Storage system, cover strip, and method for producing a cover strip

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10610016-B2
Application number	US-201615780630-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 30, 2016
Priority date	Dec 1, 2015
Publication date	Apr 7, 2020
Grant date	Apr 7, 2020

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a flexible cover strip for a storage system including a carrier rail ( 1 ) having a U-shaped cross section with first and second parallel rows ( 3, 5 ) of elongated substantially identical slots ( 7 ) in a front portion to accommodate a suspension element such as e.g. a bracket. The cover strip has an abutment face ( 17 ) and an exterior face ( 31 ), and a plurality of projections ( 19 ), rising from the abutment surface of the strip in first and second parallel rows matching the slots of the carrier rail, such that the cover strip can be fitted on the front portion with the projections entering the slots, and wherein at least some of the projections are provided with a snap element ( 27 ) at their distal ends, which snap elements prevent the cover strip from falling off the rail.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A storage system including a carrier rail having a U-shaped cross section with a first and a second leg interconnected by a front portion, wherein the front portion is provided with first and second parallel rows of elongated slots to accommodate a suspension element, the system comprising:
a flexible cover strip having a flat abutment face and an exterior face, the flexible cover strip including a plurality of projections, elongate in the longitudinal direction of the strip, rising from the abutment face of the strip in first and second parallel rows,
wherein the projections rise obliquely from the abutment face,
wherein a proximal end of each projection has a length that is equal to or shorter than a length of a slot and a width that is narrower than or equal to the width of a slot,
wherein the projections are located on the cover strip in a pattern coinciding with slots on a front surface of the rail, such that the cover strip can be fitted on the front portion with the projections entering the slots, and
wherein at least some of the projections are provided with a snap element at their distal ends, which snap elements prevent the cover strip from falling off the rail.

2. A storage system according to claim 1 , wherein the snap element is wider than the projection at the proximal end thereof.

3. A storage system according to claim 2 , wherein the snap element includes tips that project towards the abutment face and wherein a distance between an end of a tip and the abutment face is smaller than a thickness of the rail at the front portion.

4. A storage system according to 2 , further comprising a longitudinal tear line cut in the abutment face along the length of the cover strip.

5. A storage system according to claim 2 , wherein the projections are provided in pairs, and wherein transversal tear lines are cut in the abutment surface between adjacent pairs of projections.

6. A storage system according to claim 2 , wherein the exterior face of the cover strip is convex, providing a curvature along the length of the cover strip.

7. A storage system according to claim 2 , wherein the cover strip is produced in a single piece in an elastomer material.

8. A storage system according to claim 1 , further comprising a longitudinal tear line cut on the abutment face along the length of the cover strip.

9. A storage system according to claim 1 , wherein the projections are provided in pairs, and wherein transversal tear lines are cut in the abutment surface between adjacent pairs of projections.

10. A storage system according to claim 1 , wherein the exterior face of the cover strip is convex, providing a curvature along the length of the cover strip.

11. A storage system according to claim 1 , wherein the cover strip is produced in a single piece in an elastomer material.

Assignees

• Elfa Int Ab

Inventors

• Nilsson Peter
• Arnautovic Fikret

Classifications

• A47B95/04

  Keyplates; Ornaments or the like (rims specially adapted for table tops A47B13/08; keyplates in general E05B17/14) · CPC title

• A47B57/16

  consisting of hooks coacting with openings (ladder type A47B57/12) · CPC title

• A47B96/1408 Primary

  regularly perforated · CPC title

• A47B57/42

  the shelf supports being cantilever brackets · CPC title

• A47B47/02

  made of metal only · CPC title