FR2851442A1 - Object/information display support fixing device for store window, has elongated unit with rigid section, whose upper end is linked to wall by intermediary of anchoring part to hang rigid section by gravity in rectilinear manner - Google Patents

Abstract

The device includes an elongated unit with a rigid section (1), whose upper end is connected to a support wall by the intermediary of an anchoring part, such that the rigid section is ready to be hung by gravity, in a rectilinear manner. A fixing part maintains a support and can be fixed in a removable manner with height adjustable on the elongated unit.

Description

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  The invention relates to a device for exposing objects and / or information. The invention relates more particularly to a display of objects and / or information intended to be placed in the display case or inside a store.

  Commonly used devices consist of the removable and adjustable fixing of supports for objects or information to be exhibited, for example in the form of horizontal shelves or vertical panels. These conventional devices comprise at least one elongated element extending vertically, the upper and lower ends of which are each firmly connected to a support wall (floor, wall, ceiling) by means of anchoring parts, as well as parts attachment capable of carrying a support, removably fixed and mounted at an adjustable height on said at least one elongated element.

  Such devices are described for example in FR-A-2 272 627, the elongated elements being stretched cables, and in FR-A-2 407 691, the elongated elements being rigid rods. In these known devices, the elongated elements are anchored by their two ends respectively to the ceiling and to the ground, and extend vertically between the ceiling and the ground. FR-A2 654 599 teaches the anchoring of elongated elements on the wall.

  The elongated elements are thus held between two pieces of upper and lower anchors and tensioned to allow a sufficiently large tensioning for the effective maintenance of cantilevered objects. It is therefore in particular necessary to drill at least two holes in the support wall for fixing an elongated element via the upper and lower anchoring parts.

  The cost of labor linked to the installation of the anchoring parts as well as to the laying and tensioning of the elongated elements is, however, relatively large. It can actually reach up to 30% of the overall cost of such an exposure device.

  In addition, such devices are not very modular. Once the holes drilled for fixing the elongated elements, the arrangement of the various elongated elements is frozen. It is effectively not possible to modify the spacing between said elongated elements without having to drill new holes for fixing the anchoring parts in the support walls.

  An object of the invention is to reduce the exposure time and therefore the overall cost of such devices, in particular making said installation less tedious. It is more particularly a question of releasing the anchoring constraints of the elements lying on the ground, on the ceiling or wall to reduce the number of fixings required.

  To this end, the invention provides a device for the removable and adjustable fixing of supports for the presentation of objects and / or information comprising at least one elongated element and at least one attachment piece for the maintenance of a support, said attachment piece being able to be removably fixed and to an adjustable height on said elongated element, characterized in that said at least one elongated element is a rigid profile whose upper end is linked to a support wall by means of an anchor piece adapted so that said rigid section is able to hang by gravity in a straight line.

  In this way, the rigid profile on which the hooking parts are fixed for the maintenance of a support is only securely connected to the support wall by its upper end. A single anchoring piece, and therefore a single fixing point, is effectively necessary for hanging said rigid section by gravity in a rectilinear manner in a manner suitable for maintaining objects in cantilever. The device which is the subject of the invention is therefore particularly simple to install.

  A plurality of holes are drilled transversely through the thickness of said rigid section. Advantageously, the holes of said plurality of holes are regularly arranged in one or more series of holes extending in the longitudinal direction of said profile. The holes can be arranged in particular in two sets of holes which can further be offset from one another.

  According to the preferred embodiment of the invention, the cross section of said rigid section has substantially the shape of an ellipse to which a substantially circular bead is attached. A first series of holes is arranged substantially in the center of the elliptical part, that is to say the thickest part of said profile. The second series of holes is for its part arranged substantially at the point of least thickness of said profile, namely at the connection between the elliptical part and the circular bead.

  A hooking piece surrounds at least one side of said rigid profile and is fixed to said rigid profile by means of a pin inserted into a hole provided for this purpose in said hooking piece and a hole of said plurality of holes in said rigid section. Such a hooking piece is able to maintain a support for the presentation of objects and / or information by mechanically pinching said support or by joining said support by gluing.

  Said anchoring part comprises a base which is rigidly associated by gluing or by screwing to a support wall.

  According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, said rigid profile is a hollow profile and the anchoring piece comprises a support rod, a first end of which is firmly connected to said base and a second end of which is inserted longitudinally into the upper end of the rigid profile and fixed to said rigid profile using a dowel inserted in a hole provided for this purpose in said support rod and a hole of said plurality of holes in said rigid profile.

  Optionally, the lower end of the rigid profile is also linked to a support wall by means of an anchoring piece in a similar manner to that which is produced for the upper end of said rigid profile.

  Also optionally, rigid sections are rigidly joined two by two by a joining piece adapted to combine said rigid sections.

  Other characteristics, objects and advantages of the invention will appear on reading the detailed description which follows, and in the light of the appended drawings, given by way of nonlimiting examples and in which: - Figures la, lb, lc respectively represent a perspective view, a cross-sectional view and a side view of the rigid section according to the preferred embodiment of the invention; - Figure 2 shows the assembly of the rigid profile and a connecting rod for fixing the upper end of the rigid profile; - Figures 3a, 3b and 3c respectively show the fixing of the upper end of the rigid profile by means of a curved connecting rod, a straight connecting rod ending in a part forming a ring and a straight connecting rod ending in a hook part; - Figures 4a, 4b, 4c respectively show the fixing of the lower end of the rigid profile by means of a curved connecting rod, a straight connecting rod ending in a ring-forming part and a straight connecting rod ending in a foot portion; - Figures 5a and 5b show the contiguous assembly of two sections using respectively an abutment plate and a shoulder rod; - Figures 6a, 6b and 6c show perspective views of attachment pieces intended to be removably mounted and at an adjustable height on the rigid section; - Figures 7 to 13 illustrate different methods of fixing a vertical panel by the device object of the invention; Figures la, lb, lc show a rigid section 1 having a constant cross section of small thickness compared to its length. Said cross section has substantially, as is more particularly illustrated in the cross-sectional view of FIG. 1b, the shape of an ellipse 20 to which a substantially circular bead 21 is attached. Advantageously, said bead 21 is attached to one of the ends of the major axis of said ellipse 20.

  According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the minor axis of the ellipse 20 is substantially 10 mm and the ratio between the major axis and the minor axis of said ellipse 20 is substantially equal to 2. The bead 21 a meanwhile a diameter of about 6 mm. In this way, the maximum thickness of said profile 1 is substantially 10 mm and its width is approximately 25 mm.

  Said profile 1 is a hollow profile, its constant cross section 10 having a longitudinal hole 22 and more particularly a cylindrical longitudinal hole located in the center of the elliptical part of said cross section of said profile 1. According to the preferred embodiment of the invention, the cylindrical hole has a diameter substantially equal to 6.2 mm.

  Holes are drilled through said profile 1 perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said profile 1. Advantageously, said holes are arranged regularly in two series of holes which extend in the longitudinal direction of said profile 1. Said two series of holes are preferably offset from each other. The first series of holes 23a is disposed substantially in the center of the elliptical part, that is to say the thickest part of said profile. The second series of holes 23b is, for its part, arranged substantially at the point of thinner thickness of said profile 1, at the connection between the elliptical part 20 and the circular bead 21.

  According to the preferred embodiment of the invention, the holes are of diameter substantially equal to 4 mm, regularly arranged every 37.5 mm approximately and said two series of holes are offset from each other by approximately 7.5 mm.

  Figure 2 shows the assembly of the rigid profile 1 and a connecting rod 2 for fixing the upper end of the rigid profile.

  Said connecting rod 2 is adapted to sink into the hole 22 30 of said hollow section 1 and has a substantially cylindrical hole 24 drilled through its thickness perpendicular to its longitudinal axis. A dowel 3 is inserted through any hole in said first series of holes 23a of said profile 1 and said hole 24 of said connecting rod 2 thus making it possible to simply assemble said profile 1 and said connecting rod 2. So advantageous, such an assembly is more easily dissociable by removing said pin 3.

  According to the preferred embodiment of the invention, said connecting rod 2 is cylindrical, with a diameter substantially equal to 6 mm, adapted to sink into the hole 22 passing longitudinally through the profile 1.

  The hole 24 drilled through said connecting rod 2 and said pin 3 are in turn substantially cylindrical and have a diameter equal to approximately 4 mm.

  The upper end of the rigid profile is linked to a support wall by means of said connection rod 2 and of an anchoring piece adapted to said connection rod, the support wall being able to be a horizontal wall such as a ceiling. or a vertical wall such as a wall or a showcase.

  Figures 3a, 3b and 3c show different types of attachment of the upper end of the rigid section. The connecting rod connected to said rigid profile by means of a dowel can effectively take different forms depending on the desired method of fixing the upper end of the rigid profile.

  FIG. 3a illustrates a fixing of the upper end of the rigid profile using a bent connecting rod 2a. Said bent connecting rod 2a essentially comprises two cylindrical parts substantially perpendicular to each other and connected by means of an elbow. The cylindrical part of said rod 2a which is not inserted into said hollow profile is inserted into an interface part 4a capable of ensuring the connection of said rod 2a to an anchoring part of the profile to a support wall .

  Figure 3b illustrates a fixing of the upper end of the rigid section using a straight connecting rod ending in a ring 2b. 3o The ring at the end of said rod 2b either consists of a curved part forming a ring of the upper end of the rod or of a plastic ring fixed to the upper end of the rod. The anchoring piece comprises an interface piece 5b capable of being engaged in said ring in order to ensure the connection of said rod 2 to said anchoring piece.

  Figure 3c illustrates a fixing of the upper end of the rigid section 5 using a straight connecting rod ending in a hook 2c.

  Said hook at the end of said rod 2c consists either of a curved part of the upper end of the rod forming a hook or of a plastic hook fixed to the upper end of the rod. Said hook makes it possible to suspend said connecting rod 2c, and consequently said profile 1, from an interface piece, also called rod 4c, said rod 4c forming part of the anchoring part of the profile.

  The anchoring piece comprises a base 5 shown in Figures 3a, 3b and 3c. Said base 5 can be screwed or advantageously glued to a support wall, said figures 3a, 3b and 3c illustrating the case of a vertical support wall such as a wall or a display case. Of course similar anchoring means can be provided for suspending said rigid section from a horizontal support wall such as a ceiling. Said base 5 is adapted to receive interface parts 5a, 5b or 5c depending on the method of fixing the upper end of the rigid section retained. Said 20 pieces of interfaces 5a, 5b and 5c can be screwed or advantageously embedded in said base 5.

  The interface piece 5a is substantially straight, orthogonal to the wall on which said anchor piece is fixed and adapted to receive said interface piece 4a in order to ensure the connection of a straight rod or of said rod 2a to said base 5 of the anchoring part of the profile.

  The interface piece 5b is substantially straight, orthogonal to the wall on which said anchoring piece 5 is fixed. It is adapted to engage in the ring present at the end of said rod 2b ensuring de facto the connection of said rod 2a to said base 5 of the anchoring part 30 of the profile. Said interface part 5b is advantageously in the shape of a horn, as shown in FIG. 3b, the end of the horn pointing upwards, to provide greater stability to said connection between said rod 2b and said base 5 .

  The interface part 5c is substantially straight, orthogonal to the wall on which said base 5 is fixed. It supports a substantially cylindrical rod 4c 5 extending perpendicular to said interface part 5c along the wall on which said base 5 is fixed. Said rod 2c hangs on said rod 4c, said rod 4c being adapted to accommodate said interface part 4a ensuring in fact the connection of said rod 2a to said base 5 of the anchoring part of the profile.

  Said profile 1 is generally made of metal and preferably of stainless steel. It can also be made of plastic. Said profile 1 is connected to said anchoring part via said connecting rod 2 according to the fixing systems described above. Said rigid section 1 is then able to hang by gravity in a straight line. Hanging pieces, which will be described later, are removably fixed and mounted at an adjustable height on said rigid section to effectively hold overhanging objects such as horizontal shelves or vertical panels. The device which is the subject of the invention is therefore particularly simple to install. A single fixing point is effectively necessary to hang a rigid section in a manner suitable for holding objects in overhang.

  Advantageously, the anchoring piece making it possible to hang the rigid profile in a manner suitable for holding objects in cantilever can be glued to the support wall. This makes installation even simpler since it is no longer even necessary to pierce the support wall in order to fix said anchor piece therein.

  Advantageously also, a single fixing point is necessary to hang a plurality of rigid sections when using the rod fixing system shown in Figure 3c. A plurality of profiles can be suspended from a single rod, said rod being securely connected to a support wall only by means of a single anchoring piece. The use of such a rod for the suspension of a plurality of rigid sections makes it possible to offer great modularity to the device which is the subject of the invention. The spacing between the rigid sections can actually be changed as desired without having to have 5 new anchoring parts. It is indeed sufficient to move the rigid sections suspended from the rod to have a new arrangement of the device object of the invention adapted in particular to sizes of shelves or variable panels.

  Optionally, the lower end of the rigid profile can also be firmly connected to a support wall (for example to a wall, a display case or a floor) by means of anchoring pieces similar to those used to securely link the upper end of the rigid profile to a support wall (for example a wall, a display case or a ceiling). Figures 4a, 4b and 4c show different types of attachment of the lower end of the rigid section. In the same way as for fixing the upper end of the rigid profile, a connecting rod is inserted into the longitudinal hole of said profile and connected to said profile by a pin passing through said profile and said rod. In FIG. 4a, a curved connecting rod makes it possible to connect the lower end of the rigid profile to an anchoring piece of the type 20 previously described. It is the same in Figure 4b showing a connecting rod which has an end portion forming a ring. Figure 4c shows a connecting rod which has an end portion equipped with a foot intended to rest on the ground.

  The rigid sections can advantageously be joined two to two for the formation of elongated elements of greater structural stability and visually more attractive. Said elongated elements consist of two rigid profiles hanging by gravity in a rectilinear manner, parallel to each other and assembled contiguously by a connecting element which can be a shoulder plate or a shoulder rod.

  Figure 5a shows the assembly of two rigid sections 6a, 7a using a shoulder plate 8a. Said attachment plate 8a has two grooves 24a, 24b extending vertically and substantially parallel to each other. Each of said two grooves 24a, 24b is adapted so that the small amount of a rigid profile, that is to say the part corresponding to the substantially circular bead 21 of a rigid profile, 5 is inserted therein. In this way, two rigid sections can be held jointly by said shoulder plate 8a, parallel to each other, at a fixed distance from each other corresponding to the spacing between said two grooves 24a, 24b.

  Figure 5b shows the assembly of two rigid sections 6b, 10 7b using a shoulder rod 8b. Said shoulder rod 8b enables said two rigid sections 6b, 7b to be held jointly parallel to one another. Said attachment rod 8b mainly consists of a threaded or tapped pin 9 intended to be threaded in facing holes among the holes 23a present on the two sections 6b, 7b. The central part of said axis 9 intended to be positioned between said two sections 6b, 7b is covered with a cylindrical portion 11. Two nuts 1 0a, 1 0b are positioned at each end of said axis 9, on the external face of each said sections 6b, 7b. Said nuts are screwed to the axis 9 and allow the structure with two profiles thus formed to be maintained. Advantageously, said nuts 10a, 10b have a substantially planar upper surface on which it is possible to position a horizontal shelf.

  Hanging pieces intended to hold in particular horizontal shelves or vertical panels are removably fixed and mounted at an adjustable height on the rigid profile. Said attachment pieces are drilled so as to be traversed right through by a hole. A dowel is inserted into the holes provided for this purpose through said profile and said attachment piece and makes it possible to simply fix said attachment piece to said profile. In addition, due to the presence of a plurality of holes on the sides of the profile, it is possible to fix said attachment piece at an adjustable height on said profile. Finally, there the attachment pieces can be fixed on one side or the other of the profile, either by means of the holes provided on the part of greater width (that is to say on the side of the ellipse) or through the holes provided on the part of the smallest width (that is to say the part of the circular bead). Advantageously, the offset of the two series of holes on the flanks of the rigid profile makes it possible to be able to fix, at a given height, both a hooking piece on the large amount of the profile (that is to say of the side of the ellipse) and a hanging piece on the small upright of the profile (that is to say on the side of the bead). The number of 10 attachment pieces that can be fixed on a profile is thus maximized and the device object of the invention has a great modularity.

  Figures 6a, 6b respectively represent perspective views of attachment parts 10a, 10b intended to be mounted on the large upright of the rigid section. Said attachment parts 10a, 15 10b are fixed in a removable manner by being clipped onto the side of the rigid section which has the widest part, that is to say the substantially elliptical part 20. Said attachment parts 1Oa, 1Ob present for this purpose means with additional shape with said large upright 20 of the rigid profile allowing them to come and surround said rigid profile 1. Holes 13a, 13b are provided on the sides of said attachment pieces 10a, 10b so that they can be mounted at an adjustable height on said rigid section. A dowel passes through both said attachment piece and said rigid profile through the holes provided for this purpose on said attachment piece and a hole in the series of holes 23a 25 on the elliptical part of said rigid profile. Said attachment pieces 1Oa, 1Ob also have a substantially cylindrical longitudinal recess 14a, 14b adapted to receive a substantially cylindrical rod.

  As a variant, FIG. 6c shows a perspective view of a hooking piece 10c intended to be mounted on the small upright of the rigid section. Said attachment piece 10c can be mounted on the rigid profile by fitting onto the side of said rigid profile having the substantially circular bead 21. Said attachment piece 12c is removably fixed to said rigid profile 1 using of a dowel 14 joining said attachment piece 12c and said rigid section 1 by passing through the recesses 13c provided for this purpose on the edges of said attachment piece 12c and a hole among the series of holes 23b on the part of the circular bead 21 of said rigid section 1. Said attachment piece 12c generally has a substantially cylindrical longitudinal recess 14c adapted to receive a substantially cylindrical rod.

  As has just been presented, the attachment parts are adapted to receive a substantially cylindrical rod. Said rod is held integrally with a hooking piece by being embedded therein, screwed or held using a dowel or a screw. Said rod is, depending on the configuration of the device which is the subject of the invention, straight or curved.

  FIGS. 7 to 11 show examples of the display of a vertical panel 14, generally made of plexiglass, by means of attachment pieces fixed on at least one rigid profile and on which rods capable of supporting said panel are mounted vertical. Said vertical panel is supported by gluing (Figures 7, 10, 11 and 12) or by mechanical pinching (Figures 8, 9 and 13).

  FIG. 7 represents a rigid section 1 supporting a vertical panel 14 using two hooking pieces 12b fixed to the large upright 20 of said rigid section 1 as has been previously presented. Said two attachment pieces 12b each hold a straight rod 15 having an end portion able to be glued to said vertical panel 14. In this way, said panel 14 is detachably held and at an adjustable height by the single profile rigid 1 in front of said profile 1.

  FIG. 8 represents a rigid section 1 supporting a vertical panel 14 using two hooking pieces 12b fixed to the large upright of said rigid section 1 as has been previously presented.

  Said two attachment pieces 12b each hold a curved rod 16 having an end portion capable of gripping said vertical panel 14. In this way, said panel 14 is detachably held and at an adjustable height by the single profile rigid 1 in front of said profile 1.

  FIG. 9 represents two rigid sections 1, 1 ′ supporting a vertical panel 14 using two hooking pieces 12b each fixed to the large upright of each of the two rigid sections 1, 1 ′ as 10 as previously presented. Said two attachment pieces 12b each hold a curved rod 16 having an end portion capable of pinching said vertical panel 14. In this way, said panel 14 is detachably held and at an adjustable height between said two rigid sections 1, 1 '.

  FIG. 10 represents two rigid sections 1, 1 ′ supporting a vertical panel 14 by means of two attachment pieces 12c each fixed to the small upright of each of the two rigid sections 1, 1 ′ as previously presented. Said two attachment pieces 12c each hold a curved rod 17 having an end portion 20 capable of being glued to said vertical panel 14. In this way, said panel 14 is detachably held and at an adjustable height between said two rigid sections 1, 1 '.

  FIG. 11 represents a rigid section 1 supporting a vertical panel 14 using two attachment pieces 12c each fixed to the small upright of said rigid section 1 as has been previously presented. Said two attachment pieces 12c each hold a curved rod 16 having an end portion able to be glued to said vertical panel 14. In this way, said panel 14 is detachably held and at an adjustable height by the single profile rigid 1 on the side of said profile 1.

  It is of course conceivable, for the formation of a device according to the invention, and as shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, to combine a plurality of rigid profiles by joining them two by two or not, to use different types of attachment pieces (fixing on 5 the large or small amount of a rigid profile), different types of rods for carrying the means of fixing the panels and / or shelves (straight, single curvature, double curvature) and different methods of fixing said panels and / or shelves (gluing, mechanical pinching). The device according to the invention is therefore perfectly modular.

Claims (10)

  1. Device for the removable and adjustable fixing of supports for the presentation of objects and / or information comprising at least one elongated element and at least one attachment piece for holding a support, said piece of hook which can be removably fixed and at an adjustable height on said elongated element, characterized in that said at least one elongated element is a rigid profile 1, the upper end of which is connected to a support wall by means of an anchor piece adapted so that said rigid section is able to hang by gravity in a straight line.   2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that a plurality of holes is drilled transversely through the thickness of said rigid section.   3. Device according to claim 2, characterized in that the holes of the plurality of holes are regularly arranged in at least one series of holes extending in the longitudinal direction of said profile.   4. Device according to claim 3, characterized in that the at least one series of holes 23a, 23b are offset with respect to each other.   5. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the cross section of said rigid section has substantially the shape of an ellipse 20 to which a substantially circular bead 21 is attached.   6. Device according to one of claims 2 to 5, characterized in that a coupling part 12a, 12b, 12c surrounds at least one side of said rigid section 1 and in that said coupling part is fixed to said rigid profile using a dowel inserted into a hole provided for this purpose in said attachment piece and a hole of said plurality of holes in said rigid profile.   7. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a hooking piece is capable of holding a support for the presentation of objects and / or information by mechanically pinching said support or by coming join said support by gluing.   8. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the anchoring piece comprises a base 5 rigidly associated by gluing or by screwing to said support wall.   9. Device according to claim 8, characterized in that, said rigid profile being a hollow profile, the anchoring part comprises a support rod 1 0 2a, 2b, 2c, a first end of which is firmly connected to said base 5 and of which a second end is inserted longitudinally into the upper end of the rigid profile 1 and fixed to said rigid profile using a dowel 3 inserted in a hole provided for this purpose in said support rod and a hole in said plurality of holes 23a , 23b in said rigid section.   10. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the lower end of the rigid profile 1 is also linked to a support wall by means of an anchoring piece comprising a base rigidly associated with said support wall and a support rod 20, a first end of which is firmly connected to said base and a second end of which is inserted into the lower end of the rigid profile and fixed to said rigid profile using a dowel inserted in a hole provided for this effect in said support rod and a hole of said plurality of holes in said rigid profile.   He. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it further comprises at least two rigid sections rigidly joined two by two by a shoulder piece 8a, 8b adapted to combine said at least two rigid sections.