EP3387960B1 - Foldable goods shelf - Google Patents

Description

Technical environment

The invention relates to a foldable goods shelf for storage and presentation of products with a formed from a rear wall, two side walls and a front wall, an interior defining spatial shelf frame by a plurality of shelves with shelves are arranged as a storage area of the products, wherein the goods shelf in one piece a flat area blank, preferably made of corrugated board material, is formed.

State of the art

Shelves of the type described above are preferably used at outlets such as department stores, supermarkets or hardware stores.

In applications of such shelves these can be placed instead of permanently installed shelves at particularly interesting points of the sales areas, where they are particularly well in the field of moving in the sales room customers Such shelves are already out of the DE 90 04 353 U1 . JP 2000 287799 A . US 5,678,492 A. and US 2008 265 726 A1 known.

For such use, these shelves must be sufficiently stable to be able to be used freely set up without a shelf connection. In addition, it is necessary to easily transport the goods racks too design, whereby the transport results not only within the company. In addition, the shelves for the user should be applicable without major problems in terms of installation. Since the stocking of such shelves often entrusted untrained employees, it often lacks the competence to assemble in an acceptable time in a manageable time optionally delivered in individual parts shelves.

Object of the invention

Based on the known from the prior art in the context of the above-mentioned embodiment shelves, therefore, the object of the invention is to provide a goods shelf available, which is space-saving portable and can be prepared without prior knowledge in a very short time so that the therein store and have them offered for presentation.

Solution of the task

According to the invention the object is achieved by a goods shelf with the technical features mentioned in the characterizing part of claim 1.

Essential to the invention for the technical teaching is that in each case the shelves forming front wall sections are cut multi-sided in the front wall of the foldable goods rack, that the rear wall are double-walled with two superimposed in the assembled state of the goods shelf rear wall sections and in a rear wall section support sections for each shelf are cut out on all sides in that in each case one support section and the corresponding front wall section and the outside of the rear wall section are glued together with the cutout support wall sections and the inside of the further rear wall section such that the goods shelf is in a folded-out state for presenting merchandise and in a folded transport state by the shelf frame and the shelves form a flat surface state with resting on the rear wall shelves and front wall, can be brought.

The construction described combines easy transportability and easy construction together. The prefabricated, folded shelves can be unfolded at the place of installation with the simplest means, whereby they offer a stable possibility in the unfolded state to offer products of various kinds to the customer.

In this context, it should be noted that the special design of the foldable goods shelf does not include joinable items, but in its entirety by simple handling in their unfolded, suitable for receiving goods state to bring.

Particular embodiments of the subject invention will become apparent in conjunction with the technical teaching of claim 1 from the features of the back to the main claim dependent claims.

It is particularly advantageous in this context that the foldable goods shelf has a shelf frame which forms a hexagonal plan in the unfolded state, in which the side walls each have a crease line. The special floor plan supports the stability of the shelf and helps to build it quickly and easily.

With regard to the technical realization of the foldable goods shelf according to the invention, it has proved expedient to form the support sections rectangular, with three sides of a support section are cut and the ground area in the erected state of the goods shelf side is connected by a bending edge with the corresponding rear wall portion.

In order to improve the transportability of the foldable goods shelf in addition and to reduce the space requirement, it has been found in accordance with an advantageous development of the subject invention to provide the goods shelf in the transport state parallel to the bottom side edge with a fold line, which is a folding of the lower and upper portion of the goods shelf allows. This measure can be depending on the arrangement of Fold line reduce the required transport dimension of the goods rack by up to 50%.

In order to additionally increase the stability of the goods rack according to the invention, it has proved to be advantageous to have the rear wall section with the support sections arranged therein on its longitudinal side facing away from the adjacent side wall an edge strip which can be bent by a bending edge and which has a region which is not connected to the rear wall section bonded side wall is glued. This measure represents an additional safety factor if, during the production process of the goods rack, the gluing back wall sections should not provide sufficient stability, in particular for heavy objects.

figure description

Figur 1

eine flächige Darstellung des für das Warenregal notwendigen ebenen Flächenzuschnittes,

Figur 2

den ersten für die Herstellung des Warenregals notwendigen Faltprozess zur Verklebung der Stützabschnitte mit den Rückseiten der Fachböden,

Figur 3

den vorbereitenden Schritt zur Verklebung des Warenregals zu seiner endgültigen Form,

Figur 4

die Rückansicht des fertig zusammengefügten, erfindungsgemäßen faltbaren Warenregals,

Figur 5

eine Darstellung des fertigen Warenregals aus Figur 4 im zusätzlich platzsparend zusammengeklappten Zustand,

Figur 6

eine Darstellung des fertigen Warenregals aus Figur 4 während des Ausfaltvorganges vom zusammengeklappten Zustand in den aufgefalteten Zustand und

Figur 7

eine perspektivische Darstellung des erfindungsgemäßen faltbaren Warenregals fertig zur Aufnahme zu präsentierender Produkte

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the subject invention will be explained in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It shows:

FIG. 1

a flat representation of the necessary for the goods shelf flat area blank,

FIG. 2

the first folding process necessary for the production of the goods rack for gluing the support sections to the rear sides of the shelves,

FIG. 3

the preparatory step for gluing the goods rack to its final form,

FIG. 4

the rear view of the assembled, foldable goods shelf according to the invention,

FIG. 5

a representation of the finished goods shelf from FIG. 4 in additional space-saving folded state,

FIG. 6

a representation of the finished goods shelf from FIG. 4 during the unfolding process from the collapsed state to the unfolded state and

FIG. 7

a perspective view of the foldable goods shelf invention ready for recording products to be presented

The planar area blank used for the foldable goods shelf according to the invention, as used in the FIG. 1 is shown, consists essentially of a first rear wall portion 1 shown in the right part of the image, which is connected via a crease line 3 with a first side wall 2. The side wall 2 in turn is connected via a bend line 5 with a front wall 4.

To the front wall 4, a second side wall 6 of the foldable goods shelf connects to the right, which is in turn coupled to the front wall 4 via a bending line 7. Finally, this second side wall 6 is connected to a rear wall section 8 by means of a bending line 9. It is thus a flat area blank, preferably made of corrugated cardboard material, which has special features in relation to the features essential to the invention.

In the rear wall section 1, as is known from the FIG. 1 becomes clear, a plurality, in the present case four support sections 10 cut out. These support portions 10 are substantially rectangular in shape and set at its lower, in the erected state of the goods shelf the floor area 11 facing side by a bending edge 12 on the rear wall. The remaining three sides of the support portions 10 are folded out by means of the bending line 12 from the rear wall. At the top of the respective support portion 10 facing away from the crease line 12 is an adhesive area 13, which in turn is connected to the respective support portion 10 by means of a crease line 14.

In the side wall 2 and in the side wall 6 is located in the middle of a respective crease line 15 and 16, in each of which four the side walls 2 and 6 in the built state of the foldable goods shelf stabilizing angular regions 17 are incorporated. The angular regions 17 are formed substantially triangular, wherein the upper side substantially horizontally extending and the bottom portion 11 of the surface blank side facing away from the respective side wall 2 and 6 is cut out. The two remaining sides of the triangular angular region 17, which converge toward the bottom region 11 and meet in the apex of the triangle on the bend line 15 and 16, again have corresponding bend lines 18 with respect to the side wall 2 and 6, respectively.

The adjoining the side wall 2 front wall 4 has in the present embodiment, four in the erected state of the foldable goods shelf serving as shelves front wall sections 19. These front wall sections 19 are again configured substantially rectangular in shape, but have on its opposite sides rounded side edges 20. The side edges 20 and the upper side 21 are in turn cut out of the front wall 4, whereas the lower side of each front wall portion 19 is fixed by means of a bending line 21 on the front wall portion 19. Because of this crease line 21, the front wall portions 19 can be folded out of the plane of the front wall 4, as well as applies to the support portions 10 of the rear wall portion 1.

Due to the overall construction, it can be seen that the fold lines 5 and 7 between the side wall 2 and the front wall 4 and the side wall 6 are each subdivided into four sections.

The side wall 6 is in principle as well as previously described, the side wall 2 is provided with corresponding angular regions 17, which serve to stabilize this side wall 6. The adjoining the side wall 6 by means of the bending line 9 rear wall portion 8 is divided centrally according to the illustrated embodiment, so that in the rear wall portion 8, a section line 22 results.

In order to bring the inventive foldable goods shelf in its intended use for shaping, after production of the flat surface blank, as shown in the FIG. 1 is described, first in the middle of the respective front wall portion 19 in height of the adhesive region 13 of each support portion 10, a bead of adhesive 23 attached. The adhesive beads 23 are in the FIG. 1 shown in dashed lines.

After applying the adhesive beads 23, the rear wall portion 1 is folded by means of the crease line 3 on the front wall 4, wherein the adhesive areas 13 over the Kleberaupen 23 come to rest and connect by means of which with the front wall 4 and with the front wall portions 19. This process step for Production of the goods shelf according to the invention is in the FIG. 2 shown schematically.

In the FIG. 3 the folding over of the rear wall portion 1 on the front wall 4 is completed, wherein the described bonding of the adhesive regions 13 of each support portion 10 has taken place with the Kleberaupen 23 which have been mounted on the front wall portions 19.

In a next manufacturing process step, an adhesive line 24 is now applied to the rear side of the rear wall section 1 between the support sections 10. In addition to this, an adhesive line 25 can additionally be attached to the rear side of the rear wall section 1, which preferably extends over the entire height of the rear wall section 1 and is applied to an edge strip 26 which results on the opposite side of the rear wall section 1 facing away from the side wall 2 the edge strip 26 is connected via a bending line 27 with the rear wall portion 1.

After applying the glue lines 24 and optionally 25, the rear wall portion 8 is folded along the fold line 16 upwards on the back of the rear wall portion 1 in a next process step. By folding over the rear wall portion 8 of this is glued to the back de back wall portion 1, so that when doubling the rear wall of two superimposed Wellpappflächen results in a shelf frame.

The FIG. 4 shows the state of manufacture, as it appears after bonding the rear wall sections 1 and 8.

The production of the foldable goods shelf according to the subject invention is characterized by in the FIGS. 1 to 4 completed measures. There now exists a goods shelf in its folded transport state, in which the shelf frame and the shelves form a flat surface state with lying on the rear wall shelves and front wall.

In this state, the foldable goods shelf can be easily transported, and according to an advantageous embodiment of the subject invention, the goods shelf in its flat surface state in addition along the cutting line 22 can be folded once. This results in the in the FIG. 5 shown again reduced spatial form of the goods shelf.

The spatial shelf frame produced in the context of the described process steps can now be brought from its folded transport state in a folded state for goods presentation, in accordance with the FIG. 6 the shelf frame is brought from its flat shape in a spatial shape with hexagonal cross-section. For this purpose, the front wall 4 is released from its contact with the rear wall, which is done by means of the bending lines 3, 15, 5, 7, 16 and 9.

Is the hexagonal shape of the shelf frame made in the floor plan, the front wall portions 19 are folded by means of the fold lines 21 in the interior of the shelf frame and form according to the representation of FIG. 7 flat shelves for the presentation of products. The round sides of the front wall portions 19 rest against the side walls 4 and 6, wherein for additional stabilization of the goods shelf portions 28 on the respective side wall 2 and 6 are upwards to rest. These partial regions 28 are connected by bend lines 29 to the respective front wall sections 19, which facilitates the folding up of the corresponding partial regions 28.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1

Rear wall portion

2

Side wall

3

Crease line (rear wall section 1 / side wall 2)

4

front wall

5

Crease line (side wall 2 / front wall 4)

6

Side wall

7

Crease line (front wall 4 / side wall 6)

8th

Rear wall portion

9

Crease line (side wall 6 / rear wall section 8)

10

support section

11

floor area

12

Crease line (support section 10 / rear wall section 1)

13

adhesive area

14

Crease line (gluing area 13 / supporting section 10)

15

Crease line (side wall 2)

16

Crease line (side wall 6)

17

angle range

18

Crease line (angle range 17 / side wall 2/6)

19

Front wall section

20

side edge

21

Crease line (front wall section 19 / front wall 4)

22

intersection

23

adhesive bead

24

glue line

25

glue line

26

edge strips

27

Crease line (edge strip 26 / rear wall section 1)

28

subregion

29

Crease line (front wall section 19 / section 28)

Claims (6)

1. Foldable goods shelf for the storage and presentation of products with a physical shelf frame formed by a rear wall, two side walls (2, 6) and a front wall (4) defining an interior, in said shelf frame is arranged a plurality of compartments with compartment bases as the storage area of the products, wherein the goods shelf is formed in one piece from a flat surface cut-out preferably made of corrugated paper material, wherein in the front wall (4) of the foldable goods shelf front wall sections (19) in each case forming the compartment bases are cut out on multiple sides, wherein the rear wall is formed in a double-walled manner with two rear wall sections (1, 8) overlapping one another in the assembled construction state of the goods shelf and in a rear wall section (1) support sections (10) for one compartment base in each case are cut out on multiple sides, wherein in each case one support section (10) and the corresponding front wall section (19) and the outside of the rear wall section (1) are adhered with the cut-out support sections (10) and the inside of the other rear wall section (8) such that the goods shelf can be moved to an unfolded state for the presentation of goods and to a folded transport state by the shelf frame and the compartment bases forming a flat surface state with compartment bases and front wall resting on the rear wall.
2. Foldable goods shelf according to claim 1, characterised in that the shelf frame in the unfolded state forms a hexagonal layout in which the side walls (2, 6) in each case have a bending line (15, 16).
3. Foldable goods shelf according to any one of claims 1 or 2, characterised in that the support sections (10) are formed in a rectangular shape, wherein three sides of the support section are cut out and the side pointing to the base region (11) in the set-up state of the goods shelf is connected by a bending line (12) to the rear wall section (1) .
4. Foldable goods shelf according to claim 3, characterised in that the support sections (10) on their side facing away from the bending line (12) to the rear wall section (1) have an adhesive region (13) bendable from the support section (10) by means of a bending line (14).
5. Foldable goods shelf according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterised in that in the transport state the foldable goods shelf has a fold line (22) parallel to the lower edge facing the base region (11) which allows a lower and upper partial region of the goods shelf to be folded on top of one another.
6. Foldable goods shelf according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterised in that the rear wall section (1) on its longitudinal surface facing away from the adjacent side wall (2) has an edge strip (25) bendable along a bending line (27) which is adhered with the side wall (6) not connected to the rear wall section (1).

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