ITPD20090030U1 - SUPPORTING COLUMN FOR INTERIOR CABINET SHELVES - Google Patents

Description

SUPPORT UPRIGHT FOR INTERNAL SHELVES OF

WARDROBES

DESCRIPTION

The present patent relates to cabinets and in particular concerns the support structures of the internal shelves of the cabinets. The cabinets currently consist of modules each comprising a base, two sides or shoulders, a back, a ceiling or top assembled together to form a parallelepiped box-like structure open on the front side.

The front opening of the module can remain open, so as to have the wardrobe compartment open, or closed by one or two rotating or sliding doors, so as to have the wardrobe compartment closed. Inside said module, horizontal transversal rods can be positioned, for hanging clothes, or shelves on which to place clothes or linen.

Two or more modules each making up a wardrobe compartment are placed side by side and joined together so as to compose a wardrobe of the desired size and number of compartments.

The current cabinets thus constituted have some limitations and problems.

Current wardrobes have compartments of maximum width in the order of one meter or one and a half meters as the shelves of this width, to support the weight of the objects placed on them, must have an extremely resistant structure, especially to bending, to the detriment of of their weight.

Consequently, the sides or shoulders on which the shelves are hooked, as well as the accessories for connection between the shelves and the sides or shoulders, require a sturdy construction to withstand the weight of the wide shelves and of the objects placed on said shelves.

These structural elements, shelves and sides or shoulders, suitable for bearing their own weight and of the objects placed, are very expensive to produce and heavy to handle.

In some cases it is necessary to store in a protected place and in a horizontal position objects of considerable width. As there are currently no cabinets on the market with compartments greater than one meter - and a half meter wide, the solution now adopted is to wrap these objects with a protective cloth and place them on top of a wardrobe. This involves the difficulty of lifting such objects up to the height of the sky or ceiling of the cabinet both to position them and to pick them up. Some wardrobes, however, have a height up to the ceiling of the room and consequently this solution is not feasible. In addition to this, some users feel a sensation of constriction or closure deriving from the compartments of the modules.

In order to obviate all the aforesaid drawbacks, a new upright has been studied and realized for supporting internal shelves of wardrobes.

One purpose of the new upright is to support the adjacent shelves of two modules of the same cabinet.

Another purpose of the new upright is to have a reduced depth so as to allow long / wide objects to be placed on two shelves at the same height of two adjacent modules of the same cabinet.

Another purpose of the new upright is to eliminate or limit the sensation perceived by the user of constriction or closure deriving from the sides or shoulders of the cabinet modules.

These and other direct and complementary purposes are achieved by the new upright for supporting internal shelves of cabinets comprising a generically profiled tubular element with a generally square right section having a series of holes with constant pitch on each of the two major sides of its section.

The new upright is placed vertically inside a larger module, generally in a median position or in any case in the central band of the width of the compartment and generally in a median position of the depth of said compartment.

The new upright is fixed to the base and to the ceiling or top of the module, with known elements and systems able to prevent both translation and rotation of said upright inside the module in which it is placed.

On the sides of said upright facing the shoulders or sides of the cabinet compartment, support elements for the shelves or other accessories inside the cabinet, such as a sliding drawer or horizontal transverse rods.

The characteristics of the new upright will be better clarified by the following description with reference to the drawing table, attached by way of non-limiting example.

The new upright consists of a metal profile (P) having a generally rectangular section, as illustrated in figure 1.

Figure 2 illustrates an axonometric view of a portion of the profile (P) constituting the new upright.

On each of the two major sides (P1, P2) of said section of the profile (P) there is a groove (S) parallel to the length of the upright. This groove (S) can have a square, rectangular, or preferably trapezoidal shape with the longer side open towards the outside of the section (P).

Inside said section of the profile (P) there are appendages or septa (A1, A2) such as to house exactly a known stud pin (X1) normally used together with seats (X2) with worm (X3) for fixing orthogonal elements, as shown in figure 2.

On each groove (S), at regular intervals and along the entire length of the profile (P), there are holes (F) for fixing the connecting elements and / or support of the shelves.

In particular, said connection and / or support elements (C) are formed by a metal bracket (L) joined to a metal plate (C1) having, on a larger wall (Ci), a relief (C2) of shape and size identical to the shape of the groove (S) of the profile (P) of the new upright.

On this plate (C1) there is at least one, and preferably two, through holes (Ca, Cb) aligned along said relief (C2) and communicating with the major wall (Ce) opposite to said relief (C2).

Figure 2 schematically illustrates the assembly and fixing of the new upright.

At each end of the profile (P) constituting the new upright, a hole for the insertion and housing of a seat (X2) with worm (X3) for stud bolts (X1).

On the base and on the ceiling or top of the cabinet module, in the position of the upright, a captive pin (X1) and a simple screw (V) with an adequately large head are fixed to fit exactly between the major walls (P1, P2) section of the profile (P) and the wall (P4) opposite the appendages or partitions (A1, A2) inside the profile (P).

The upright is positioned between the base and the top or ceiling so that the studs (X1) are inserted in the seats (2) with worms (X2) of the upright and so that the screws (V) close to said studs (X1) are housed inside the profile (P) preventing the profile (P) itself from rotating on said captive pins (X1).

By inserting the worm (X3) in the appropriate seats (X2) at the ends of the profile (P) of the upright, this upright is fixed and blocked on said base and top or ceiling of the cabinet.

The connecting and / or support elements (C) of the shelves are applied to one or both of the major sides (P1, P2) of the profile (P) of the upright.

It is possible to foresee that a screw (O1) blocks each plate (C1) of the connecting element and / or support (C) to the profile (P) and that a further screw (O2) blocks each bracket (L) on each said plate (C1).

It is possible to provide a single screw which, crossing the plate (C1) of the connecting element and / or support (C), blocks the bracket (L) and the plate (C1) itself to the profile (P) of the upright. The upright thus fixed in the cabinet module allows to support two series of shelves, one for each side, each hooked to a bracket (L) fixed to the upright and one or more further brackets (L) fixed to the sides or shoulders of the cabinet module. 'wardrobe.

The new upright allows you to also fix horizontal transversal rods, for hanging clothes, or upper shelves of sliding drawers.

The new upright constituted as described above has considerable advantages.

The new upright makes it possible to support shelves of normal dimensions, distributed on both sides of the upright itself, in compartments of cabinet modules having a greater width than the compartments of the modules of known cabinets.

By placing two shelves attached to the same new upright at the same height, it is possible to place objects of considerable width inside the wardrobe.

The new upright can replace the shoulder or side between two adjacent compartments of adjacent modules, providing the user with an impression of a larger compartment with less sensation of constriction or closure.

These are the schematic modalities sufficient for the skilled person to realize the invention, consequently, in concrete application there may be variations without prejudice to the substance of the innovative concept.

Therefore, with reference to the preceding description and to the attached table, the following claims are expressed.

Claims (1)

CLAIMS 1.Support upright for internal shelves of cabinets, comprising a profile (P) with a generally rectangular section, suitable to be fixed to the base and to the top or ceiling of a cabinet module, having holes (P1, P2) on the longer sides (P1, P2) F) at regular intervals for fixing the connecting and / or support elements (C) of the shelves, characterized by the fact that on each major side (P1, P2) a groove (S) parallel to the length of the profile (P) of the upright, and where said holes (F) are arranged in said groove (S). 2. Support upright for internal shelves of cabinets, as per claim 1, characterized by the fact that said groove (S) has a trapezoidal shape with the longer side open towards the outside of the profile (P), and where said holes (F) are arranged on the shorter side of said trapezoidal section of said groove (S). 3. Support upright, as per claim 1, characterized in that each connection and / or support element (C) comprises a metal bracket (L) and a metal plate (C1) having, on a major wall (Ci), a relief (C2) of shape and dimensions identical to the shape of the groove (S) of said profile (P) of the new upright, and where said plate (C1) of said connection and / or support element (C) has one or more holes (Ca, Cb) aligned and passing between said relief (C2) and the major wall (Ce) opposite said relief (C2) adapted to receive a screw (O1) for fixing said plate (C1) of said element connection and / or support (C) to the holes (F) of the profile (P) of the upright and suitable for accommodating a screw (O2) for fixing each bracket (L) to said plate (C1). 4. Support upright, as per claim 3, characterized by the fact that one or more screws fix each bracket (L) to the holes (F) of the profile (P) of the upright through the holes (Ca, Cb) of said plate (C1 ) of said element for connecting and / or supporting the shelves. 5. Support upright, as per claim 1, characterized in that the section of said profile (P) internally has appendages or partitions (A1, A2) such as to house exactly a known stud pin (X1) normally used together with seats ( X2) with worm (X3), and where said profile (P) of said upright has one or more holes at each of its ends for the insertion and housing of a seat (X2) with worm (X3) for captive pins (X1).