mounting.
• a structurally simple design of the stand is given when the holding elements as curved, strip-like or rod-like parts made of spring steel or are formed from an elastically resilient plastic.
• the manufacture is relatively easy to accomplish and the effect is optimal.
• the arcuate shape ensures that the object to be used does not come into contact with sharp edges or cutting edges. However, this also enables the objects to be pulled out of the stand without obstruction and without damaging the possibly sensitive surface of the objects.
• the holding elements be fastened to a longitudinal boundary of the receiving opening of the stand and extend in an arc-shaped manner and resiliently extend into the stand on the inner boundary of the stand facing away from the fastening side.
• This can be the simplest constructive solution, since such holding elements only have to be mounted on one side of the receiving opening.
• the object to be inserted is then pressed by the resiliently pushed back holding elements onto the opposite limit of the receiving opening of the stand.
• only those holding elements that are in the immediate sphere of influence of the objects to be used are resiliently pushed back
• a special embodiment variant provides that the holding elements are arranged at a distance one after the other and aligned parallel to one another. Especially in the case of appropriately narrow holding elements or in the case of relatively wide objects which can be used continuously, the number of necessary holding elements can be reduced
• the spring travel and thus also the spring action of the individual holding elements can be further increased and, furthermore, the lateral stop area for the objects used can be enlarged even more if the holding elements with their arcuate sections partially in slots on the fastening side facing away Intervene in the inner limit of the stand
• a special embodiment variant provides that two mutually opposite rows of holding elements are provided, which engage in a comb-like manner from both sides, so that a corresponding pressure on the objects used and thus a correspondingly good holder is drawn.
• the lateral stops then form depending on the width of the insert Object holding elements of one or the other row.
• the holding element which directly forms the lateral stop is also supported by the next-following, comb-like holding elements.
• the holding elements are firmly connected to the stand at their ends in the region of the receiving opening of the stand or via a web adjoining the holding elements to the stand. It is therefore precisely at the most stressed area when inserting or setting an object and also when pulling it out that the required good fastening of the holding elements is ensured.
• An embodiment variant provides that the ends of a plurality or all of the retaining elements protruding into the stand are firmly connected to one another or to one another via a continuous web. These measures make it easier to handle a large number of holding elements, which is particularly evident in simpler assembly or in service or repair work.
• a stand in particular e.g. With skis or snowboards, an even better position securing can be achieved if a plurality of holding units, each formed from two rows of holding elements which engage in the manner of a comb, are arranged in succession in the direction of insertion for the objects.
• the holding units arranged in succession are arranged offset from one another by the width of a holding element.
• holding elements assigned to one and the other side form lateral supports for the objects used
• the effect is particularly advantageous if the freely projecting ends of the holding elements of the one holding unit engage like a comb in the slots between two holding elements of the respective following holding unit.
• each of the holding elements assigned to an upper holding unit is guided at least with its free ends between two holding elements of the holding units below and cannot pivot out sideways
• both ends of holding elements are firmly connected to the stand or to the stand via a web adjoining the holding elements. This then results in a type of resiliently elastic deformation of the holding elements when an object is pushed into the stand, with very special cross-sectional shapes and a special curve of the holding elements being advantageous for this construction
• each of the holding elements are fastened in a resiliently displaceable manner to the side boundaries of the receiving opening of the stand.
• the same effect is achieved with such holding elements with regard to the resilient mounting of the object to be used and with regard to the lateral support of the object by the first non-resiliently pushed-back holding elements.
• a special stability of the holding elements and thus also an optimal holding of the objects to be used is achieved when the free ends of freely projecting holding elements engage in slots or grooves which are essentially adapted to the width thereof
• a further embodiment provides that the holding elements are formed from sections connected to one another in the manner of a parallelogram. In this way the Fe- effect and to adjust the adjustment paths of the individual holding elements to even larger objects to be used.
• an embodiment variant of a stand is possible, in which holding elements with arcuate sections are provided on one side and holding elements of straight construction are provided on the opposite side, which are resiliently braced against one another or engage resiliently in a comb-like manner.
• holding elements with arcuate sections are provided on one side and holding elements of straight construction are provided on the opposite side, which are resiliently braced against one another or engage resiliently in a comb-like manner.
• one or more holding elements are braced on one side of an object to be inserted, whereas only a region of the arcuate section of the holding elements is supported on the opposite side.
• Fig. 1 shows an oblique view of a stand with inserted holding elements schematically
• FIG. 3 shows the same representation as in FIG. 2, but with the holding elements having a different curvature
• FIG. 4 shows a plan view of a stand with the object inserted and to be held
• FIG. 5 shows a schematic illustration of two series of holding elements engaging like a comb in a side view
• FIG. 6 shows two holding units arranged one above the other and interlocking at their mutually facing sections, each of which is formed from two rows of holding elements which intermesh like a comb;
• FIG. 7 shows two holding units arranged one above the other at a small distance, each of which is formed from two rows of holding elements which intermesh like a comb; 8 shows an embodiment with two series of holding elements which engage in one another like a comb and are connected to one another at their lower ends directly or via a web;
• FIG. 9 shows an embodiment variant with holding elements arranged only on one side in a stand and an opposite flat end surface
• FIG. 10 shows an embodiment variant with holding elements arranged only on one side in a stand and an opposite flat end surface which has slots for comb-like engagement of the holding elements;
• 1 1 shows an embodiment with holding elements arranged in an approximately circular arc shape
• FIG. 13 shows a plan view of a schematic illustration of an embodiment in which holding elements lying approximately in one plane are provided with free end regions bent downward at an acute angle;
• FIG. 14 is a side view of the embodiment of FIG. 13,
• FIG. 15 shows a further embodiment of a stand in the same side view as in FIG. 14, in which the holding elements are held resiliently displaceable in their plane.
• FIG. 16 shows an embodiment of a stand as in FIG. 15, but with two identical arrangements being mounted one above the other;
• FIG. 17 shows an embodiment variant with holding elements with an arcuate section and flat holding elements
• FIG. 18 shows an embodiment variant with holding elements which are formed from partial sections which are connected to one another in the manner of a parallelogram; 19 shows a stand in which two design variants for guiding the freely projecting ends of the holding elements can be seen.
• a stand 1 for inserting or setting rod-shaped, plate-shaped or profile-shaped objects 2 these objects 2 are to be held in an approximately vertical orientation both forwards and backwards and to the side in a positionally secure manner.
• Such stands 1 are e.g. for skis, snowboards or the like to be used, but also for any other type of rod, plate or profile-shaped objects 2, for example profile rod, boards, device parts (for example also device handles), etc.
• a stand 1 of the type shown in FIG. 1 can be used here. can be arranged both in this vertical orientation or in any desired configuration. Even with a lying arrangement, that is, when the objects 2 are inserted in an approximately horizontal direction, a stand 1 can be optimally used with the measures according to the invention. In the illustration in FIG. 4, an object 2 formed from a pair of skis is even used.
• the objects are inserted through a receiving opening 3 of the stand 1, the receiving opening 3 being at least partially closable by means of holding elements 4 or 5 held in a strip, rod or finger-like manner, elastically bendable and / or resiliently displaceable.
• These holding elements are mounted on a frame 6 of the stand 1.
• the holding elements 4 or 5 present in the area of these objects 2 at the receiving opening 3 are elastically bent away and / or pushed back resiliently
• a plurality of holding elements 4 and 5 aligned approximately parallel to one another are advantageously provided, the width B of which is substantially smaller than the width G of the objects 2 to be used.
• the width of the holding elements 4, 5 can be of very different sizes, with always being very wide objects to be accommodated 2, the holding elements 4, 5 can also be made correspondingly wider. It is also possible to provide holding elements 1 of different widths in a stand or else the successive holding elements 4, 5 have different distances A from one another in the same stand.
• the stand itself or its frame 6 can be made of metal or plastic.
• the holding elements 4, 5 can be designed as arcuate, strip-like or rod-like parts made of spring steel or of an elastically resilient plastic.
• the holding elements 4, 5 are arranged at a distance A in succession and aligned parallel to one another. As a result, two mutually opposite rows 7, 8 of holding elements 4, 5 can be provided, which engage in a comb-like manner.
• the holding elements 4, 5 are fixed at their ends in the area of the receiving opening 3 of the stand 1 with the stand 1 or the frame 6 or via a web 9, 10 connected to the holding elements 4, 5 with the stand 1 or the Frame 6 connected.
• the spring behavior of the holding elements 4, 5 has a positive effect if the ends 1 1 of the holding elements 4, 5 projecting into the stand 1 from the fastening point on the frame 6 in the region of the receiving opening 3.
• the holding elements 4, 5 are curved following an arc in these embodiments, but also in the other variants shown.
• the curvature of the holding elements 4, 5 can have a different course. Any type of curve, e.g.
• a plurality of holding units 12, each formed from two comb-like series 7, 8 of holding elements 4, 5, are arranged in succession in the insertion direction E for the objects 2.
• Such an arrangement is given in FIG. 6, the two holding units following one another at a small distance X.
• the freely projecting ends 11 of the holding elements 4, 5 of the one holding unit 12 can engage like a comb in the slots 13, 14 between two holding elements 4, 5 of the following holding unit 12.
• the freely projecting ends 11 of the holding elements 4, 5 thus receive additional lateral support.
• the ends 11 of several or all of the holding elements 4, 5 protruding into the stand are firmly connected to one another or to one another via a continuous web 15.
• this will be a corresponding web 15 or there is a connecting web which integrally connects all of the holding elements 4, 5 or a part thereof.
• stands 1 are shown in which holding elements 4, 5 are arranged on only one side.
• the holding elements 4, 5 are fastened to a longitudinal boundary of the receiving opening 3 of the stand 1 or to the frame 6 and extend in an arc to the opposite inner boundary 16.
• the object 2 to be used is thereby between the holding elements 4, 5 and the inner boundary 16 is clamped.
• the holding elements 4, 5 are thus resiliently supported on the inner boundary 16 of the stand 1 facing away from the fastening side.
• the holding elements 4, 5 engage with their arcuate sections partially in slots 17 on the inner boundary 16 of the stand 1 facing away from the fastening side.
• FIG. 17 is a configuration similar to that shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, but here, in addition to the resiliently designed holding elements 4 provided with an arcuate section, also flat, that is to say rectilinear holding elements 5 are provided. These holding elements 5 and the holding elements 4 can be supported directly on one another or can also engage in a comb-like manner.
• a kind of leaf springs 25 can be provided here as springs 15.
• Guide pins 26 are provided for holding the holding elements 5, and springs in the form of coil springs could also be provided in the area of these guide pins.
• Knobs 20 are formed on the bottom of this stand in order to be able to gently support the objects to be used, in order to achieve an additional holder against the objects tipping over.
• Fig. 1 1 shows a variant in which the holding elements 4, 5 are bent into a circular ring or are made of tubular elements with incisions to form the holding elements 4, 5.
• these holding elements 4, 5 are resiliently and elastically deformed from the circular shape, that is to say similarly to a ball, for example, which is loaded by standing on it.
• the holding elements 4, 5 arranged one above the other can engage in one another.
• both ends of the holding elements 4, 5 are firmly connected to the stand 1 or to the stand 1 via a web adjoining the holding elements 4, 5.
• the holding elements 4, 5 are aligned in a straight line, so to speak, in one plane, only their end regions 11 being bent downward at an acute angle.
• the holding elements 4, 5 spring out downward (shown in broken lines in FIG. 14).
• the retaining elements 4, 5, which remain rectilinearly laterally next to the downwardly bent retaining elements 4, form the lateral stops for the objects.
• each of the holding elements 4, 5 is fastened in a resiliently displaceable manner to the side boundaries 18 of the receiving opening 3 of the stand 1.
• the retaining elements 4, 5 are not elastically bent, but e.g. against the force of a spring 19, which can act on the top or on the bottom of the holding elements 4, 5, pushed outwards so that the object to be used can be picked up.
• a one-sided or, as shown, a two-sided arrangement with mutual comb-like engagement is possible.
• the retaining elements 4, 5 not pushed back form a lateral stop for the object used.
• FIG. 16 is constructed in the same way as FIG. 15, but here two levels of holding elements 4, 5 are mounted one above the other in a stand.
• the objects to be used are held here at two areas arranged one above the other at a distance, so that particularly good tipping safety is achieved.
• the holding elements 4, 5 are formed from sub-sections which are connected or connected to one another in the manner of a parallelogram.
• axes of rotation or joints can be provided between the partial sections, or parts made of spring steel or an elastically resilient plastic are also bent in one piece.
• springs When forming individual sections, springs must also be arranged at appropriate points. With such a construction, the objects to be used can be held over a relatively large flat area.
• a stand designed according to the invention can also be used outdoors and in particular also in winter due to the simple and robust design in most variants, where it is important to be able to use sliding winter sports equipment constantly and without problems. Trouble-free operation of a stand according to the invention can also contribute if the lateral edge regions of the individual holding elements are rounded or folded. If the holding elements 4, 5 are to engage in a comb-like manner again after an inserted object has been pulled out, an even improved configuration is thereby created.
• a stand according to the invention can have a single, possibly very long receiving opening with a multiplicity of holding elements.
• An embodiment is also possible in which the receiving opening has only a width of the object to be inserted, the holding elements then only exerting the spring action on the object.
• the optimum possibility of lateral support of the next holding elements in each case then ceases to exist.
• the width of the holding elements can be approximately matched to the width or thickness of the objects to be used, so that such a stand can also be used for relatively thin or narrow objects, eg for tool handles (broom handles etc.).
• the holding elements can lie directly opposite one another and are resiliently supported on one another in order to accordingly support the object to be used on both sides. Then supporting holding elements for the lateral mounting are also present on both side areas.
• the footprint for the object used in the stand should be such that the object cannot easily move sideways and that water can run off.
• the floor could be equipped with knobs, pins or brushes, for example.
• the floor can be flat and can be inclined horizontally or at an acute angle to the horizontal.
• the bottom can also be curved in cross-section or can also exist in sections adjoining one another at an acute or obtuse angle and thus form a type of channel.

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