SE1651117A1

SE1651117A1 - Guide adapted to support a container, a storage system and an attachable plug

Info

Publication number: SE1651117A1
Application number: SE1651117A
Authority: SE
Inventors: Brendel Stefan
Original assignee: Ikea Supply Ag
Priority date: 2016-08-19
Filing date: 2016-08-19
Publication date: 2018-02-20
Also published as: SE540276C2; WO2018034613A1; EP3500135A4; CN109561762A; EP3500135A1; CN109561762B; EP3500135B1

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a guide (20b) adapted to support a container (10) such that the container (10) is movable relative to the guide (20b) along a longitudinal direction (L) of the guide (20b), the guide (20b) comprising an elongated track (21) extending along the longitudinal direction (L), a protrusion (23) at least partly extending in a transverse direction (T, T), and a local dilatation (24) at least partly extending in a transverse direction (T, T), wherein the guide (20b) further comprises an attachable plug (30) adapted to be attached to the track (21) after mounting of the container (10) on the guide (20b), such that the plug (30) occupies at least a portion of the dilatation (24) and thereby counteracting unintentional manoeuvring of said portion of the container via the dilatation and thereby counteracting the abutment portion from circumnavigating the protrusion. The disclosure also relates to a storage system and to an attachable plug.

Description

GUIDE ADAPTED TO SUPPORT A CONTAINER, A STORAGE SYSTEM ANDAN ATTACHABLE PLUG Field of invention The invention relates to a guide adapted to support a container such that thecontainer is movable relative to the guide along a longitudinal direction of the guide,comprising an elongated track extending along the longitudinal direction; a protrusionat least partly extending in a transverse direction, the protrusion being adapted tointeract with an abutment portion of the container and thereby counteracting thecontainer from being unintentionally dismounted from the guide in the longitudinaldirection; and a local dilatation at least partly extending in a transverse directionallowing the container to be mounted/dismounted by manoeuvring a portion of thecontainer via the dilatation thereby allowing the abutment portion to circumnavigatethe protrusion.

The guide is commonly used for storage containers, typically of the at-homevariety to be used for storage of household items such as articles of clothing,children”s toys or other items.

The invention also relates to a storage system comprising two guides and onecontainer, the container comprising an abutment portion conﬁgured to abut theprotrusion of the guide.

The invention also relates to an attachable plug adapted to be attached to theguide after mounting of the container on the guide, such that the plug counteracts unintentional dismounting of the container from the guide.

Technical BackgroundAt-home storage systems are often furniture intended to hold common household items. It is common for these systems to comprise a plurality of open-topped, top-loaded containers horizontally mounted in a vertical stack in a rack. Acontainer is loaded or unloaded by sliding the container out of the rack to load orunload, and then the container is slid back in the rack when loading or unloading isfinished. For this purpose, the containers are mounted on guides, such that thecontainers can only move in a plane parallel to the horizontal direction andfurthermore only in one intended direction. It is undesirable for these containers to bedismounted unintentionally from the rack, as they are then unsupported and if heavilyloaded may cause damage or harm. Therefore, the guides are commonly conﬁgured to stop the container from moving further than an intended distance in the intended direction. However, as many at-home storage systems are provided to consumers in adisassembled state, it is also desirable to design these guides so that the containersmay be mounted a first time with minimal effort and instruction.

This issue is addressed by allowing the containers to be mounted by slidingthem into tracks in the rack. These tracks may have a protrusion occupying a portionof the track, the geometry of which is such that a container may be slid into the trackgoing over the protrusion but cannot easily be slid out without the container abuttingthe protrusion. Such a design is e. g. shown in US6467860 and in the “Algot” series ofwire baskets from IKEA.

Another design is to have straight guides and then provide stop clips that areattached to the guides after insertion of the basket onto the guides. The stop clips areadapted to engage with e. g. a rear corner of the basket or with a basket connectiondevice of the basket preventing the basket from falling of the guides. Such a design ise.g. shown in EP 2 944 223 Al.

Another design to mention in this context is the one shown in US70903l7.This container is designed with a top portion and a bottom portion where the twoportions as slidably arranged relative to each other. The design is provided with clipsproviding the slidability and with other clips limiting the motion such that the topportion does not fall of the bottom portion.

Summag of inventionIt is an object of the invention to address the problem of containers being unintentionally dismounted from guides of storage systems.

It is an object to address the problems of containers being unintentionallydismounted, while maintaining ease of assembly.

This object has been achieved by designing a guide which is of the kindindicated in the introductory part of the description and which is characterised in thatthat the guide further comprises an attachable plug adapted to be attached to the trackafter mounting of the container on the guide, such that the plug occupies at least aportion of the dilatation and thereby counteracting unintentional manoeuvring of saidportion of the container via the dilatation and thereby counteracting the abutmentportion from circumnavigating the protrusion.

Using an attachable plug has several distinct advantages: it is simple to install,while its initial absence makes the containers simple to slide into the rack. The plugallows for secure blocking of the containers, as it need not be designed with the initialmounting of the containers in mind. A separate plug can easily be designed withdifferent kinds of features of the tracks in mind - for instance, depending on where the storage rack is to be situated, different dilatations or other features of the tracksmay be desirable. As the plug is easy to adapt to any kind of features of the tracks,this in turn makes assembly of the storage rack easier.

By designing the system such that the plug is intended to be positioned suchthat the plug occupies at least a portion of the dilatation and thereby counteractingunintentional manoeuvring of said portion of the container via the dilatation andthereby counteracting the abutment portion from circumnavigating the protrusionfurther advantages are also achieved. If the user forgets to install the plug or installs itincorrectly there will still be a functionality counteracting accidental removal. Byhaving the plug occupying the dilatation, the plug and the attachment of the plug doesnot have to be especially strong, the force counteracting accidental removal may to alarge extent be transmitted directly between the basket and the guide.

Preferred embodiments appear in the dependent claims and in the description.

The plug may comprise an abutment protrusion extending in a directiontransverse to the longitudinal direction, said abutment protrusion occupying at least aportion of the track When the plug is attached to the track. Such an abutmentprotrusion Will form a distinct shoulder and has the advantage of allowing the plug tobe designed such that the container does not need to be blocked by a Wedging actionby the plug, which would cause the container to be more difﬁcult to return to itsinnermost position. In the preferred embodiment the abutment protrusion of the plugand the protrusion of the guide are located basically on the same longitudinal positionand are directed towards each other such that they locally forms a constriction.

The guide may further comprise a recess or through-going hole, wherein theplug further comprises an attachment protrusion adapted to extend into the recess orthrough-going hole when the plug is attached to the track, wherein interactionbetween the attachment protrusion and the recess or through-going hole counteractsremoval of the plug from the track. This has the advantage of securely fastening theplug to the track with ease of assembly.

The recess or through-going hole may extend along a main direction having amajor component in a transverse direction and the plug may be designed such that,when the plug is attached to the track, the attachment protrusion also extends alongthe main direction. By orienting the recess/hole/protrusion along a main directionhaving a major component in a transverse direction any excessive pulling force on thebasket will not easily be translated to a force that pulls the attachment protrusion fromthe recess or through-going hole.

The recess or through-going hole may be positioned on a separate part beingattached to the track or may be integrated as a geometric feature of the track. In the preferred embodiment it is a through-going hole formed in the material forming thetrack.

The plug may further comprise a gripping portion, said gripping portion atleast partly enclosing a portion of a wall of the track such that the plug abuts saidportion on a side from which the attachment protrusion of the plug extends into therecess or through-going hole and also on an opposite side of the portion of the track.This provides a secure fastening of the plug.

The gripping portion of the plug together with the attachment protrusion onthe plug and the recess or through-going hole may form a snap-locking action whenthe plug is mounted on the guide. This further enhances the secure fastening of theplug. The snap-lock action may be designed to provide a distinct feed-back to the userconcerning that the plug has been correctly attached to the guide.

The dilatation of the guide may be located on a side of the guide forming a topside when the guide is mounted. The dilatation being located on a top side when theguide is mounted has the advantage of making attachment of the plug easier when thestorage system is placed near the ﬂoor.

The protrusion of the guide may be located on a side of the guide forming abottom side when the guide is mounted. The protrusion being positioned on a bottomside may provide a locking effect counteracting accidental removal even if the userforgets to install the attachable plugs.

The storage system may comprise two guides of the kind discussed above orof the kind discussed in further detail in the detailed description and one container,the container may comprise an abutment portion conﬁgured to abut the protrusion ofthe guide. By providing the container with an abutment portion, which e. g. may forma shoulder abutting the protrusion of the plug, a distinct stop of the movement of thecontainer is provided. It may be noted that in this context the storage systemmentioned above is related to two guides guiding one container with this set-up withtwo guides and one container being the whole storage system or this set-up beingrepeated several times to form a storage system. In a typical storage system this set-up is typically repeated one above the other resulting in a plurality, e.g. four or five,containers arranged one above the other.

The storage system may have at least one container being principallyrectangular in a plane being horizontal when the container is mounted, wherein thecontainer have a geometrical front Wall, a geometrical rear wall and two geometricalside walls, the walls being solid walls or mesh walls, and wherein the abutmentportion of the container is located on at least one side wall, preferably principally at atleast at one comer formed by a side wall and the rear wall of the container.

The storage system may have the abutment portion of the container be at leastpartly formed by an attachable cover, the cover comprising a first and a second half,Wherein the first and the second half being configured to be locked onto a guideportion of the container by a snap-locking action, wherein the guide portion of thecontainer is then configured to be guided by the guide. This provides an advantage byreducing friction between the portion of the container conﬁgured to be guided by theguide and the track, and also provides extra thickness which presents further optionsfor conﬁguration of the plug, such as providing the cover and/or the plug withshoulders.

The above objects have also been achieved by an attachable plug comprising an attachment protrusion adapted to extend into the recess or through-goinghole of a track when the plug is attached to the track, wherein interaction between theprotrusion of the plug and the recess or through-going hole counteracts removal of theplug from the track, the plug further comprising a gripping portion, said gripping portion being adapted to at least partlyenclose a portion of a wall of the track such that the plug abuts said portion on a sidefrom which the attachment protrusion of the plug extends into the recess or through-going hole and also on an opposite side of the portion of the track.

By designing the attachable plug in this manner it is easy to securely installthe plug in the recess or through-going hole and the plug will remain in place therebypreventing accidental removal of the plug. By providing the plug with a grippingportion of the above discussed kind the plug will be held securely in place. Theprovision of the gripping portion of this kind also makes it possible to provide a snap-lock action holding the plug securely in place and providing a feedback to the userconcerning correct installation of the plug.

The plug may comprise an abutment protrusion adapted to extend in adirection transverse to a longitudinally directed elongation of the track, said abutmentprotrusion occupying at least a portion of the track when the plug is attached to thetrack. Such an abutment protrusion will form a distinct shoulder and has theadvantage of allowing the plug to be designed such that the container does not need tobe blocked by a wedging action by the plug, which would cause the container to bemore difficult to return to its innermost position.

The gripping portion of the plug together with the attachment protrusion of theplug and the recess or through-going hole may form a snap-locking action when theplug is mounted on the guide. This further enhances the secure fastening of the plug.The snap-lock action may be designed to provide a distinct feed-back to the userconcerning that the plug has been correctly attached to the guide.

In short it may be said that the disclosure relates to a guide adapted to supporta container such that the container is movable relative to the guide along alongitudinal direction of the guide, the guide comprising an elongated trackextending along the longitudinal direction, a protrusion at least partly extending in atransverse direction, and a local dilatation at least partly extending in a transversedirection, Wherein the guide further comprises an attachable plug adapted to beattached to the track after mounting of the container on the guide, such that the plugoccupies at least a portion of the dilatation and thereby counteracting unintentionalmanoeuvring of said portion of the container via the dilatation and thereby counteracting the abutment portion from circumnavigating the protrusion.

Brief description of the drawings The invention will by way of example be described in more detail withreference to the appended schematic drawings, which shows a presently preferredembodiment of the invention.

Figure la shows a wire basket.

Figure lb is an exploded view of the wire basket of figure la.

Figure 2a shows, in a viewing direction orthogonal to the sliding direction, awire basket, slidably mounted on a guide and slid out of the storage rack (not shown).

Figure 2b shows the wire basket and the guides of ﬁgure 2a from a viewingdirection parallel to the sliding direction.

Figure 3 shows a corner of a wire basket with an attachable cover mounted;the wire basket being mounted onto a guide, which has an attachable plug attached toit.

Figure 4a shows a guide with an attached plug.

Figure 4b shows a guide without an attached plug.

Figure 5a shows the guide of figure 4a as viewed along the sliding direction.

Figure 5b shows the guide of figure 5a with a plug attached.

Figures 6a, 6b and 6c show a plug in three different perspectives.

Detailed description of preferred embodiments As shown in figure 2b, a container 10 is slidably supported by two guides 20and 20b. It may be noted that the guide 20b is mirrored compared to the guide 20 (asmirrored about a vertical plane P between the guides 20 and 20b). In the following thedesign of the guides 20, 20b will be discussed in detail with reference to the guide 20.

The container may e. g. be a wire basket 10 as shown in the figures related tothe preferred embodiment. In the detailed description the container 10 will be discussed with reference to the wire basket 10 but it may be noted that most of thefeatures may be relevant also for a container 10 being formed e. g. of solid walls andbottom.

The wire basket 10 comprises a wire net 12 being shaped to form ageometrical front wall 13a, a geometrical rear wall 13b two geometrical side walls13c-d and a bottom 14. The wire basket 10 further comprises a ﬂange 15 runningalong the upper edges of the walls 13a-d. The ﬂange 15 interconnects the walls 13a-dstabilising the wire basket 10. The portions of the ﬂange 15 that run along the sidewalls 13c-d are adapted to be slid into a track 21 of respective guide 20, 20b. Thecontainer 10 has a principally rectangular shape in a plane P2 being horizontal whenthe container 10 is mounted on its associated two guides 20, 20b.

The container 10 further comprises two attachable covers 16a, 16b attached tothe two rear comers of the wire basket 10. The rear comers are the corners formed bythe side walls 13c-d and the rear wall l3b. The covers 16a, 16 may be mirrored aboutthe plane P in design similarly as for the guides. In the disclosed design they areidentical but their respective installation on the container 10 is mirrored about theplane P. The two covers 16a-b are each formed of a first half 16a1, 16b1 and a secondhalf 16a2, 16b2. The halves conﬁgured to be locked onto a guide portion, in the casewith the wire basket they lock onto the ﬂange 15, of the container 10 by a snap-locking action.

The two covers 16a-b have forward facing surfaces 17a1, 17a2, 17b1, 17b2forming abutment portions located on both side walls 13c-d. Since the covers 16 arehave a length substantially smaller than the side walls 13c-d and are positioned at therear corners, the abutment portions l7a1, l7a2, l7b1, l7b2 will be close to orprincipally at the respective rear comer. It may be noted that both covers 16a-b formsabutment portions 17a1, 17b1 above the ﬂange 15 and abutment portions 17a2, l7b2below the ﬂange 15.

The covers 16a-b are designed to slidably fit inside the track 21 of respectiveguide 20, 20b. The covers 16a-b fit inside the track 21 with a limited play toleranceproviding the desired slidability and also providing a guidance of the container 10between the guides 20, 20b.

The guides 20, 20b comprise each a track 21. The track 21 comprises a topwall 21a, an outer side wall 21b and a bottom wall 21c. The outer side wall 21binterconnects the top wall 21a and the bottom wall 21c such that the track 21 in cross-section essentially forms a C-shape into which the ﬂange 15 and cover 16 are adaptedto extend. In the preferred embodiment, the track 21 is also provided with an innerside wall 2ld opposing the outer side wall 21b. The inner side wall 2 ld has limited height and forms a guide rail preventing the flange 15 and/ or cover 16 to fall off the track 21 in case the distance between the outer side walls 2 lb of respective guide 20,20b would allow the flange 15 or cover 16 to drop off the bottom wall 2 lc at one of the guides 20, 20b.

The guides 20, 20b are also provided with attachment portions 22, typically atone at the front end and one at the rear end and often also one in the middle. Theattachment may be performed using screws extending through through-going holes22” in the attachment portions 22. As shown in figures 5a-b, the attachment portions22 may also be provided with guiding pins 22” ” adapted to extend into predrilledholes in the side walls of a drawer frame or wardrobe frame.

As shown e. g. in figure 2a, the guides20, 20b are adapted to support thecontainer 10 such that the container 10 is movable relative to the guides 20, 20b alonga longitudinal direction L of the guides 20, 20b. As shown in the figures, the track 21extend along the longitudinal direction L. As shown in figure 3 and figures 4a-b thetrack is provided with a protrusion 23 adapted to interact with an abutment portion17a2, l7b2 of the container 10. The protrusion 23 has an extension in a transversedirection. In the disclosed embodiment the protrusion 23 has an extension both in avertical direction T1 and a horizontal transverse direction Tg. In the preferredembodiment the protrusion 23 has extensions along the transverse directions T1, T;but it may be noted that the protrusion 23 may have other, e. g. skewed designsrelative to one or both transverse directions T1, Tg. As long as the protrusion 23extend into the volume described by the intended travel of the abutment portion l7a2,l7b2 of the container 10 the protrusion 23 will be able to interact with the 17a2, 17b2of the container 10.

The container 10 is during first installation mounted to the guides by slidingthe cover 16 and ﬂange 15 into the track 21 when the guide 20, 20b is in the stateshown in figure 4b. lt may be noted that if a user tries to slide the container 10 alongthe longitudinal direction L, the forward facing surfaces 17a2, 17b2 will come intocontact with the protrusion 23 and will thereby counteract the container 10 frombeing unintentionally dismounted from the guide 20, 20b in the longitudinaldirection L.

Each guide 20, 20b is also provided with a local dilatation 24 (indicated infigure 4b). This local dilatation 24 extends at least partly in a transverse direction T1allowing the container 10 to be mounted/dismounted by manoeuvring a portion of thecontainer via the dilatation thereby allowing the abutment portion 17a2, 17b2 tocircumnavigate the protrusion 23. In the preferred embodiment, the local dilatation 24is formed of a locally, upwardly ﬂaring portion of the top wall 2la. The ﬂaring portion 24 is flared such that the height of the track 21 increases towards the front ofthe guide 20, 20b. The ﬂaring portion 24 terminates in the preferred embodiment in afree end. The local dilatation may have a return flaring portion such that the trackreturns to the same shape or at least to a shape being smaller than the shape at thedilatation. The local dilatation 24 need not be positioned directly opposite theprotrusion 23. The function of the local dilatation 24 is to allow the container 10 to beshifted in position by an angular motion and/ or translational motion such that theabutment portion 17a2, 17b2 is able circumnavigate the protrusion 23. In the preferredembodiment, the local dilatation 24 allows the container 10 to be changed in anangular motion by lifting it in the front portion such that the abutment portion 17a2,17b2 is lifted upwardly and goes clear of the protrusion 24. When the container 10 isinstalled for the ﬁrst time it may simply be slid into the track 21. The protrusion 23has a wedge shape and presents a sloping surface 23a with increasing height in thedirection opposite the longitudinal direction (as e. g. shown in figure 4b and in figure3). Thereby the protrusion 23 will easily be passed by the corner covers 16a-b of thecontainer 10. The local dilatation 24 provides space for the comer covers 16a-b toclimb over the protrusion 23. From the opposite side, the protrusion 23 has a distinctstep or shoulder portion forming an abutment surface 23b extending essentially in thetransverse directions T1, T2. Thereby the container 10 is not easily removed from theguide 20, 20b; the container 10 must be lifted to allow the abutment portion 17a2,17b2 to circumnavigate the protrusion 23.

The guide 20, 20b further comprises an attachable plug 30adapted to beattached to the track 21 after mounting of the container 10 on the guide 20, 20b. Asshown in figures 3 and 4a, the plug 30 occupies at least a portion of the dilatation 24and thereby counteracting unintentional manoeuvring of said portion of the container10 via the dilatation and thereby counteracting the abutment portion 17a2, 17b2 fromcircumnavigating the protrusion 23.

The plug 30 comprises an abutment protrusion 31 which extends in a directiontransverse Tl, T2 to the longitudinal direction L. In the preferred embodiment, theprotrusion 21 extends as a step or shoulder portion forming an abutment surface 31”extending essentially in the transverse directions Tl, T2. As is apparent from figures 3and 4a, the abutment protrusion 31 occupies a portion of the track 21 when the plug30 is attached to the track 21. The abutment protrusion 31 is adapted to interact withthe abutment portion 17a1, 17b1 on the top side of the covers 16a-b.

As shown in figure 5a, each guide 20, 20b further comprises a through-goinghole 25. The plug 30 further comprises an attachment protrusion 32 adapted to extendinto the through-going hole 25 when the plug 30 is attached to the track 21. The through-going hole 25 may alternatively be formed as a recess adapted to receive theattachment protrusion 32 of the plug 30.

The through-going hole 25 extends along a main direction A having a majorcomponent in a transverse direction Tl. In the preferred embodiment, the direction Aof the hole 25 is transverse to the slightly ﬂaring top wall 2la of the track 21. Theplug 30 is designed such that, When the plug 30 is attached to the track 21, theattachment protrusion 32 also extends along the main direction A.

The plug 30 further comprises a gripping portion 33which is adapted toenclosing a portion of the top wall 2la of the track 21. In the preferred embodiment,this portion of the top wall 2la is the free end 24” ” of the ﬂaring portion forming thelocal dilatation 24. It may be noted that the plug 30 is oriented such that the grippingportion 33 and the attachment protrusion 32 are arranged after another along thelongitudinal direction L. They are preferably arranged essentially along a commonline along the longitudinal direction L. The attachment protrusion 32 is arranged atthe lower portion of the ﬂaring portion 24, i.e. closer to the rear part of the guide.

The gripping portion 33 has one abutment portion or abutment surface 33”adapted to abut said portion of the top wall 21 on the underside 24”, i.e. the side 24”from which the attachment protrusion 32 of the plug 30 extends into the through-going hole 25. The gripping portion 33 has a second abutment portion or abutmentsurface 33”adapted to abut said portion of the top wall 21 on the top side 24”. That isthe gripping portion 31 grips the two opposing surfaces or sides of the enclosedportion of track 21. The two abutment portions 33” and 33” are interconnected toeach other via a bridging portion 33 a. The first abutment portion 33” forms part of themain body of the plug 30. The main body supports the attachment protrusion 32 andthe abutment protrusion 31. The attachment protrusion 32 extends essentially along atransverse direction T1 from the main body and the abutment protrusion 31 extendsessentially in the opposite direction from the main body.

The plug 30 may be attached to the guide 20, 20b by orienting it along thelongitudinal direction and then sliding the gripping portion 33 onto the free end 24””of the ﬂaring portion 24. The gripping portion 33 is designed with sufficiently tight fitrelative to the material thickness and has sufficiently extension along the longitudinaldirection, such that the top of the attachment protrusion 32 will be forced against theunderside 24” of the ﬂaring portion 24 resulting in a small elastic deformation of theplug 30. Once the attachment protrusion 32 reaches the hole 25 it will snap into thehole 25. The free end 24” ” of the ﬂaring portion 24 is provided with a guiding recess27 and the plug 30 is provided with a protrusion 37 extending between the opposingsurfaces 33°, 33” of the gripping portion 33. The protrusion 37 is adapted to extend 11 into the recess 27 When the plug 30 is positioned and thereby aid in preventing theplug 30 from being rotated about the axis A. The protrusion 37 and recess 27 could bedesigned differently, such as with a protrusion on the free end and a recess in theconnection between the opposing surfaces 33 °, 33” ” of the plug 30.

The attachable plug 30 is preferably formed of a polymeric material. Thecovers 16 are preferably formed of a polymeric material. The guides 20, 20b arepreferably formed of a metallic material. The container 10 may be formed of anumber of different materials. In the preferred embodiment, wire basket is formed ofa metallic wire net and the ﬂange 15 is formed of a metallic material. The ﬂange 15may be solid or tube shaped. The ﬂange may be flat or have a folded cross-sectionincrease its bending resistance.

It is contemplated that there are numerous modifications of the embodimentsdescribed herein, which are still within the scope of the invention as defined by theappended claims.

The walls may for instance be solid walls or mesh walls; solid walls of limitedheight with a mesh, wire net or a bar forming an upper part of the wall; the walls maybe see-through by being provided with windows of solid see-through material orwindows of wire net, mesh or bars. Basically, the walls may be of any conceivablekind.

It is also conceivable to have covers 16 also at the front corners. This can beused with the disclosed design as long as the plug 30 is attached sufficiently rearwardalong the longitudinal direction L to allow the front comers to enter into the track 21to allow the container to be fully slid into storage position.

It may be noted that although in the preferred embodiment are both guidesadapted to receive an attachable plug, it is conceivable that only one of the guides isadapted to receive an attachable plug. In this latter case, it is possible to have anabutment protrusion 23 on both guides or only of the guides. If only present on one ofthe guides, it is preferred that the protrusion 23 and the attachable plug 30 areassociated with the same guide.

In the disclosed embodiment, the guide 20, 20b is provided with a wheel 26 atthe front end. This guiding wheel 26 may be dispensed with. It may be noted that asan altemative to or as a complement to the wheel 26, the container 10 may also beprovided with a wheel running in the track 21.

Claims

1. Guide (20, 20b) adapted to support a container (10) such that the container(10) is movable relative to the guide (20, 20b) along a longitudinal direction (L) ofthe guide (20, 20b), comprising an elongated track (21) extending along the longitudinal direction (L), a protrusion (23) at least partly extending in a transverse direction (T1, Tz), theprotrusion (23) being adapted to interact with an abutment portion (17a2, 17b2) of thecontainer (10) and thereby counteracting the container (10) from beingunintentionally dismounted from the guide (20, 20b) in the longitudinal direction (L), a local dilatation (24) at least partly extending in a transverse direction (T1,TZ) allowing the container (10) to be mounted/dismounted by manoeuvring a portionof the container (10) Via the dilatation (24) thereby allowing the abutment portion(17a2, 17b2) to circumnavigate the protrusion (23 ), characterised in that the guide (20, 20b) further comprises an attachable plug (30) adapted tobe attached to the track (21) after mounting of the container (10) on the guide (20,20b), such that the plug (30) occupies at least a portion of the dilatation (24) andthereby counteracting unintentional manoeuvring of said portion of the container (10)Via the dilatation (24) and thereby counteracting the abutment portion (17a2, l7b2)from circumnavigating the protrusion (23).

2. Guide according to claim 1, wherein the plug (30) comprises an abutmentprotrusion (31) extending in a direction transverse (Tl, TZ) to the longitudinaldirection (L), said abutment protrusion (31) occupying at least a portion of the track(21) when the plug (30) is attached to the track (21).

3. Guide according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the guide (20, 20b) furthercomprises a recess or through-going hole (25) and wherein the plug (30) furthercomprises an attachment protrusion (3 2) adapted to extend into the recess or through-going hole (25) when the plug (30) is attached to the track (21), wherein interactionbetween the attachment protrusion (32) and the recess or through-going hole (25)counteracts removal of the plug (30) from the track (21).

4. Guide according to claim 3, wherein the recess or through-going hole (25)extends along a main direction (A) having a maj or component in a transversedirection (T1) and the plug (30) is designed such that, when the plug (30) is attached 13 to the track (21), the attachment protrusion (32) also extends along the main direction (A).

5. Guide according to claim 3 or 4, Wherein the plug (30) further comprises agripping portion (33), said gripping portion (33) at least partly enclosing a portion ofa Wall (21a) of the track (21) such that the plug (30) abuts said portion on a side (24”)from which the attachment protrusion (32) of the plug (30) extends into the recess orthrough-going hole (25) and also on an opposite side (24”) of the portion of the track (21).

6. Guide according to claim 5, Wherein the gripping portion (33) of the plugtogether With the attachment protrusion (32) on the plug (30) and the recess orthrough-going hole (25) forms a snap-locking action When the plug (30) is mountedon the guide (20, 20b).

7. Guide according to any one of claims 1-6, Wherein the dilatation (24) of theguide (20, 20b) is located on a side of the guide (20, 20b) forming a top side When theguide (20, 20b) is mounted.

8. Guide according to any one of claims 1-7, Wherein the protrusion (23) ofthe guide (20, 20b) is located on a side of the guide (20, 20b) forming a bottom sideWhen the guide is mounted.

9. Storage system comprising two guides (20, 20b) according to any one ofclaims 1-8, and one container (10), the container (10) comprising an abutment portion(l7a2, l7b2) configured to abut the protrusion of the guide.

10. Storage system according to claim 9, Wherein the container (10) isprincipally rectangular in a plane being horizontal When the container (10) ismounted, Wherein the container (10) have a geometrical front Wall (13a), ageometrical rear Wall (13b) and two geometrical side Walls (13c-d), Which may besolid Walls or mesh Walls, and Wherein the abutment portion (17a2, 17b2) of thecontainer (10) is located on at least one side Wall (13c-d), preferably principally at atleast at one comer formed by a side Wall (l3c-d) and the rear Wall (13b) of thecontainer (10). 14

11. Storage system according to claim 9 or 10, Wherein the abutment portion(17a2, 17b2) of the container (10) is at least partly formed by an attachable cover(16a-b), the cover (16a-b) comprising a first (16a1, 16b1) and a second (16a2, 16b2)half, Wherein the first and the second halves (16a1, 16b1, 16a2, 16b2) are configuredto be locked onto a guide portion (15) of the container (10) by a snap-locking action,Wherein the guide portion (15) of the container (10) is configured to be guided by theguide (20, 20b).

12. An attachable plug (30) comprising an attachment protrusion (3 2) adapted to extend into the recess or through-going hole (25) of a track (21) When the plug (30) is attached to the track (21),Wherein interaction between the protrusion (32) of the plug (30) and the recess orthrough-going hole (25) counteracts removal of the plug (30) from the track (21), the plug (30) further comprising a gripping portion (33), said gripping portion (33) being adapted to at leastpartly enclose a portion (24” ”) of a Wall (2la) of the track (21) such that the plug (30)abuts said portion on a side (24”) from Which the attachment protrusion (32) of theplug (30) extends into the recess or through-going hole (25) and also on an oppositeside (24”) of the portion of the track (21).

13. An attachable plug (30) according to claim 12, Wherein the plug (30)comprises an abutment protrusion (31) adapted to extend in a direction transverse (T1,TZ) to a longitudinally directed (L) elongation of the track (21), said abutmentprotrusion (31) occupying at least a portion of the track (21) When the plug (30) isattached to the track (21).

14. An attachable plug (30) according to claim 12 or 13, Wherein the grippingportion (3 3) of the plug (30) together With the attachment protrusion (32) of the plug(30) and the recess or through-going hole (25) forms a snap-locking action When theplug (30) is mounted on the guide (20, 20b).