WO1996022042A1

WO1996022042A1 - A plate-shaped bracket and a vertical support profile for the bracket

Info

Publication number: WO1996022042A1
Application number: PCT/NO1996/000013
Authority: WO
Inventors: Knut Arnhjell; Arnfinn STRØMMEN
Original assignee: Modulvegger Marketing A/S
Priority date: 1995-01-20
Filing date: 1996-01-18
Publication date: 1996-07-25
Also published as: AU4591596A; NO950232D0; NO180361B; NO180361C; PL321466A1; SE9702700D0; NO950232L; SE9702700L; DK87597A

Abstract

A device for a plate-shaped shelf bracket (1) and a vertically extending profile which is attached to a partition, wherein the shelf bracket (1) can be releasably connected to the profile by inserting hook sections (4) of the shelf bracket into a corresponding hole in a vertical row of holes in the profile. The vertical profile is formed from a support (6) of the partition, the support (6) being of the type which is arranged for connection with the edge section of two adjacent panel plates (10, 11) via fittings which are secured to the respective panel plates, and which are arranged for insertion into the holes.

Description

A plate-shaped bracket and a vertical support profile for the bracket

The invention concerns an improvement in a plate-shaped bracket and a vertical support profile for the bracket, wherein the support profile is attached to a partition which faces a room and the bracket has at least one hook section which is arranged to be inserted in a hole in a vertical row of holes in the support profile.

There are known in the prior art partitions whose panel plates are attached to a support by means of, e.g., a first profile which is substantially U-shaped in cross section and the bottom of which is secured to the support by screws, and whose legs have bent flanges which grip around the end section of the respective plates. An additional narrow profile which has a U-cross section with a longitudinal row of holes is arranged to be inserted between the first profile's legs and to be screwed on to this profile's bottom section. The hook sections of brackets of the above-mentioned type are in turn arranged to be inserted into the holes of the additional profile for attachment of the bracket to this profile.

With this device therefore, in addition to the elements which constitute the partition, an additional profile is required for attachment of the brackets.

Furthermore, the load carried by a bracket is not directly transferred from the bracket to the support, but first to the additional profile and thereafter to the screws, whereby this profile is connected to the support. The additional profile rests with the outer edge of its legs against the bottom of the first profile, with the result that the bottoms of the profiles extend with a space through which the screws pass. Thus there is a risk that the screws will be bent into an S-shape when the shelf bracket is loaded.

The first profiles do not normally have predrilled holes for securing the addi¬ tional profile. Thus if, e.g., shelves require to be mounted some time after the wall is built, these holes have to be drilled, in addition to which the additional profile has to be acquired, adapted and then screwed on.

This known device therefore comprises components in addition to the brackets and the supports, and the assembly of these components is cumbersome and time consuming. An object of the invention is to provide an improvement of the type mentioned in the introduction whereby the above-mentioned disadvantages are avoided.

In the applicant's Norwegian patent application no. 932623 there is described a partition with supports which are substantially U-shaped and which are made of a plate material, and whose flanges are provided with a vertical, linear row of holes. Into the holes can be inserted and attached hook sections of fittings, which are secured to an edge section of two adjacent panel plates. In order to obtain a complete understanding of the design of this partition, we refer here to the description in connection with the applicant's above- mentioned patent application, since this design forms the basis of the device according to the present application.

A second object of the invention is to provide an improvement of the above- mentioned type which is applicable to a device according to the applicant's above-mentioned application no. 932623.

The characteristics of the improvement according to the invention are presented in the claim.

The invention will now be described in more detail with reference to the drawing which schematically illustrates an embodiment of a device according to the invention.

Fig. 1 is a side view of an embodiment of a shelf bracket according to the invention, sections of the bracket being cut away.

Fig. 2 is a view of a partition according to the applicant's above-mentioned application no. 932623 and the shelf bracket which is illustrated in fig. 1 , the shelf bracket being connected to a support of the partition, sections of the partition and the shelf bracket being cut away and the wall being viewed from above.

As can be seen in the figures the shelf bracket 1 is made of a plate material. It can have a rectangular or otherwise shaped section 2, which is connected at one side via connecting sections 3 with respective hook sections 4. Together with the rectangular section 2 each hook section 4 and connecting section 3 defines an opening or slot 5, whose width is slightly larger than the plate thickness of a support 6 of the partition.

On each side the rectangular section 2 supports mushroom-shaped pins 7 for insertion in cut-outs provided in the end sections of shelves (not shown) in a known per se manner.

Between adjacent panel plates 10,11 of the partition there is formed a vertically extending opening or slot 12. The thickness of the plate material of the shelf bracket is so small that the shelf bracket can be inserted into this opening. Thus by selecting a suitable width for the support's holes, the advantage is obtained that a shelf bracket can also be inserted into a hole in which a securing fitting has been inserted for panel plates. Shelves can thereby be arranged in level steps corresponding to the distance between the holes in the support.

The shelf bracket 1 is connected to the support 6 by first inserting the hook sections 4 into the opening 12 between the two plates 10 and 1 1 , and then into respective adjoining holes of the support 6 in a direction which extends perpendicular to the support's longitudinal direction. The hooks 4 are then made to grip the lower edge of the respective holes by lowering the bracket 1 parallel to the support's longitudinal direction until the bottom of the opening 5 rests against this lower edge of the respective holes.

Thus by means of this improvement which is made possible by the device according to the applicant's above-mentioned application, wherein the support's row of holes extends in a vertical row between adjacent panel plates, thin shelf brackets, which surprisingly have been shown to have a sufficiently great load-carrying capacity to carry very heavy loads by themselves, can be inserted into the very narrow openings between adjacent panel plates without detracting from the generally highly aesthetic appearance of this partition.

With the device according to the invention there is no need for additional profiles, screws or holes in the support. The already very simple partition can therefore be supplemented with shelf brackets in an exceedingly simple manner as soon as it is built or at a later time. Even though the device according to the invention above is described in connection with a shelf bracket, it will be understood that instead of a shelf bracket a bracket for another purpose can be used, e.g. a bracket for coat hangers and the like. In this case the bracket can have sections which extend perpendicular to the plane in which the hook sections 4 extend, and which are arranged to abut against the panel plates, the bracket thereby being supported against sideways movement. Shelf brackets too can be provided with such sections, but they are usually superfluous, since any sideways movement of the brackets is generally impeded when shelves are mounted on the brackets.

Claims

PATENT CLAIM

An improvement in a plate-shaped bracket (1) and a vertical support profile for the bracket, wherein the support profile is attached to a partition which faces a room and the bracket has at least one hook section (4) which is arranged to be inserted in a hole in a vertical row of holes in the support profile, characterized in that the support profile is formed from a support (6) of the partition and on the side which faces the room has one single row of holes, wherein holes in the row of holes are also arranged to receive hook sections of fittings of two adjacent panel plates and the bracket (1) is arranged in known per se fashion for insertion between the panel plates.