US20240090662A1

US20240090662A1 - Combined type shelf

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Publication number: US20240090662A1
Application number: US17/975,647
Authority: US
Inventors: Shun-Yi Chen
Original assignee: Protrend Co Ltd
Current assignee: Protrend Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-09-16
Filing date: 2022-10-28
Publication date: 2024-03-21
Also published as: CN117752178A

Abstract

A combined type shelf includes post combinations, a storage layer disposed amid the post combinations, and connection assemblies configured to assemble the storage layer. Each connection assembly includes a first and a second connection assembly hook. The first connection assembly hook includes a first body portion and first hook structures. The first hook structures are connected with two opposite sides of the first body portion, and the first body portion is connected with the storage layer. The second connection assembly hook includes a second body portion, a buckling portion, and second hook structures connected with two opposite sides of the second body portion. The buckling portion is disposed in the second body portion to buckle one assembly hole of the corresponding post combination. The first and the second hook structures are correspondingly buckled together to assemble the first and the second connection assembly hooks together.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims the benefits of Taiwan application Serial No. 111135202, filed on Sep. 16, 2022, the disclosures of which are incorporated by references herein in its entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates in general to a shelf structure, and more particularly to a combined type shelf.

BACKGROUND

A combined type shelf can be arbitrarily assembled to meet different needs of home, office and other occasions. Traditionally, the combined type shelf can be mainly structured by circular posts (round tubes) or square posts (square tubes). If the circular posts are used, the shelf cannot be easily assembled horizontally for free expansion. Thus, in view of easy expansion, the use of square tubes seems to be more advantageous.
However, a typical shelf formed by square tubes requires many accessories, from which both the assembly and the disassembly are difficult. In addition, when the upper and lower layers of the shelf are set, the middle layers thereof would be pretty complicated. Namely, the disassembly of the middle layers of the square-tube shelf is extremely inconvenient.
Accordingly, how to improve the aforesaid shortcomings encountered in using the square-tube shelf is definitely one of the issues to be solved in the art.

SUMMARY

An object of the present disclosure is to provide a combined type shelf that includes modified structures for easy assembly so as to obtain a simple-structured and stable combined type shelf. Thereupon, the use convenience in assembling/disassembling this type of shelf in accordance with this disclosure would be substantially improved.
In this disclosure, a combined type shelf, includes a plurality of post combinations, at least one storage layer and a plurality of connection assemblies. Each of the plurality of post combinations includes a plurality of assembly holes. The at least one storage layer is disposed amid the plurality of post combinations. The plurality of connection assemblies are configured to assemble the at least one storage layer amid the plurality of post combinations. Each of the plurality of connection assemblies includes a first connection assembly hook and a second connection assembly hook. The first connection assembly hook includes a first body portion and a plurality of first hook structures. The plurality of first hook structures are connected with two opposite sides of the first body portion, and the first body portion is connected with the at least one storage layer. The second connection assembly hook includes a second body portion, at least one buckling portion and a plurality of second hook structures. The plurality of second hook structures are connected with two opposite sides of the second body portion. The at least one buckling portion is disposed in the second body portion to buckle one of the plurality of assembly holes of one of the plurality of post combinations. The plurality of first hook structures and the plurality of second hook structures are correspondingly buckled together to each other, so as to assemble the first connection assembly hook and the second connection assembly hook together.
In one embodiment of this disclosure, the at least one buckling portion is protruded from an inner surface of the second body portion.
In one embodiment of this disclosure, the second body portion includes a hole disposed adjacent to the at least one buckling portion.
In one embodiment of this disclosure, the plurality of first hook structures and the plurality of second hook structures are configured to match each other.
In one embodiment of this disclosure, each of the plurality of first hook structure includes a first extension plate, a first buckle plate and a first recess, the first extension plate is protruded from one of the two opposite sides of the first body portion, the first buckle plate extends further from the first extension plate to form a protrusive arm to define the first recess between the first extension plate and the first buckle plate.
In one embodiment of this disclosure, each of the plurality of second hook structure includes a second extension plate, a second buckle plate and a second recess, the second extension plate is protruded from one of the two opposite sides of the second body portion, the second buckle plate extends further from the second extension plate to form a protrusive arm to define the second recess between the second extension plate and the second buckle plate.
In one embodiment of this disclosure, each of the plurality of post combinations includes a first post and a second post, and each of the first post and the second post includes a first plate, a second plate, a third plate and a fourth plate; wherein, in a directional order, the first plate is connected with the second plate, the second plate is connected with the third plate, then the third plate is connected with the fourth plate, and finally the fourth plate is connected back with the first plate.
In one embodiment of this disclosure, the plurality of second hook structure of the second connection assembly hook are individually to match the second plate and the fourth plate of the corresponding post combination, and the first body portion of the first connection assembly hook is to match the first plate of the corresponding post combination.
In one embodiment of this disclosure, the plurality of assembly holes are disposed at the third plate.
In one embodiment of this disclosure, the at least one storage layer includes a grid body and a plurality of skirt grids, the plurality of skirt grids are disposed to surround the grid body, and the first connection assembly hook is connected to one corner of the grid body.
Further scope of applicability of the present application will become more apparent from the detailed description given hereinafter. However, it should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating exemplary embodiments of the disclosure, are given by way of illustration only, since various changes and modifications within the spirit and scope of the disclosure will become apparent to those skilled in the art from this detailed description.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present disclosure will become more fully understood from the detailed description given herein below and the accompanying drawings which are given by way of illustration only, and thus are not limitative of the present disclosure and wherein:

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an embodiment of the combined type shelf in accordance with this disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic exploded view of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 shows schematically the storage layer and the connection assemblies of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 shows schematically the first connection assembly hook of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5A shows schematically the second connection assembly hooks and the post combinations of FIG. 2 ;

FIG. 5B shows schematically the second connection assembly hook of FIG. 5A;

FIG. 6A is a schematic enlarged view of area A1 of FIG. 5A;

FIG. 6B is a schematic enlarged view of area A2 of FIG. 5A;

FIG. 7A is a schematic assembled view of FIG. 6A;

FIG. 7B is a schematic assembled view of FIG. 6B;

FIG. 8 demonstrates schematically an assembly state of the storage layer and the post combination in accordance with this disclosure;

FIG. 9A is a schematic enlarged view of area A3 of FIG. 8 ;

FIG. 9B is a schematic enlarged view of area A4 of FIG. 8 ; and

FIG. 9C is a schematic enlarged view of the engagement of the first connection assembly hook and the second connection assembly hook of FIG. 8 .

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

In the following detailed description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the disclosed embodiments. It will be apparent, however, that one or more embodiments may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known structures and devices are schematically shown in order to simplify the drawing.
FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an embodiment of the combined type shelf in accordance with this disclosure. As shown in FIG. 1 , in this embodiment, the combined type shelf 100 includes a plurality of post combinations 110, a plurality of connection assemblies 120 and a plurality of storage layers 130. Each of the post combinations 110 includes a plurality of assembly holes PA. In this embodiment, these post combinations 110 are arranged into a rectangular form extending in a second direction L2, but not limited thereto in accordance with this disclosure. Each of these storage layers 130 is arranged horizontally and separately in a first direction L1 between the post combinations 110. These connection assemblies 120 are configured to assemble these storage layers 130 into the space defined and enclosed by these post combinations 110. Thereupon, different combinations of the combined type shelves 100 can be provided. In one embodiment of this disclosure, a plurality of post stands 160 can be provided to lower ends of the lower post combinations 110, such that the assembled combined type shelf 100 can stand stably.
FIG. 2 is a schematic exploded view of FIG. 1 , and FIG. 3 shows schematically the storage layer and the connection assemblies of FIG. 1 . As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 , each of the post combinations 110 includes a first post 112 and a second post 114. It shall be explained that, practically, the first post 112 and the second post 114 are identically structured but differently located. In fact, different names and labels thereto are only provided for a purpose of concise explanation in this description. As shown, two of said first posts 112 are separated by a distance, two of said second posts 114 are also separated by another distance, and further the first post 112 and the second post 114 are separated by a further distance. In one embodiment of this disclosure, connectors 5010 can be applied to assemble the first posts 112 and the second posts 114 in the second direction L2 so as to achieve a required height of the combined type shelf 100. In one embodiment of this disclosure, each of the post stands 160 includes a stand base 162 and an insert 164. The stand base 162 is to penetrate through the corresponding insert 164, and the insert 164 is plugged into the tube structure of the post combination 110.
In this embodiment, each of the storage layers 130 includes a grid body 132 and a plurality of skirt grids 134 to surround the grid body 132. Practically, the grid body 132 includes a plurality of first wire members 132A and a plurality of second wire members 132B. Each of the first wire members 132A is extended in a third direction L3, and the plurality of first wire members 132A are parallel to each other to span orderly in the first direction L1. Similarly, each of the second wire members 132B is extended in the first direction L1, and the plurality of second wire members 132B are parallel to each other to span orderly in the third direction. The plurality of first wire members 132A and the plurality of second wire members 132B are integrated to form the grid body 132. Each of the skirt grids 134 includes a first horizontal wire member 134A, a second horizontal wire member 134B and a wavy wire member 134C. The first horizontal wire member 134A and the second wire member 132B are parallel to each other and separated by a predetermined distance. The wavy wire member 134C is disposed between the first horizontal wire member 134A and the second horizontal wire member 134B.
In this embodiment, a plurality of first connection assembly hooks 122 are applied individually to dispose at a first corner GA, a second corner GB, a third corner GC and a fourth corner GD of the grid body 132. Further, as concisely shown in FIG. 3 , a second connection assembly hook 124 is assembled to one said first connection assembly hook 122 so as integrally to form a connection assembly 120 having thereinside an accommodation space KA. In this embodiment, dimensions of the accommodation space KA can be adjusted in accordance with the size of the corresponding post combination 110.
FIG. 4 shows schematically the first connection assembly hook 122 of FIG. 1 . As shown in FIG. 4 , the first connection assembly hook 122 includes a first body portion 122A and two first hook structures 122B connected to two opposite sides of the first body portion 122A and spaced by a predetermined distance. As described above, a plurality of these first body portions 122A are individually applied to connect respective corners of the storage layer 130. In one embodiment of this disclosure, four said first body portions 122A are individually welded to the first corner GA, the second corner GB, the third corner GC and the fourth corner GD of the grid body 132.
In this embodiment, the first hook structure 122B includes a first extension plate C1, a first buckle plate C2 and a first recess G1. The first extension plate C1 protrudes vertically from a corresponding lateral side of the first body portion 122A, the first buckle plate C2 extends further from the first extension plate C1 so as to form a protrusive arm to define the first recess G1 between the first extension plate C1 and the first buckle plate C2.
FIG. 5A shows schematically the second connection assembly hooks and the post combinations of FIG. 2 . As shown in FIG. 5A, in this embodiment, each of the first posts 112 has a plurality of assembly holes PA disposed orderly and separately along one surface of the instant first post 112 in the second direction L2, but not limited thereto. In some other embodiments, these assembly holes PA may be distributed to at least two or three surfaces of the first post 112, simply per practical requirements. In this embodiment, in the second direction L2, each of the assembly holes PA is a rectangular structure. Similarly, since the second post 114 can be identically structured as the first post 112, thus the second post 114 may have a tube body furnished with assembly holes, referred to the first post 112 and the assembly holes PA.
In this embodiment, the first post 112 includes a first plate 112A, a second plate 112B, a third plate 112C and a fourth plate 112D, in which the first plate 112A and the third plate 112C are parallel to each other, and the second plate 112B and the fourth plate 112D are parallel to each other. In a directional order, the first plate 112A is connected with the second plate 112B, the second plate 112B is connected with the third plate 112C, then the third plate 112C is connected with the fourth plate 112D, and finally the fourth plate 112D is connected back with the first plate 112A. Upon such an arrangement, the first plate 112A, the second plate 112B, the third plate 112C and the fourth plate 112D are integrated to form a tube body, specifically having a square cross section for providing thereinside an accommodation space KB.
FIG. 5B shows schematically the second connection assembly hook 124 of FIG. 5A. In this embodiment, the second connection assembly hook 124 includes a second body portion 124A, at least one (two in this embodiment) buckling portions 124B and two second hook structures 124C. These two second hook structures 124C stand in parallel to two opposite sides of the second body portion 124A. Each of the two second hook structures 124C includes a second extension plate E1, a second buckle plate E2 and a second recess F1. The second extension plate E1 protrudes vertically from a corresponding lateral side of the second body portion 124A, the second buckle plate E2 extends further from the second extension plate E1 so as to form a protrusive arm to define the second recess F1 between the second extension plate E1 and the second buckle plate E2. The two second extension plates E1, parallel to each other, are protruded vertically from two opposite sides of the second body portion 124A. The second recess F1 is disposed between the second extension plate E1 and the second buckle plate E2. In this embodiment, the first hook structure 122B of FIG. 4 and the second hook structure 124C of FIG. 5B are structured to match each other. In other words, the first extension plate C1 of the first hook structure 122B is structured to match the corresponding second extension plate E1 of the second hook structure 124C, the first buckle plate C2 of the first hook structure 122B is structured to match the corresponding second buckle plate E2 of the second hook structure 124C, and the first recess G1 of the first hook structure 122B is structured to match the corresponding second recess F1 of the second hook structure 124C, such that the first hook structure 122B and the second hook structure 124C can be buckled and thus fixed together.
In this embodiment, each of the buckling portions 124B is disposed at the corresponding second body portion 124A. As shown in FIG. 5B, the buckling portion 124B is structured to be a protrusion protruding from an inner surface of the second body portion 124A. In one embodiment of this disclosure, the second body portion 124A includes a plurality of holes D1 (two in this embodiment), and each of these holes D1 is adjacent to one corresponding buckling portion 124B. Namely, the hole D1 is disposed right beside the corresponding buckling portion 124B.
FIG. 6A is a schematic enlarged view of area A1 of FIG. 5A, FIG. 6B is a schematic enlarged view of area A2 of FIG. 5A, FIG. 7A is a schematic assembled view of FIG. 6A, and FIG. 7B is a schematic assembled view of FIG. 6B. As shown in FIG. 6A and FIG. 6B, the second connection assembly hook 124 is to buckle the first post 112 and the second post 114 at relevant heights. In the following description, the first post 112 is raised as a typical example which can prevail to both the second post 114 and the first post 112. For example, as shown in FIG. 6A, the assembly holes PA are arranged at the third plate 112C of the first post 112. By having the second body portion 124A of the second connection assembly hook 124 to face a surface of the first post 112 having the corresponding assembly hole PA (i.e., the third plate 112C), so the buckling portion 124B can buckle the corresponding assembly hole PA of the post combination 110. At the same time, the two second hook structures 124C of the second connection assembly hook 124 are adhered directly onto the second plate 112B and the fourth plate 112C, respectively. As shown in FIG. 7A and FIG. 7B, the second connection assembly hook 124 is assembled to the post combination (the first post 112 or the second post 114).
FIG. 8 demonstrates schematically an assembly state of the storage layer and the post combination in accordance with this disclosure, FIG. 9A is a schematic enlarged view of area A3 of FIG. 8 , FIG. 9B is a schematic enlarged view of area A4 of FIG. 8 , and FIG. 9C is a schematic enlarged view of the engagement of the first connection assembly hook and the second connection assembly hook of FIG. 8 . As shown in FIG. 8 to FIG. 9C, after the second connection assembly hooks 124 are assembled to the post combinations (the first posts 112 and the second posts 114), then the storage layer 130 provided with the first connection assembly hooks 122 can be assembled vertically down amid these post combinations (the first posts 112 and the second posts 114) in an assembly direction L5 (i.e., toward the second connection assembly hooks 124, in which the first body portion 124A of each of the first connection assembly hooks 122 is disposed at the corresponding first plate 112A. Thereupon, these first hook structures 122B and the corresponding second hook structures 124C can buckle each other so as to assemble the first connection assembly hooks 122 and the corresponding second connection assembly hooks 124 together, and thus to arrange the storage layer 130 amid these post combinations 110.
In summary, with the combined type shelf provided in this disclosure, the assembly holes of the post combination, the first connection assembly hooks and the second connection assembly hooks can be utilized to assemble the combined type shelf, such that the flexibility of the entire assembly can be improved.
Further, in this disclosure, only the work of engaging the first connection assembly hooks and the corresponding second connection assembly hooks is required to complete the entire assembly, and thus the assembling steps for the combined type shelf can be significantly modified.
In addition, the entire structuring of the combined type shelf provided in this disclosure is simple, stable and easy to assemble/disassemble the storage layer, and thus the convenience of use can be substantially enhanced.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by the present disclosure.

Claims

What is claimed is:

1. A combined type shelf, comprising:

a plurality of post combinations, each of the plurality of post combinations including a plurality of assembly holes;

at least one storage layer, disposed amid the plurality of post combinations; and

a plurality of connection assemblies, configured to assemble the at least one storage layer amid the plurality of post combinations, each of the plurality of connection assemblies including:

a first connection assembly hook, including a first body portion and a plurality of first hook structures, the plurality of first hook structures being connected with two opposite sides of the first body portion, the first body portion being connected with the at least one storage layer; and

a second connection assembly hook, including a second body portion, at least one buckling portion and a plurality of second hook structures, the plurality of second hook structures being connected with two opposite sides of the second body portion, the at least one buckling portion being disposed in the second body portion to buckle one of the plurality of assembly holes of one of the plurality of post combinations, the plurality of first hook structures and the plurality of second hook structures being correspondingly buckled together to each other, so as to assemble the first connection assembly hook and the second connection assembly hook together.

2. The combined type shelf of claim 1, wherein the at least one buckling portion is protruded from an inner surface of the second body portion.

3. The combined type shelf of claim 1, wherein the second body portion includes a hole disposed adjacent to the at least one buckling portion.

4. The combined type shelf of claim 1, wherein the plurality of first hook structures and the plurality of second hook structures are configured to match each other.

5. The combined type shelf of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of first hook structures includes a first extension plate, a first buckle plate and a first recess, the first extension plate is protruded from one of the two opposite sides of the first body portion, the first buckle plate extends further from the first extension plate to form a protrusive arm to define the first recess between the first extension plate and the first buckle plate.

6. The combined type shelf of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of second hook structures includes a respective second hook structure extension plate, a respective second hook structure buckle plate and a respective second hook structure recess, the respective second hook structure extension plate is protruded from one of the two opposite sides of the second body portion of the respective second hook structure, the respective second hook structure buckle plate extends further from the respective second hook structure extension plate to form a protrusive arm to define the respective second hook structure recess between the respective second hook structure extension plate and the respective second hook structure buckle plate.

7. The combined type shelf of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of post combinations includes a first post and a second post, and each of the first post and the second post includes a first plate, a second plate, a third plate and a fourth plate;

wherein, in a directional order, the first plate is connected with the second plate, the second plate is connected with the third plate, then the third plate is connected with the fourth plate, and finally the fourth plate is connected back with the first plate.

8. The combined type shelf of claim 7, wherein the plurality of second hook structures of the second connection assembly hook are individually coupled to the second plate and the fourth plate of the corresponding post combination to which the respective second connection assembly hook is attached, and the first body portion of the first connection assembly hook is to match the first plate of the corresponding post combination.

9. The combined type shelf of claim 7, wherein the plurality of assembly holes are disposed at the third plate.

10. The combined type shelf of claim 1, wherein the at least one storage layer includes a grid body and a plurality of skirt grids, the plurality of skirt grids are disposed to surround the grid body, and the first connection assembly hook is connected to one corner of the grid body.

11. The combined type shelf of claim 1, wherein for each of the plurality of connection assemblies, the first connection assembly hook connects to the at least one storage layer and none of the plurality of assembly holes, while the second connection assembly hook connects to at least one of the plurality of assembly holes and none of the at least one storage layers.

12. The combined type shelf of claim 1, wherein the first connection assembly hook of each of the plurality of connection assemblies are interlocked with a corresponding second connection assembly hook buckled to one of the plurality of post combinations via a respective one of the plurality of assembly holes and the first body portion of the first connection assembly hook rests flush against one plate of the plurality of post combinations opposite the respective one of the plurality of assembly holes.

13. The combined type shelf of claim 1, wherein the first connection assembly hook of each of the plurality of connection assemblies are welded to a grid body of a corresponding at least one storage layer.