Attachment for wall cabinets, mirrors, shelves and similar articles

• US 4,279,397 A
• Filed: 08/23/1979
• Issued: 07/21/1981
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/1978
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: HAFA Fabriks AB
• Original Assignee: HAFA Fabriks AB
• Inventors: Larsson, Frank
• Primary Examiner(s): McCall, James T.
• Application Number:
  US06/068,975
• Time in Patent Office: 698 Days
• Field of Search: 312/245, 312/246, 312/304, 312/139 R, 248/544, 248/456, 248/466, 248/221.3, 108/152, 108/134, 52/38, 52/127
• US Class Current: 248/222.11
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 95/008 Suspension fittings for cabinets to be hung on walls
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 96/06 Brackets or similar supporting means for cabinets, racks or shelves A47B96/022 takes precedence; aspects of adjusting height or inclination A47B57/00 ; brackets for the display of articles A47F5/08
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 1/215 Mirror clamps

Abstract

An attachment device particularly designed to support cabinets, mirrors, shelves and similar elements which are removably mounted on at least two strips arranged horizontally on the wall in parallel and opposite relationship. Means on the strips cooperate with matching means on the element or on members which may be connected to the element. A tongue on the element or the connecting members may be inserted in a groove in one, of the strips or vice versa. The other strip is provided with a groove and the element or connecting members, for cooperation with the latter strip, is provided with grooves or controllable snap means, said grooves or snap means assuming a position opposite the groove and close to the latter when the element is applied against the wall. A number of elements can be mounted along the strips and be secured in the desired position by allowing the snap means to slide into the groove in the other strip.

Claims

1. An improved attachment device to carry wall cabinets, mirrors, shelves and similar elements, the improvement comprising

at least two wall strips arranged to be attached horizontally to a wall in parallel and opposite relationship, attachment means formed on each of said strips and cooperating attachment means formed on opposite upper and lower ends of element intended to be attached to the wall, said means on said strips each being arranged to cooperate with respective of said attachment means on said element,

the attachment means on one of said strips and one end of said element comprising cooperating tongue and groove parts for connecting each one strip and said element together

the attachment means of the other of said wall strips comprising a groove formed in the other wall strip,

the attachment means of the other end of said element including a releasable locking means operable in the locked position to cooperate with the groove of said other wall strip

said element arranged to be locked in the desired position along said wall strips by movement of said releasable locking means into its locked position in its associated groove in said other wall strip.

2. An improved attachment device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said elements include a pair of mounting rods, each rod provided at its one end the tongue and groove connection with the one of said wall strips and wherein said releasable locking means comprise pistons slidably supported by the other ends of said rods and arranged to be depressed to their released position against the action of springs.

3. An improved attachment device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said wall strips are wooden rails and include at least one profiled bars affixed on one lengthwise face of said strip, said profiled bar being of aluminium and shaped so as to form respectively said tongue and groove.

4. An improved attachment device as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of said wall strips consists of a profiled tubes shaped on one sides to form said tongue and grooves connection.

5. An improved attachment device as set forth in claim 2 wherein the tongue and groove connection comprises a groove formed in the one locking strip and tongues formed on the one end of the mounting rods.

6. An improved attachment device as set forth in claim 1 wherein the attaching means between the other end of the element and the other of the wall strips comprises grooves formed in said other locking strip and in said other end of said element, the releasable locking means comprising a rod complimentary in shape to said groove and insertable therein.