Suspension system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10653239-B2
Application number	US-201716090266-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 30, 2017
Priority date	Mar 31, 2016
Publication date	May 19, 2020
Grant date	May 19, 2020

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a suspension system ( 1 ) comprising first and second support elements ( 3 ), configured to be vertically arranged, and first and second brackets ( 5 ), which are attached to a respective one of the support elements in a cantilevered fashion. The system further includes a frame ( 7, 27 ), with side portions ( 27 ) that are attached to a respective one of the brackets by means of fastening arrangements, such that the frame with a container attached thereto becomes slidable as a drawer. Each fastening arrangement has a mid-section attachment device including a centre cut-out ( 19 ) in the mid third of the bracket, an attachment tongue ( 23 ) on the side portion ( 27 ), which is configured to be inserted into the centre cut-out to clasp its edge, and a bulb ( 25 ) which snaps into the cut-out, and a front attachment device with a front cut-out ( 17 ) in the bracket, a front attachment tongue ( 31 ) on the side portion, which is configured to be inserted into the front cut-out to clasp its edge, and a support tongue ( 33 ) which abuts the lower art of the bracket, such that a nose portion ( 37 ) of the bracket is wedged in between the front attachment tongue and the support tongue.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A suspension system comprising:
first and second support elements configured to be vertically arranged,
first and second brackets, each configured to be attached to a respective one of the support elements in a cantilevered fashion having a U-shaped cross-section with first and second leg portions and an interconnecting lower bend portion, and
a frame comprising side portions each configured to be attached to a respective one of the brackets with a fastening arrangement, a guided part of the frame being slideable in and out of an area in between the brackets and comprising a holding device;
wherein the fastening arrangement comprises:
a mid-section attachment device including a center cut-out in the mid third of the bracket and in a leg portion thereof, an attachment tongue on the side portion, which is configured to be inserted into the center cut-out to clasp the edge thereof, and a bulb adapted to snap into the centre cut-out, and
a front attachment device including a front cut-out in the cantilevered end of the bracket, in said leg portion thereof, a front attachment tongue on the side portion, which is configured to be inserted into the front cut-out to clasp the edge thereof, and a support tongue configured to abut the lower portion of the bracket, such that a nose portion of the bracket is wedged in between the front attachment tongue and the support tongue.

2. A suspension system according to claim 1 , wherein the front cut-out comprises a rear vertical portion, a front horizontal portion and a radius in between the vertical and horizontal portions.

3. A suspension system according to claim 2 , wherein the front attachment tongue rests on the front cut-out at the transition between the horizontal portion and the radius when the frame is attached to the bracket.

4. A suspension system according to claim 1 , wherein the support tongue is configured to abut the lower portion of the bracket at the interconnecting bend portion at a point on the bend portion located at the same lateral half of the bracket as the front cut-out.

5. A suspension system according to claim 1 , wherein the front tongue has an attachment line, where it is connected to the fixed part of the frame, wherein the attachment line forms an acute angle (x) in the range 75-82 degrees with the longitudinal direction of the frame.

6. A suspension system according to claim 1 , wherein the support tongue has an attachment line, where it is connected to the fixed part of the frame, wherein the attachment line forms an angle (y) in the range 5-9 degrees with the longitudinal direction of the frame.

7. A suspension system comprising:
first and second support elements configured to be vertically arranged;
first and second brackets, each configured to be attached to a respective one of the support elements in a cantilevered fashion and having a U-shaped cross-section with first and second leg portions and an interconnecting lower bend portion; and
a frame comprising side portions each configured to be attached to a respective one of the brackets with a fastening arrangement, a guided part of the frame being slideable in and out of an area in between the brackets and comprising a holding device;
wherein the fastening arrangement comprises:
a mid-section attachment device including a center cut-out in the mid third of the bracket and in a leg portion thereof, an attachment tongue on the side portion, which is configured to be inserted into the centre cut-out to clasp the edge thereof, and a bulb adapted to snap into the centre cut-out, and
a front attachment device including a front cut-out in the cantilevered end of the bracket, in said leg portion thereof, a front attachment tongue on the side portion, which is configured to be inserted into the front cut-out to clasp the edge thereof, and a support tongue configured to abut the lower portion of the bracket, such that a nose portion of the bracket is wedged in between the front attachment tongue and the support tongue, the front cut-out comprising a rear vertical portion a front horizontal portion and a radius in between the vertical and horizontal portions.

8. A suspension system according to claim 7 , wherein the support tongue is configured to abut the lower portion of the bracket at the interconnecting bend portion at a point on the bend portion located at the same lateral half of the bracket as the front cut-out.

9. A suspension system according to claim 7 , wherein the front tongue has an attachment line, where it is connected to the fixed part of the frame, wherein the attachment line forms an acute angle (x) in the range 75-82 degrees with the longitudinal direction of the frame.

10. A suspension system according to claim 7 , wherein the support tongue has an attachment line, where it is connected to the fixed part of the frame, wherein the attachment line forms an angle (y) in the range 5-9 degrees with the longitudinal direction of the frame.

11. A suspension system comprising:
first and second support elements configured to be vertically arranged;
first and second brackets, each configured to be attached to a respective one of the support elements in a cantilevered fashion and having a U-shaped cross-section with first and second leg portions and an interconnecting lower bend portion; and
a frame comprising side portions each configured to be attached to a respective one of the brackets with a fastening arrangement, a guided part of the frame being slideable in and out of an area in between the brackets and comprising a holding device;
wherein the fastening arrangement comprises:
a mid-section attachment device including a center cut-out in the mid third of the bracket and in a leg portion thereof, an attachment tongue on the side portion, which is configured to be inserted into the centre cut-out to clasp the edge thereof, and a bulb adapted to snap into the centre cut-out, and
a front attachment device including a front cut-out in the cantilevered end of the bracket, in said leg portion thereof, a front attachment tongue on the side portion, which is configured to be inserted into the front cut-out to clasp the edge thereof, and a support tongue configured to abut the lower portion of the bracket, such that a nose portion of the bracket is wedged in between the front attachment tongue and the support tongue, the support tongue being configured to abut the lower portion of the bracket at the interconnecting bend portion at a point on the bend portion located at the same lateral half of the bracket as the front cut-out.

12. A suspension system according to claim 11 , wherein the front cut-out comprises a rear vertical portion, a front horizontal portion and a radius in between the vertical and horizontal portions.

13. A suspension system according to claim 12 , wherein the front attachment tongue rests on the front cut-out at the transition between the horizontal portion and the radius when the frame is attached to the bracket.

14. A suspension system according to claim 7 , wherein the front tongue has an attachment line, where it is connected to the fixed part of the frame, wherein the attachment line forms an acute angle (x) in the range 75-82 degrees with the longitudinal direction of the frame.

15. A suspension system according to claim 7 , wherein the support tongue has an attachment line, where it is connected to the fixed part of the frame, wherein the attachment line forms an angle (y) in the range 5-9 degrees with the longitudinal direction of the frame.

Assignees

• Elfa Int Ab

Inventors

• Nilsson Peter
• Ryden Lars

Classifications

• A47B57/42 Primary

  the shelf supports being cantilever brackets · CPC title

• A47B96/028

  characterised by support bracket location means, e.g. fixing means between support bracket and shelf · CPC title

• A47F5/103

  Display shelving racks with the uprights aligned in only one plane · CPC title

• A47B88/43

  at cabinet side · CPC title

• A47F5/0093

  movable in a substantially horizontal direction · CPC title