Holding device for a bracket in a storage system

• US 9,603,468 B2
• Filed: 10/25/2012
• Issued: 03/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Elfa International AB (Container Store Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Elfa International AB (Container Store Incorporated)
• Inventors: Nilsson, Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): Krycinski, Stanton L
• Application Number:
  US14/355,037
• Publication Number:
  US 20140299562A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,615 Days
• Field of Search: 211/126.16, 211/135, 211/88.01, 211/90.01, 248/73, 248/215, 248/225.21, 248/301
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 96/024 characterised by support bracket location means, e.g. fixing means between support bracket and shelf A47B96/028 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 96/067 Horizontal rails as suspension means in a cantilever arrangement suspension fittings for cabinets to be hung on walls A47B95/008
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 3/06 with movable or removable shelves or receptacles A47F3/0486 takes precedence; display racks with movable parts A47F5/0081
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/0018 Display racks with shelves or receptables racks per se A47B; storage devices for warehouses B65G1/02
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/101 Display racks with slotted uprights

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a holding device for a bracket in a storage system. The holding device has a connecting part and a holding part, the connecting part being elongated and bent, along a line in the elongated direction to form, in cross-section, a U-shape with a first and a second leg. The first leg is intended to be inserted into a bracket and second leg being connected to the holding part having a holding feature, such as hooks, a box, or a basket.

Claims

1. A support for a storage or display system comprising:

a holding device including;

a connecting part being elongated and bent along a folding line in an elongated direction to form a U-shaped cross-section having a first leg and a second leg; and

a holding part having a holding feature; and

a bracket including;

a U-shaped cross section which is open upwards, wherein the bracket at one end comprises connectors to be connected to slots in a vertical carrier element in order to be able to support a shelf in a cantilevered fashion,

wherein the first leg of the connecting part is configured to be inserted into the U-shaped cross section of the bracket and the second leg is connected to the holding part having the holding feature,

wherein the first leg of the holding device has a size that allows the first leg to be inserted into the bracket, such that the bracket supports the holding device at said folding line; and

wherein said first leg of the connecting part includes at least one tongue extending substantially perpendicular from the line where the connecting part is bent, and wherein the at least one tongue is bent further towards the second leg compared to a remainder of the first leg.

2. The support according to claim 1,

wherein the bracket is formed from sheet metal having a thickness of 1.25 mm.

3. The support according to claim 1, wherein a distance between the first leg and the second leg is in a range of 1.3-4.5 mm, and a minimum distance between one of the at least one tongue and the second leg is in a range 0.9-1.15 mm.

4. The support according to claim 1, wherein a tip of the at least one tongue is bent outwards and away from the second leg.

5. The support according to claim 1, wherein the holding device is made of sheet metal.

6. A holding device for a storage system, wherein the device comprises:

a cantilevered bracket;

a connecting part and a holding part, wherein

the connecting part is elongated and bent along a folding line in an elongated direction to form a U-shaped cross-section having a first and a second leg,

the first leg of the connecting part is configured to be inserted into said bracket and the second leg is connected to the holding part having a holding feature,

the first leg of the connecting part includes at least one tongue extending substantially perpendicular from the line where the connecting part is bent,

the at least one tongue is bent further towards the second leg compared to a remainder of the first leg, and

a distance between the first leg and the second leg is in a range of 1.3-4.5 mm, and a minimum distance between one of the at least one tongue and second leg is in a range of 0.9-1.15 mm.

7. The holding device according to claim 6, wherein an end of the at least one tongue is bent outwards and away from the second leg.

8. The holding device according to claim 6, wherein the holding device is formed from sheet metal.

9. The holding device according to claim 6, wherein the holding device is formed from plastic.

10. The holding device according to claim 6, wherein the holding part includes a plurality of hooks.

11. The holding device according to claim 6, wherein the holding part includes at least one box.

12. The holding device according to claim 6, wherein the holding part includes at least one basket.

13. The holding device according to claim 6, wherein the connecting part has a plurality of key-hole slots in the first leg.