US3636893A - Free-standing household shelf arrangement - Google Patents

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US3636893A
US3636893A US23594A US2359470A US3636893A US 3636893 A US3636893 A US 3636893A US 23594 A US23594 A US 23594A US 2359470 A US2359470 A US 2359470A US 3636893 A US3636893 A US 3636893A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B47/00—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features related to dismountability or building-up from elements
    • A47B47/0091—Modular arrangements of similar assemblies of elements
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B87/00—Sectional furniture, i.e. combinations of complete furniture units, e.g. assemblies of furniture units of the same kind such as linkable cabinets, tables, racks or shelf units
    • A47B87/007—Linkable independent elements with the same or similar cross-section
    • A47B87/008—Rectangular cabinets or racks in a side-by-side arrangement
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B87/00—Sectional furniture, i.e. combinations of complete furniture units, e.g. assemblies of furniture units of the same kind such as linkable cabinets, tables, racks or shelf units
    • A47B87/02—Sectional furniture, i.e. combinations of complete furniture units, e.g. assemblies of furniture units of the same kind such as linkable cabinets, tables, racks or shelf units stackable ; stackable and linkable
    • A47B87/0207—Stackable racks, trays or shelf units
    • A47B87/0223—Shelves stackable by means of poles or tubular members as distance-holders therebetween
    • A47B2087/023—Shelves stackable by means of poles or tubular members as distance-holders therebetween the shelves being held in intermediate connection elements between the tubular members

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  • ABSTRACT [30] Foreign Application Priority Data side.
  • the present invention concerns a free-standing household shelf arrangement with vertical supporting columns consisting of superimposed individual supports of a predetermined length while at the connecting areas of two superimposed individual supports, shelves are adapted to be mounted.
  • Household shelf arrangements which, in most instances, come in a do-it-yourself" package, are known in various designs and combinations. As a rule, such household shelf arrangements consist of continuous supports or ladders in which the shelves or boards are either suspended or screwed. In most instances, such shelves, for purposes of obtaining sufficient stability, additionally require diagonal struts or the like. If such shelf arrangements, however, consist of supports to be superimposed upon each other, they all have the drawback that in view of the loose connection, the individual shelves or boards are absolutely fixed but never can easily be detached from their anchors by an accidental push.
  • an object of the present invention to provide a free-standing household shelf arrangement suitable for a do-it-yourself" system, which will assure an absolutely firm connection between two superimposed individual supports while simultaneously with the connection of two individual supports, the connection of the shelves or boards is to be effected.
  • a still further object of this invention consists in providing a household shelf arrangement as set forth above, in which the combination and adding possibilities can be realized in a simple manner while the cost of the shelf arrangement will be low.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates the connection according to the invention of superimposed individual supports.
  • FIG. 2 shows the connection of a sidewall part with a shelf or board.
  • FIG. 3 is a section taken along the IIIIII of Fig. 2.
  • FIG. 4 is an isometric view of a built-up shelf arrangement to the present invention.
  • the household shelf arrangement according to the present invention with vertical supporting columns composed of superimposed individual supports of predetermined length is characterized primarily in that the hollow individual supports have their two ends provided with closure caps, while the two closure caps arranged opposite to each other at a connecting area are, in an invisible manner, adapted to be braced relative to each other by the interposition of shelves or boards.
  • each shelf or board is composed of two parts 5 and 6 while in the part 5 there are provided cutouts7 for securing the individual supports 1 as to their position.
  • closure cap 2 is provided with a thread
  • closure cap 3 has a bore.
  • Both closure caps 2 and 3 may, for instance, by spot welding or hard soldering, be connected to the individual support 1.
  • the insertion of the connecting screw 4 into the bore of the closure cap 3 has to be effected prior to connecting the closure cap 3 to the individual support.
  • screw 4 is expediently held in the closure cap in such a way that it cannot be lost.
  • the individual supports are formed by hollow square or four-cornered profiles so that for purposes of securing the same in the shelves, corresponding cutouts 7 are provided.
  • connection of two superimposed individual supports is effected in such a way that first two shelves or boards which abut against each other in the central plane shown in Fig. l are placed upon the lower support in such a way that the shelves or boards are within the cutouts 7 carried by the lower individual support.
  • the upper individual support is mounted while that end in which the connecting screw 4 is guided is inserted into the upper cutouts 7 of the two shelves.
  • the connecting screw 4 also extends through two oppositely located semicylindrical bores which when putting together two shelves form a passage.
  • the screw 4 can, by means of a tool which is introduced through the threaded bore of the closure cap at the upper end of the mounted individual support, be threadedly connected to the closure cap of the lower individual support so that an extremely pull-resistant and rigid connection between the individual supports and the shelves will be assured.
  • the connecting screw 4 may, for instance, be of the inner hexagonal type or may be designed as a cross slot screw.
  • the shelves or boards may in the simplest instance consist of a single integral piece, or if particular emphasis is placed upon saving of weight, may be composed of two parts 5 and 6. in this instance, part 5 is expediently provided with ribs to increase its strength or rigidity.
  • the connection of the part 6 forming a closure plate to the shelf 5 proper can be effected by a slight clamping action.
  • Fig. 2 shows the connection of a sidewall part 8, 9 to a lower shelf 5 as it is possible with shelves or boards fixedly connected above each other.
  • the wall part 8 is provided with a bore in which a spring 11 has its upper end clamped in, whereas its lower end carries a pin engaging a bore 12 of the adjacent shelf as soon as the sidewall part may consist of a single integral piece or may be composed of two pieces 8 and 9.
  • Fig. 4 shows an assembled household shelf arrangement according to the invention which comprises open shelves, book shelves with sidewalls 8, 9, cupboards 14, smaller closable cupboards 13 and drawers l5 and 16.
  • the drawer and cupboard combinations shown in Fig. 4, which represent a further considerable advantage of the invention, may later without disassembly of the supporting columns be removed or may be arranged in any other desired manner.
  • the shelves or boards may consist of wood, metal, synthetic material or synthetic wood, whereas the individual supports preferably consist of welded square of four-comered tubes of steel or of light metal.
  • closure cap means for the hollow ends and at least one of said closure cap means having a threaded portion complementary to the screw bolt means, a head portion of said screw bolt means being externally accessible and engageable against closure cap means at joined supporting columns, means forming a threadless through bore for the screw bolt means in said shelf means, a pot-formed annular portion of each closure cap means being concentric about axis of screw bolt means and being engageable against the shelf means, and a face portion of said closure cap means located exclusively at approximately right angle to said screw bolt means and axis thereof with respect to support axis.
  • each closure cap means peripherally engages inside surface of ends of individual supports.
  • closure cap means and individual supports are interconnected by spot welding, brazing, hard soldering and the like.

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US3797669A (en) * 1971-04-23 1974-03-19 P Schacht Device for displaying carpet samples
US3873219A (en) * 1971-11-05 1975-03-25 Giancarlo Pofferi Demountable structure
US3912410A (en) * 1971-11-05 1975-10-14 Giancarlo Pofferi Demountable structural joint
US3985083A (en) * 1971-11-05 1976-10-12 Ufficio Tecnico Ing. A. Mannucci Support structure
US3831533A (en) * 1972-08-21 1974-08-27 Kirsch Co Shelving system
US4024686A (en) * 1974-12-13 1977-05-24 Ronald Gronert Assembly building having floor elements supported between superimposed columns
US4021128A (en) * 1975-11-03 1977-05-03 Newell Companies, Inc. Joint structure for modular shelf assembly
US4099472A (en) * 1977-05-31 1978-07-11 Kellogg Harlan F Free standing shelving system
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US5628256A (en) * 1994-03-11 1997-05-13 Hoff Development Ltd. Shelving assemblies
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US10823214B2 (en) 2016-10-26 2020-11-03 Clark Evan Davis Modular furniture with distributed pressure panel joint
WO2018226499A1 (en) * 2017-06-06 2018-12-13 Barreto Andre Rocha Modular building block system
US11154137B2 (en) 2017-08-30 2021-10-26 Clark Evan Davis Modular furniture with locking tab and slot joint
US11346382B2 (en) 2017-08-30 2022-05-31 Clark Evan Davis Modular furniture with stressed dovetail tab joint
US11085474B2 (en) 2017-09-15 2021-08-10 Clark Davis Furniture with flexible dovetail dowel and slot joint
US11578739B2 (en) 2017-10-05 2023-02-14 Clark Davis Furniture with interwoven tab and slot joint
US11083293B2 (en) * 2019-10-17 2021-08-10 Clark Davis Modular stackable shelves
US11388994B2 (en) 2020-11-02 2022-07-19 Hmc Holdings, Llc Modular storage and work station
US11767867B2 (en) 2020-11-17 2023-09-26 Clark Davis Pivoting joint for wooden furniture

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ES185274U (es) 1973-10-01
AT299481B (de) 1972-06-26
NL7004473A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1971-01-12
LU60611A1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1970-07-20
DE6926906U (de) 1969-07-08
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ES185274Y (es) 1974-06-16
BE748093A (fr) 1970-08-31

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