GB2095979A

GB2095979A - Bracket support device

Info

Publication number: GB2095979A
Application number: GB8209686A
Authority: GB
Original assignee: Fehlbaum and Co
Current assignee: Fehlbaum and Co
Priority date: 1981-04-03
Filing date: 1982-04-01
Publication date: 1982-10-13
Also published as: CH650137A5; NL8200831A; IT1150299B; JPH0226083B2; FR2502923A1; AT387704B; DE3206679A1; IT8220146A1; ATA38882A; DE3206679C2; BE892588A; JPS57190109A; FR2502923B1; IT8220146A0; GB2095979B

Abstract

A support surface is constituted by a plurality of boards whose edges are so profiled as to produce a series of parallel undercut grooves. Bracket members are secured in place by means of hook elements (21), with an S-shaped profile, having an abutment or load-transmitting portion facing the front of the wall and a locking member (24) engaging in the profiled groove. The bracket support surface device is suitable for the display of articles in shops, where the bracket elements can be adjusted or moved easily and rapidly, to suit the particular requirements. <IMAGE>

Description

SPECIFICATION Bracket support device The invention relates to a support device for supporting articles on brackets for, for example, display purposes in a shop.

It is known to use brackets and holders inserted in carrier walls for the presentation of goods in shops.

Where the wall is also required to give a decorative effect, it is important that the means for anchoring the bracket or holder is designed so as not to affect the appearance of the wall and is therefore usually provided in the interior of the wall. A disadvantage of this is that it is a complicated and time-consuming operation to put up and take down the support members and to move them from one place to another on the wall.

The object of the invention is to provide a support device comprising a wall which may be given a decorative appearance, in which the securing portions of the brackets can easily be inserted and removed, and are invisible in use.

According to the invention there is provided a support device comprising a wall having a plurality of substantially horizontal boards on at least one side thereof, adjacent boards defining a substantially horizontal groove between them, said groove widening from the outside to the inside; and at least one bracket member comprising a portion adapted to abut the front surface of one of said boards, and a hook element having an S-shaped profile adapted to enter one of said grooves, the hook element comprising an abutment portion for abutting the lower surface of the groove and an engaging portion for engaging the upper surface of the groove.

Some embodiments by way of example of a device according to the invention are hereinafter described with reference to the drawing, wherein: Figure 1 shows a bracket support device with a double carrier wall and two differently shaped bracket constructions, Figure 2 shows an alternative embodiment of the receiving groove with a lining profile, Figure 3 is a perspective view of the anchoring mount of the bracket shown in the left-hand half of Figure 1, Figure 4 shows the procedure for inserting the bracket of Figure 3 into the receiving groove, and Figure 5 is an enlarged sectional view of the anchoring portion on the carrier shown in the right-hand half of Figure 1.

Figure 1 shows a double carrier wall with two board arrangements 1, one on each side of a central backing or mounting plate 2. The board arrangements 1 each consist of a plurality of horizontallyextending boards 3 arranged one above the other, the width a of which is determined by the desired spacing of longitudinal grooves 5 between the boards, each groove 5 having a groove opening 4 with a width b.

The longitudinal sides of the boards 3 are shaped so as to have the contour of one wall of a profiled grooves. Figures 1,2,4 and 6 show a stepped V-shaped profile, the longitudinal side of each board having an elongate Z-shaped contour. If the boards 3 which are mounted on the backing plate 2 by means of adhesive bonding consist of hardwood or a hardboard material with a high compressive strength, the walls of the profiled grooves serve as direct abutment surfaces for brackets 6 and/or tab carriers 7 which are to be fitted in the grooves 5 and which are described hereinafter with reference to Figures 3 to 5. In order to increase the scratch resistance, the visible surfaces of the boards 3 are conveniently provided with a hard plastics facing sheet 8.

When the boards 3 are made of a soft or pressuresensitive material, at least the walls of the grooves and preferably also the base 9' of the groove is provided with a pressure-resistant lining 9 the inner contour of which corresponds to the desired profile 5 of the groove. An example of such a lining is shown in Figure 2. The liner may comprise a metal or plastics profile.

The bracket 6 shown on the left in Figure 1 is shown in more detail in Figures 3 and 4. On a flat metal mount 10 with a downwardly directed planar support surface 11, there is formed an insertion or anchoring means 12, curved in an S-shape in longitudinal section, in the form of a hook element, the beginning portion 12.1 and end portion 12.2 of which are plane parallel and at a spacing from each other. The starting portion 12.1, which leads into the upper end of the support surface 11, is connected, via an acute-angled bend, to an abutment portion 13 which, as shown in Figure 4, is intended to abut on the lower inside surface 14 of the profiled groove 5.

The abutment portion 13 is followed, via another bend, by the end portion 12.2, the back of which abuts on the base 5" of the groove or on the adjacent backing plate 2 in the assembled position. The front of the mount 10 carries a bracket pin 15 welded onto the support surface 11.

The insertion of the mount 10 in the profiled groove 5 is shown in Figure 4. By tilting the bracket 6 upwards, the end portion 12.2 of the mount is brought into a position substantially parallel to the upper inclined surface 16 of the profiled groove 5, as shown by broken lines, and is pushed into this groove. As soon as the bend between the end portion 12.2 and the abutment portion 13 reaches the region of the groove opening 4, the bracket 6 is pivoted downwards. The end portion 12.2 engages the upper end corner 17 of the profiled groove 5 and the abutment portion 13 finally comes to rest on the lower inclined surface 14.By pulling the bracket 6 downwards parallel to the front of the boards the end portion 12.2 is made to abut flush on the backing plate 2 or on the base 5" of the groove and the abutment portion 13 is brought into contact with the lower inclined surface 14. At the same time, the support surface 11 of the amount 10 rests against the front sheet 8, thereby anchoring the bracket 6 in a positively and tensionally connected manner by forming a keyed engagement.

Figure 5 shows a section through the inserting and anchoring means 21 for the tab carrier 7 of Figure 1, on a larger scale. An elongate wall portion 22 extends over a substantial part of the length of the tab carrier, the wall portion 22 being provided with a reinforcing rib 23 at least on each of its side edges.

The wall portion 22 is curved in an S-shape or hook shape in cross-section and at its upper end it has a vertical locking tab 24, the end 24' of which abuts on the upper inclined surface 16 of the profiled groove 5 in the assembled position and adjoins a horizontal region 25 which rests on a lower horizontal region 5' in the groove opening 4, via the ribs 23. The wall portion 22 is shaped to extend parallel to the front surface 3' of the boards, at a spacing corresponding to the height of the rib 23, and then merges into a horizontal frame construction 26 for the tab carrier 7 (Figure 1). The weight acting on the tab carrier causes the vertical wall portion 22' to be pressed against the front 3' of the boards, the horizontal area 25 acting as the centre of rotation is subjected to the abutment load, and the locking tab 24 is pressed so as to abut fully on the upper inclined surface 16 of the profiled groove 5, whilst the locking tab 24 is also supported on the base 5" of the groove, to give a stabilising effect, via the upper end region 3' of the rib 23. This anchoring is again positively and ten sionallyconnected and only a substantial upward pivoting of the tab carrier 7 will release it so that it can be removed from the profiled groove 5.

Claims

1. A support device comprising a wall having a plurality of substantially horizontal boards on at least one side thereof, adjacent boards defining a substantially horizontal groove between them, said groove widening from the outside to the inside; and at least one bracket member comprising a portion adapted to abut the front surface of one of said boards, and a hook element having an S-shaped profile adapted to enter one of said grooves, the hook element comprising an abutment portion for abutting the lower surface of the groove and an engaging portion of engaging the upper surface of the groove.

2. A support device as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the upper surface of the groove is inclined upwardly in the inward direction.

3. A support device as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein at least a portion of the lower surface of the groove is inclined downwardly in the inward direction.

4. A support device as claimed in claim 3, wherein said abutment portion comprises a surface complementary to said inclined surface.

5. A support device as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein said abutment portion of the hook element abuts in use a substantially horizontal, planar area of the lower surface of the groove, adjacent the outside of the groove.

6. A support device as claimed in claim 5, wherein said abutment portion comprises a portion of the hook element which is substantially horizontal in use and which is reinforced by at least one reinforcing rib.

7. A support device as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein said engaging portion extends sub stantiallyvertically in use.

8. A support device as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein said portion adapted to abut the front surface of one of said boards comprises a support member having a substantially planar surface which is substantially vertical in use.

9. A support device as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein said boards are mounted on a planar mounting plate.

10. A support device substantially as herein described with reference to the accompanying drawings.