EP3231328B1 - Shelf system - Google Patents

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EP3231328B1
EP3231328B1 EP17165117.7A EP17165117A EP3231328B1 EP 3231328 B1 EP3231328 B1 EP 3231328B1 EP 17165117 A EP17165117 A EP 17165117A EP 3231328 B1 EP3231328 B1 EP 3231328B1
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Mario Nanni
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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
    • A47B96/027—Cantilever 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
    • A47B96/021—Structural features of shelf bases
    • 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
    • A47B2220/00—General furniture construction, e.g. fittings
    • A47B2220/0075—Lighting
    • A47B2220/0077—Lighting for furniture, e.g. cupboards and racks
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F11/00—Arrangements in shop windows, shop floors or show cases
    • A47F11/06—Means for bringing about special optical effects
    • A47F11/10—Arrangements of light sources

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  • This invention relates to a supporting system.
  • this invention relates to a shelf system for supporting objects and/or furnishing elements.
  • this invention relates to a shelf system having an electrical connection.
  • Prior art teaches the use of shelves or similar supporting elements, both in homes, for supporting books and objects of various kinds, and in shops, such as units for display of products on sale.
  • the display elements and/or the shelves of known type are sometimes not particularly versatile and adaptable to different uses and/or configurations.
  • the aim of this invention is provide a shelf system which is able to overcome the drawbacks of the prior art and which is at same time inexpensive to make, practical to use and simple to install.
  • the present invention provides a shelf system as defined in claim 1. Preferred features of the invention are set out in the dependent claims.
  • the reference numeral 1 denotes in its entirety a shelf system for supporting objects and/or furnishing elements made in accordance with this invention.
  • objects and/or furnishing elements means a plurality of different products, comprising true furnishing elements, functional elements for the display of products and products on sale or for personal use.
  • the objects and/or the elements 2 comprise a display panel resting on the wall and a panel (picture or the like) suspended.
  • the objects and/or elements 2 comprise display units for precious objects.
  • the objects and/or elements 2 comprise a display for articles of clothing, a hook and a sloping shelf for footwear or the like.
  • the objects and/or elements 2 comprise a roll holder element and a support for bottles.
  • the objects and/or elements 2 comprise a mirror, an apparatus for playing music or a radio, a protruding shelf and several elements for supporting containers for liquids such as bottles or glasses.
  • the objects and/or elements 2 comprise a mirror, a picture, an apparatus for playing music or a radio, two towel rails, a toilet roll holder, a toilet brush holder.
  • the shelf system 1 comprises a main metal body 3 having a main longitudinal extension according to a predetermined axis D perpendicular to the plane of the drawing (visible in Figures 4 and 10 ) and having a quadrangular cross-section.
  • the main body 3 is designed to be fixed to a vertical wall 4 (made of masonry or consisting of a panel) and it protrudes from the wall 4 in a cantilever fashion.
  • the main body 3 is fixed stably to the wall 4 by suitable fastening means not illustrated.
  • the main metal body 3 is made from an extruded profile section, advantageously made of an aluminium alloy or brass.
  • the extruded profile section which forms the main body 3 has a plurality of vertical and horizontal partitions 5 defining different spaces and concavities.
  • the main body 3 has a plurality of grooves 6 leading out in respective opposite flat horizontal faces 3a, 3b, and two concave portions 7 which can be closed by a removable cover 8.
  • the grooves 6, in the same way as the concave portions 7, have a longitudinal extension parallel to the above-mentioned axis D.
  • the portions are designed to house, in their longitudinal extension, cables or other elements of technical plants.
  • the cover 8 defines, when installed on the main body 3, one 3b of its above-mentioned flat faces.
  • Figure 1 shows respective electrical tracks 9 housed in each of the grooves 6 of the main body 3.
  • Figures 5 to 8 show the presence of electrical tracks 9 only in some (or none) of the longitudinal grooves 6.
  • each groove 6 has rectangular cross-section with two longitudinal side walls 6a, 6b which are parallel to each other and a longitudinal bottom wall 6c.
  • grooves 10 On the longitudinal side walls 6a, 6b of the groove 6 are made respective grooves 10 extending longitudinally parallel to the above-mentioned predetermined main axis D, the grooves 10 being opposite each other and defining respective undercuts in a direction perpendicular to the flat wall 3a, 3b of the main body 3.
  • the system 1 also comprises electric apparatuses 11 configured to stably engage with the main body 3 using respective fastening means.
  • the above-mentioned fastening means are configured to allow the engagement of external elements to be fixed to the main body 3; the expression “external elements” meaning both the above-mentioned electric apparatuses 11 and the above-mentioned objects and/or elements 2.
  • the fastening means comprise the above-mentioned groves 10.
  • the electric apparatuses 11 comprise means, not illustrated, for electrical connection with the above-mentioned conducting tracks 9.
  • the above-mentioned electric apparatuses 2 comprise lighting apparatuses (shown in Figures 5 to 8 ), power sockets (not illustrated), electrical switches (not illustrated), audio or radio apparatuses (visible in Figures 9 and 10 ).

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ITUA2016U078691U ITUA201678691U1 (it) 2016-04-12 2016-04-12 Sistema di supporto a mensola

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US6231205B1 (en) * 1998-10-23 2001-05-15 Powerwall, Inc. Illuminated shelving
ITMI20140044U1 (it) * 2014-02-04 2015-08-04 Sangiorgi S P A Scaffalatura modulare

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