IL49330A - Elements for constructing shelves - Google Patents

Description

Co The present invention relates to shelves such as used as bookcases and for like It is the object of the invention to place at the disposal of a holder elements which can be assembled quickly and easily with no use of screws and nuts and other like connecting It is a further object of the invention to provide elements which make possible the extension and new arrangements of the The conventional methods assume that every shelf is ted to at least two vertical columns by linking means and that each column is affixed to the ceiling or the wall of the respective Said linking means may comprise angle profiles and screws and the said angle profiles made of a resistant so as to be able to carry the load of a shelf on which heavy articles have been If affixing to the ceiling is not or is the shelves are to be provided with large bases order to ensure firm stand According to the invention there is provided a set prising column members and a number of elongated boards for each pair of the said columns being shaped bars which are subdivided into a number of identical sue cessive each being flaring in Upward horizontal shoulders being formed at the top portion at its the thinnest part of the next gortion in upward direction extending from said two oppositely disposed lugs extending laterally from the said thinnest part of each portion the boards having cutouts in their narrow edges which cutouts are shaped in with and adapted to receive within them the said In a preferred embodiment of the the said lugs have dovetail shape and the cutouts in the boards are correspondingly The new shelves will be described hereinafter with rence to the accompanying drawings which illustrate a bookshel constructed in accordance with the In the 1 is a fractional frontal view of the new 2 is a fractional side view showing the profile of a column according to 3 is a fractional top view of one 4 is a perspective view of a Further features and advantages the invention will become apparent from the description Book shelves of the type herein described and as resented in comprise a set of boards 1 positioned one above the and serving as the shelves being connected by carried on vertical columns upward portion of From this thinnest part and on the said plane top extend two oppositely disposed lugs which preferably are dovetail The boards 1 which are to serve as shelves proper have cutouts 6 in their opposite shorter The height of lugs 5 slightly exceeds the height of the boards 1 order to ensure stability of the In practice the columns will preferably be made of timber since this shape has been found to be most advantageous to be made of it would be within the scope of the invention to make such columns of metal or glass fibre The boards will be made of timber or In setting up and assembling the new shelves the columns will either be affixed to a wall by means of whatever brackets or will be between floor and ceiling of a as is Having placed the columns at appropriate distances one another and xed them in the manner all that has to be is to insert the This can easily be done by entering a board obliquely into the space between two above the level of opposite shoulders Then the one end of the board is made to rest on a pair of shoulders 4 one and its cutout is made to engage the lug 5 on those Then the opposite end of the board is lowered onto the shoulders of a second column until the board is In that position the lug on the shoulders of the second column enters the second cutout in the edge of the board and the board has attained its final position of It will be seen that the interengagement between boards 1 and columns 2 is firm and lends stability to the whole insufficientOCRQuality

Claims (4)

WHAT IS CLAIMED IS:

1. A set of pre-shaped elements ioj^^ bookshelves or like, the said set comprising column members and a number of elongated hoards foT each ^air^of columns, the said columns being shaped bars cessive portions, each portion being flaring in upward direction, horizontal shoulders being formed at the top of each portion at its widest part, the thinnest part of the next portion from_ said shoulders , two oppositely disposed lugs extending laterally from the said thinnest part of each portion narrow edges which cutouts are shaped in accordance with and adapted to receive within them the said lugs.

2. A set as described in Claim ! wherein said lugs have, dovetail shape and the cutouts in the boards are correspondingly shaped.

3. A bookshelf or like article whenever composed of elements claimed in any of the preceding claims.

4. A set of preshaped elements, substantially as hereinbefore described and shown in Attorneys for Applicant