WO2008061514A2

WO2008061514A2 - Arrangement for holding objects

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Publication number: WO2008061514A2
Application number: PCT/DE2007/002103
Authority: WO
Inventors: Hans-Willi Lutz; Doris Rosskopp; Jan Hansen
Original assignee: Wenko-Wenselaar Gmbh & Co. Kg
Priority date: 2006-11-20
Filing date: 2007-11-20
Publication date: 2008-05-29
Also published as: DE202006017637U1; DE112007003289A5; WO2008061514A3

Abstract

The invention relates to an arrangement for holding objects, comprising at least one railing rod (10), fixed to a wall or ceiling by means of fixing elements, or a bar, spring-loaded between a floor and a ceiling on which holding elements can be hung, on which objects may be either directly hung or on which support elements may be hung on which objects may be placed. According to the invention, the positions at which the fixing elements (11) are fixed to the wall or ceiling and the fixing positions of the fixing elements (11) to the railing rod (10) in the longitudinal direction of the railing rod are freely selectable. Suction elements can for example be used as fixing elements (11) which can be removed from the wall when necessary. The railing rods (10) can be fixed with a non-screwed connection to said suction elements (11).

Description

Device for holding objects

The present invention relates to a device for holding objects comprising at least one fastener rod fastened to a wall or ceiling by means of fastening elements into which mounting elements can be suspended, on which objects are either directly suspendable or on which support elements can be suspended on which objects can be placed ,

From the prior art, it is generally known to use for holding various items, especially in the household and kitchen area systems with so-called railing rods that are attached, for example, to a kitchen wall.

For example, DE 296 12 707 U1 describes a kitchen rail system in which round rods are fastened in cross-section via brackets at a distance in front of a wall, kitchen utensils can be hung directly or via specially provided hooks on the railing rail. In this example, tab-like fasteners are screwed to the brackets directly to the wall. So it must be introduced holes in the wall, which determine the position in which the brackets are mounted on the wall. Their attachment positioπ is thus fixed and usually takes place later no disassembly and reassembly of the fasteners, in particular, since this would require a re-introduction of wells. In addition, the fasteners can not be attached to the wall without tools.

In this known railing system are on the mounting parts mounting parts, which extend in an arcuate, so that it would be possible in principle to simply hang the rail rod on the support member, whereby the rail rod against the mounting part thereafter still be displaced in the longitudinal direction. There is no statement as to whether the railing rail is bolted to the support parts. In DE 37 10 485 A1 discloses a suspension system for kitchen utensils is described in which a flat strip-shaped rail rod is attached via cylindrical spacers and screws on the wall. The rail is provided with holes for the passage of the fixing screws, whereby the relative position of the fixing elements to the rail is fixed. On the flat rail, either kitchen utensils can be suspended directly via corresponding hooks, or objects can be suspended via intermediate carriers with hooks. It is also possible to hang shelves on the flat railing rail above the console angle, on which objects can then be placed. In this known suspension system, although the position of the hook and intermediate carrier can be freely selected on the rail rail. The disadvantage, however, is that the respective position of the spacers and thus the attachment points are fixed to the wall after assembly and can not be changed easily due to the screw and not more. As is screwed through the fastening through holes in the rail rod through, the mounting positions of the fastening elements are fixed to the rail rail. The lengths of the flat rail rods used here are also specified by the manufacturer. If a suspension of objects in a greater length range is desired, another railing rod must be mounted. The known suspension system is therefore not sufficiently flexible with regard to the utilization of the respective individual spatial conditions on site.

Also known from the prior art are railing systems, for example, for the kitchen area, in which two vertical mutually displaceable rods between floor and ceiling of a room are braced. DE 299 00 853 U1 describes such a railing system for kitchens. On the supporting rods holding elements are then attached, in turn, utensils such as kitchen appliances or the like can be hung. In these systems, there is the advantage that even remote areas of a room can be used for the accommodation of objects.

The object of the present invention is to provide a device for the support of objects of the type mentioned above, which grants the user a higher degree of freedom and allows a more flexible use of space given each local space.

The solution to this problem provides a device for the holder of objects of the type mentioned above with the characterizing features of Hauptaπspruchs. According to the invention, it is provided that both the respective positions in which the fastening elements are attached to the wall or ceiling, as well as the respective fastening Supply positions of the fasteners on the rail rail seen in the longitudinal direction of the rail rod are freely selectable.

The solution according to the invention makes it possible to fix railing rods of virtually any length at freely selectable points on a wall or ceiling. The distances of the fastened to the wall or ceiling fasteners are arbitrary and also the respective points at which the fasteners each hold the rail rail can be chosen virtually arbitrary. It is chosen according to the invention no screw for the attachment of the rail rod to the fasteners, so that no determination is given due to holes for screw holes.

A preferred variant of the task solution according to the invention provides that the fastening of the fastening elements to the wall or ceiling is provided without screws. Preferably, the attachment of the fasteners to the wall or ceiling via suction elements. These allow rapid and convenient attachment of the fasteners without the need to drill holes and without the aid of tools. The use of suction elements has the further advantage that later, if necessary, a simple disassembly of the device or individual wall fasteners is possible to choose a different mounting location or to change the geometry of the arrangement.

Preferably, it is further provided that the rail rail against the fastening elements for attachment to the wall or ceiling in the longitudinal direction (the rail rail) is displaceable. Since there is no Schraubbefestigung between railing and fasteners, which would determine the mounting position, you can determine the relative position of the rail rod relative to the fasteners as needed. The length of the rail rods used in each case may vary and this may also protrude more or less longitudinally beyond the respective attachment points after attachment. Since the attachment points on the wall are also arbitrary, you can adjust the attachment, design and dimensioning of the device according to the invention during assembly optimally to the given space on site. Moreover, in the system according to the invention, it is not necessary to use rail rods with predetermined lengths and fixing points defined in advance, whereby the user has a higher freedom of design and costs can also be saved by the manufacturer. A preferred structural embodiment according to a development of the task solution according to the invention provides that on the side facing away from the wall of the suction element is a connecting element, which in turn is connected to a receiving element without tools, preferably by a plug connection. This receiving element is in turn likewise connected without tools to the railing rod, for example by pushing the railing rail through a groove-like or slot-shaped receptacle of the receiving element. The rail rod can at least partially enter into a positive connection with the receiving element. Likewise, a positive connection between the connecting element and the receiving element may be provided. For example, there may be a knob-like or button-like connecting element on the fastening element, which is inserted into a groove of the receiving element.

This type of plug-in, plug-in or plug-in connections preferably used in the context of the invention allows a very quick and convenient mounting of the railing rail. In this case, for example, you can proceed so that you first attaching suction on the wall, for example, have the actual sucker cross-bell on which a knob-like connecting element is attached. About this connecting element, the receiving element is then pushed in each case, so that this is then connected to the suction element. Then you simply push the rail rail through, for example, slots in the receiving elements. Two such receiving elements are sufficient to attach a railing rod to a wall. For larger lengths, of course, more than two fasteners can be used with each receiving elements.

An alternative variant of the task solution according to the invention is the subject of claim 11. Accordingly, it is provided that at least one railing rod can be fastened to at least one telescoping pole clamped between a floor and a ceiling by means of a clamp pushed onto the telescopic pole and optionally suitable connecting elements. This solution variant makes it possible to use even areas far away from the wall in a space for the accommodation of objects. It initially sets up a usually two-piece so-called telescopic pole, which can be conveniently and quickly fixed by clamping between the floor and ceiling of a room. One then fixes one or more clamps on the telescopic rod, which could be specifically designed for this purpose. The clamps are advantageously designed in particular so that they also attach later to an already erected telescopic rod to let. The clamp can then have, for example, correspondingly shaped connecting elements to which in turn the railing rod according to the invention can be fastened.

The aforementioned variant can also be combined with the solution variant described at the beginning, that is to say systems according to the invention can also be provided in which one or more railing rods are attached to a wall and one or more further railing rods are attached to a telescopic pole clamped between wall and ceiling , According to the invention, the said systems can be combined with each other as desired, so that utensils can be hung both on the wall and in the room.

In the variant of the invention described above, at least one adapter is preferably used as the connecting element, which can be connected to a clamp which can be attached to a telescopic rod on the one hand and to a rail rod on the other hand. By way of example, this adapter can be shaped such that it can be hooked at one end into a groove or recess in the clamp in order to thus establish the connection between the adapter and the clamp. The clamp can be two or more parts, so that you can also retrofit mount on an already erected telescopic pole. The adapter may also be formed at its end facing the rail rod so that it can be connected by a sliding movement with the rail rail. For example, the rail rod may be formed as a hollow profile, so that an element of the adapter such as a web or the like can be inserted into this hollow profile. It is therefore in this case a rail-like guided and positive connection. The adapter or an element provided on it can also be pushed onto the railing rod. In this variant of the invention can therefore be a system with horizontal support elements (rail rod) and also vertical Halterungselemeπ- th (telescopic rod) put together.

A further alternative and preferred variant of the present invention provides for the connection of storage shelves, which can be attached to a telescopic rod by means of at least one adapter. The adapter serves in this case as a connecting element between storage shelf and telescopic rod and is preferably designed so that it can be connected to an attached to the telescopic rod clamp, for example, again via a suspension element of the adapter. This adapter can be formed in this variant of the invention as a kind of wire hanger, which is connectable on its side facing the storage shelf via a corresponding element, for example a web with the storage shelf. There is a corresponding fastening element on the storage shelf, for example play a bracket, so that the adapter can be hung there. This variant of the invention thus makes it possible filing shelves on which objects can be parked to connect with telescopic rods, in which case the assembly is preferably possible without the aid of tools. In this way, more complex systems can be created with railing rods, telescopic rods and shelves, which can be interconnected and combined with each other virtually arbitrarily. These systems serve as versatile means for supporting objects that can be adapted in a very variable form to the given spatial conditions in the field, wherein the objects to be held can be accommodated both along the wall and in the room, both by hanging and by parking.

The devices according to the invention are mainly used in the field of kitchens, bathrooms or other household areas. However, the application of the invention is not limited to the household sector, but these devices can be used in principle, for example, in garages, storage rooms or in the commercial sector.

The features mentioned in the dependent claims relate to preferred developments of the task solution according to the invention. Further advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following detailed description.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail by way of embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Showing:

Figure 1 is a view of an exemplary device of the invention attached to a wall;

Figure 2 is a top view of a portion of a device according to the invention;

Figure 3 is a side view of a fastener;

Figure 4 is a front view of the fastener of Figure 3;

FIG. 5 shows a side view of one of the receiving elements for the railing rail; Figure 6 is a front view of the receiving element according to Figure 5;

FIG. 7 shows a schematically simplified side view of individual parts of a second exemplary embodiment of the invention, namely an adapter with the hinge rod fastened to it;

Figure 8 is a schematically simplified longitudinal sectional view of the inserted into the rail rod adapter;

Figure 9 is a corresponding plan view of the adapter and rail rod according to the illustration of Figure 7;

Figure 10 is a view of a suspended in a clamp adapter, wherein the clamp is attached to a telescopic rod;

Figure 11 is a perspective view of a third embodiment of the invention, namely an adapter in the form of a wire bracket, for attachment to a clamp for a telescopic rod on the one hand and for attaching a shelf shelf on the other.

Figure 12 is an enlarged side view of the clamp and the attached thereto adapter;

13 is a perspective detail view of the adapter in the form of a wire bow according to the embodiment of FIGS. 11 and 12.

Reference is first made to Figure 1, which shows a schematically simplified view of an exemplary inventive device for the support of objects. This comprises a railing rod 10, which is fastened by means of fastening elements 11, for example on a wall. The fastening elements 11 are designed as Saugele- elements and include a known suction, which is pressed against the wall, whereby the Saugfuß deformed. During the reshaping, a negative pressure is created in the cavity between the suction foot and the attachment surface, which then generates the holding force. Suitable suction elements can also be attached to a rough surface and can develop sufficient holding power, so that you can achieve a high-strength attachment. The suction elements can be in any position, for example, on a kitchen. Or attach bathroom wall. Two suction elements are generally sufficient for the attachment of a rail rod 10. The railing rod 10 is particular designed as a flat bar whose arrangement is upright. Hooks 16 can then be attached to the railing rod, again in virtually any number and position. These hooks are part of a holder on which then the most diverse support elements can be attached. As a holder are used in the embodiment only two hooks 16, which may be attached directly to a wire basket 17 or in which such a wire basket is hung. In this wire basket 17 you can then turn off a variety of items 18. Instead of a wire basket but you can also attach a variety of other support elements and support elements on the railing rail, for example, consoles with shelves or you hang objects such as kitchen appliances, which are provided with hooks, directly into the railing bar 10 a. The invention should therefore by no means be restricted to the example shown in FIG.

Subsequently, reference is now made to FIG. The illustration shows an enlarged partial section of a device according to the invention of the type shown in FIG. 1, in the area of a fastening device, which is seen in plan view. The fastening device 11 comprises a suction element, wherein the suction foot itself can not be seen in FIG. 2, since it is overlapped and covered by the bell. It can be seen that a knob-like connecting element 12 is located on this bell of the suction element 11 on the side facing away from the wall. This engages in an undercut groove of a receiving element 13. This in turn has a slot through which the flat rail rod 10 can be pushed to connect them with the receiving element 13 and thus also with the fastening element 11 (suction element). Further details emerge from the views of the items according to the figures 3 to 6, to which reference is made below.

FIGS. 3 and 4 respectively show the fastening element 11 equipped with the suction foot in side view and in the front view. It can be seen in Figure 3, the bell 11 a of the suction element, on the upper side, which faces away in the attached state of the wall, the knob-like connecting element 12 is located. This is designed in principle similar to a knob or push button, which is wider at his head than at its shaft. The Verbinduπgselement is here round with a cylindrical shaft 12 a and a plate-like head 12 b, which projects beyond the shaft radially. The round shape can be seen from the plan view of Figure 4.

Figures 5 and 6, to which reference is made below, show the receiving element 13 in the side view and in the view seen on the underside thereof. The receiving element 13 is a substantially cylindrical component, which is provided with a Ses in the radial direction passing through the slot 15 is provided. This recognizable in Figure 5 slot 15 has at least partially a shape corresponding to the contours of the flat strip-shaped rail rod 10 so that it can be pushed through this slot 15 and thereby positively received.

FIG. 6 shows the underside of the receiving element 13 and illustrates that it has a recess that is radially open toward one side on an underside and that merges into an undercut groove 14 on its rear side. Since the recess is radially open to one side, one can introduce the shaft 12 a (see FIG. 3) of the knob-like connecting element 12 from there. In this case, the widened head 12 b of this connecting element is then taken as shown in Figure 2 recognizable by the undercut groove 14, resulting in a positive connection. The slot 15 can not be seen in Figure 6, since it is behind the lower portion of the receiving element 13. The illustration according to FIG. 5 shows only the slot, while the recess and groove 14 are barely discernible here, which can be attributed to the fact that, seen in the circumferential direction of the receiving element, the recess is offset by 90 degrees from the slot 15.

A variant of the embodiment described above, which is not shown in the drawings, provides that instead of the suction elements, the fastening elements 11 comprise elements that can form an adhesive bond (adhesive bond) with the wall or ceiling, such as adhesive plates or the like. The fasteners are then secured by means of these adhesive elements to the ground in the desired position. These adhesive elements may have on the side facing away from the adhesive surface a threaded bolt or a screw member, so that you can screw the receiving element via a screw on the adhesive element. In order to cover the adhesive element on the visible side, it is also possible to provide a cover element in the form of a rosette or the like, which overlaps and covers the adhesive element, similar to the bell in the variant described above. The observer then sees after assembly only the cover element and the receiving element, both of which preferably have a corresponding decorative color. On the receiving element is then in turn analogously to the previously described embodiment, the rail rail attached, for example, by being pushed through a slot of the receiving element therethrough. Fastener (for the wall-side attachment) and receiving element (for the attachment of the rail rod) can be connected to each other in this variant in principle without tools, since the screwing of the receiving element can be done on the bolt, if necessary by hand. Hereinafter, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to Figs. In this variant, a rail rod 10 according to the invention, of which only a portion is shown, is first connected by sliding with an adapter 19. This adapter can then, as will be explained in detail later be connected to a clamp 20, which in turn is connected to a telescopic pole by pushing. The clamp 20 is at least two parts and consists for example of two half-ring elements, so that this clamp 20 can also be subsequently attached to a telescopic pole, which is already clamped between the floor and ceiling of a room. In this way it is possible, via the clamp 20 and the adapter 19, to attach a horizontally oriented railing rod 10 according to the invention to an already mounted vertically oriented telescopic rod so as to provide a combined versatile system for supporting objects which occupies the space available in a room optimally exploited.

The adapter 19 shown in Figure 7 comprises on its one side a suspension element 19 a, which serves to connect to a clamp by hanging. On its other side, which faces the railing rod 10, the adapter 19 has an elongated web 19 b, which is inserted into the rail bar 10 designed as a hollow profile open on one side. After insertion, the railing rod 10 comprises the web 19 b of the adapter, more or less like a rail, as can be clearly seen from the sectional view according to FIG. For a positive connection easily releasable connection between the rail rod 10 and the adapter 19 is made. At its opposite end not shown here, the rail rod 19 can be connected in a corresponding manner with, for example, such an adapter.

The adapters are then suspended in each case via their suspension element 19 a in a corresponding recess 22 of a clamp 20, as shown in Figure 10. This clamp 20 consists of two halves 20 a, 20 b, each in the form of half-ring elements, which are provided with corresponding engagement elements and are connected to one another by insertion in the axis-parallel direction. In the connected state, these two halves 20 a, 20 b form a complete peripheral clamp and enclose a telescopic rod 21 already mounted between the ceiling and the floor of a room, which is also shown in FIG. After suspending the adapter 19 at both ends of the railing rod 10, this is fixed and connected to telescopic rods 21 to form a system which has a horizontal element for supporting objects (railing rod 10) with a vertical element for supporting objects (telescopic rod 21 ) combined. This system is in principle arbitrarily expandable and in particular can be combined with railing rods, the be attached to a wall in the manner previously described with reference to Figure 1 to 6.

A further embodiment of the present invention will be explained in more detail below with reference to the drawings FIGS. 11, 12 and 13. In this variant, a storage shelf 23 is connected by means of another adapter 24 in the form of a bent wire hanger with one half 20 a of a clamp 20. This clamp 20 is then again mounted on a telescopic rod 21, similar to the previously described embodiment. The adapter 24 is a bent from a wire bow member having at one end in a side view approximately U-shaped hooked 24 a, (which is seen in the side view is a downwardly open U). This tail 24 a is dimensioned so that it fits into the recess 22 of the clamp 20. At its other, the shelf 23 facing the end of the adapter 24 is provided with an approximately horizontally extending and with respect to the telescopic rod approximately tangentially oriented web 24 b, which can be inserted from the bottom in a mounted on the transverse side of the shelf 23 23 a is. After assembly thus loads the weight of the shelf 23 on the web 24b and thus on the adapter 24, which in turn is hooked into the recess 22 of the clamp 20. The clamp is attached to the telescopic rod 21, so in this way an easily detachable connection between the storage shelf 23 and the telescopic rod was created. No tools are required for all assembly operations. In this variant of the invention, a flat horizontal element (storage shelf 23) is attached to a vertical element (telescopic rod 21). On the shelf 23 any objects can be parked. The system can be expanded as desired and combined with the above-described railing rods 10.

Bβzugszeichenliste

10 railing rail

1 1 fastener

1 1 a bell of the suction element 12 knob-like connecting element

12 a shank of the connecting element 12 b head of the connecting element

13 receiving element

14 slot 15 slot

16 hooks to the bracket

17 wire basket

18 subject

19 adapter 19 a suspension element

19 b bridge

20 clamp

20 a clamp half

20 b Clamp half 21 Telescopic rod

22 recess

23 shelf

23 a hanger

24 adapters 24 a suspended 24 b bridge

Claims

claims

1. A device for the support of objects, comprising at least one on fasteners on a wall or a ceiling, or on a clamped between a floor and a ceiling rod fastenable rail rod, in the support members are suspended on which objects are either directly suspended or in which support elements are suspended, on which objects are abgestellt, characterized in that both the respective positions in which the fastening elements are fastened to the wall or ceiling, as well as the respective mounting positions of the fasteners on the rail rail seen in the longitudinal direction of the rail rail are freely selectable.

2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the fastening of the fastening elements on the wall or ceiling is provided without screws.

3. Device according to claim 2, characterized in that the fastening of the fastening elements on the wall or ceiling via suction elements (11) or via elements which form an adhesive bond to the wall or ceiling, is provided.

4. Device according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the rail rail against the fastening elements for attachment to the wall or ceiling in the longitudinal direction (the rail rail) is displaceable.

5. Device according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that on the side facing away from the wall of the fastening element (11), a connecting element (12), which in turn with a receiving element (13), preferably by a plug or insertion connection or can be connected without tools by a screw connection.

6. Device according to claim 5, characterized in that the receiving element (13) with the railing rod (10) can be connected without tools.

7. Device according to one of claims 5 or 6, characterized in that the receiving element (13) has a groove-like or slot-like receptacle (15) through which the rail rod (10) is hindurchschiebbar.

8. Device according to one of claims 5 to 7, characterized in that the connecting element (12) is knob-like or button-like and a head portion of the connecting element in a groove or receptacle (14) of the receiving element (13) can be inserted.

9. Device according to one of claims 5 to 8, characterized in that the connecting element (12) is located on a suction cup cross-bell of the suction element (11).

10. Device according to one of claims 8 or 9, characterized in that the connecting element (12) in an undercut, preferably open to one side, groove (14) of the receiving element (13) can be inserted

11. Device according to the preamble of claim 1 or according to one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that at least one railing rod (10) on at least one clamped between a floor and a ceiling telescopic rod by means of a pushed onto the telescopic rod clamp and optionally suitable connecting elements is fastened.

12. The device according to claim 11, characterized in that as a connecting element at least one adapter (19) is provided which is connectable to a on a telescopic rod (21) attachable clamp (20) on the one hand and with a rail rod (10) on the other.

13. Device according to claim 1 1, characterized in that as Verbindungsuπgselement at least one adapter (24) is provided, which is connectable to a telescopic rod (21) attachable clamp (20) on the one hand and with a storage shelf (23) on the other.

14. Device according to claim 12 or 13, characterized in that at least one hanging element (19 a) or hooking end (24 a) of an adapter (19, 24) in a recess (22) or groove of the clamp (20) can be suspended.

15. Device according to one of claims 12 or 14, characterized in that on the adapter (19) mounted web (19 b) or a similar element in a than

Hollow profile rail rail (10) can be inserted rail-like, or that the adapter (19) has an element which can be pushed onto the rail rail.

16. Device according to one of claims 13 or 14, characterized in that a preferably designed as a wire bracket adapter (24) has a web (24 b) or a similar element which with a on a transverse side of a shelf (23) attached bracket ( 23 a) is preferably connectable by insertion.