Holding device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9532663-B2
Application number	US-201314407822-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 14, 2013
Priority date	Jun 19, 2012
Publication date	Jan 3, 2017
Grant date	Jan 3, 2017

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a combination of a support device ( 1, 33 ) and a holding device ( 7 ), the support device comprising an attachment surface having rows ( 5 ) with elongated slot openings ( 3, 3 ′), and the holding device comprising an attachment part ( 9 ) and a carrier part ( 11 ). The attachment part is intended to be attached to the support device by being partly inserted into a first slot ( 3 ), such that the holding device can take up a load directed in the plane of attachment surface, and the carrier part ( 11 ) being capable of supporting an item to be stored. A stem part ( 13 ) interconnects the attachment part and the carrier part and the stem part includes a fin ( 15 ) that fits into a second slot ( 3 ′) which is located under said first slot ( 3 ). This provides a more reliable connection to the support device. A holding device suitable for this combination is also considered.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for assembling a suspension device, the method comprising:
inserting an attachment part of a hook into a first side of a support plate via a first slot in a column of two or more slots located on the support place, wherein the support plate comprises one or more of columns of slots, and the hook comprises the attachment part, a stem part, and a hook shaped carrier part, the stem part connecting the attachment part to the hook shaped carrier part; and
a projection of the attachment part entering a second slot in the column of slots that includes the first slot, wherein the projection enters the second slot via an opposite side of the support plate from the first side, wherein projection part substantially abuts the stem of the hook through the second slot so as to stabilize the hook relative to the support plate.

2. The method as in claim 1 , further comprising a fin of the stem part entering the second slot through the first side of the support plate.

3. The method as in claim 2 , wherein the fin further stabilizes the hook relative to the support plate.

4. The method as in claim 1 , wherein the attachment part comprises a first leg and a second leg, the first leg rests on the bottom of the first slot when the hook is inserted, the second leg comprises the projection, and at least a portion of the second leg contacts the opposite side of the support plate between the first and second slots.

5. The method as in claim 4 , wherein a triangular opening is formed between the stem and the first and second legs of the attachment part.

6. The method as in claim 1 , wherein the second slot is below the first slot in the column.

7. The method as in claim 1 , wherein each of the slots in the column has a length that is several times longer than a width of the slots.

8. A suspension device comprising:
a support plate, wherein the support plate comprises a surface with one or more columns of elongated openings, each column including at least two elongated openings; and
a hook comprising an attachment part, a stem part, and a hook shaped carrier part, the stem connecting the attachment part and the hook shaped carrier part, the attachment part being attachable to the support plate by being at least partly insertable into a first elongated opening in the support plate via a first side of the support plate, the attachment part comprising a first leg extending from the stem and a second leg extending from the first leg, wherein upon attachment of the attachment part to the support plate a projection of the second leg is configured to enter a second elongated opening of the support plate via a second side of the support plate and substantially abut the stem of the hook through the second elongated opening of the support plate while the first leg is positioned in the first elongated opening such that the hook is stabilized relative to the support plate.

9. The suspension device as in claim 8 , wherein the stem further comprises a fin, and the fin is configured to enter the second elongated opening through the first side of the support plate.

10. The suspension device as in claim 9 wherein the fin is configured to further stabilize the hook relative to the support plate.

11. The suspension device as in claim 10 , wherein the first leg of the attachment part is configured to rest on the bottom of the first elongated opening, and at least a portion of the second leg is configured to contact the second side of the support plate between the first and second elongated openings.

12. The suspension device as in claim 11 , wherein the stem, the first leg, and the second leg are configured such that a triangular opening is formed between the stem, the first leg, and the second leg.

13. The suspension device as in claim 8 , wherein the second elongated opening is below the first elongated opening in a column of elongated openings.

14. The suspension device as in claim 8 , wherein each of the slots in the column has a length that is several times longer than a width of the slots.

15. A hook that is attachable to a support plate having one or more columns of elongated openings, the hook comprising:
a hook shaped carrier part;
a stem configured to connect the hook shaped carrier part to an attachment part; and
the attachment part, wherein attachment part is configured to be attachable to the support plate via a first leg and a second leg, the second leg extending from the first leg, wherein the stem, the first leg, and the second leg are configured such that a triangular opening is formed between the stem, the first leg, and the second leg, wherein a projection of the second leg is configured to substantially abut the stem of the hook, wherein upon the hook being affixed to the support plate the first leg is positioned in a first elongated opening and the projection of the second leg substantially abuts the stem through a second elongated opening in the same column as the first elongated opening.

16. The hook as in claim 15 , wherein the stem further comprises a fin, and the fin is configured to enter the second elongated opening through an opposite side of the support plate relative to a side of the support plate at which the projection is configured to enter the second elongated opening.

17. The hook as in claim 15 , wherein the fin is configured to further stabilize the hook relative to the support plate.

18. The hook as in claim 15 , wherein each of the first leg and second leg comprise a gap that separates a first portion of the first leg from a second portion of the first leg and that separates a first portion of the second leg from a second portion of the second leg.

19. The hook as in claim 18 , wherein the first and second portions of the first leg are configured to enter different elongated openings in a first row of elongated openings when affixed to the support plate.

20. The hook as in claim 19 , wherein the first and second portions of the second leg are configured to enter different elongated openings in a second row of elongated openings when affixed to the support plate, wherein the second row is below the first row.

Assignees

• Elfa Int Ab

Inventors

• Nilsson Peter

Classifications

• A47F5/0823 Primary

  Article supports for peg-boards · CPC title

• A47B57/16

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

• Y10T29/49826

  Assembling or joining · CPC title

• B25H3/04

  Racks · CPC title

• A47F5/08

  secured to the wall, ceiling, or the like; Wall-bracket display devices · CPC title