Shelf support system

Abstract

A supporting system for furniture, and a shelf adapted for such supporting system, is disclosed. The supporting system comprises a rail (11), adapted to be mounted on a wall, and a projecting male member (14), connected to the rail (11). The male member is projecting distally of said rail (11), said male member (14) being configured to interact with a mating female groove located in a shelf. The male member (14) is provided with a through slot extending from a distal end towards a proximal end of the male member (14), said through slot being open in said distal end. Also, a slider, comprising; a projecting male member (14) is disclosed.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]This invention pertains in general to the field of supporting systems for furnitures and the like. More particularly the invention relates to supporting systems for shelves and the like. Specifically, this invention pertains to a support system for a shelf, said system comprising a rail and there from connected distally projecting male members, said male members being configured to interact with mating female apertures located in the shelf.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]In the field of supporting systems for furniture it is often wished for to hide or conceal the mounting systems. Often, such systems have been limited to the positions of the studs in the wall. It is desirable to hide or conceal such mounting systems because of aesthetically reasons, and also because of the risk for persons, such as children, to get hurt on the systems, such as getting scratched by protruding rails and the like.[0003]U.S. Pat. No. 4,381,715 discloses a shelf support syst...

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Benefits of technology

The present invention provides a system with a male member that has a through slot from the distal end to the proximal end of the male member. This through slot is open at the distal end. This system aims to improve the art and overcome the deficiencies and disadvantages that previously existed.

Problems solved by technology

Often, such systems have been limited to the positions of the studs in the wall.

Thus, the system according to U.S. Pat. No. 4,381,715 may not be cloyingly fitted against the wall.

Furthermore, the system according to U.S. Pat. No. 4,381,715 is restricted to perfectly aligned fasteners and chambers, implying a problem when arranging the system to walls only allowing for fastening of fasteners to studs, whereby fasteners only may be arranged at specified positions on the wall.

Also, an eventual horizontal displacement of the system—due to uneven walls—is impossible, since the distance between a ridge on the spring clip and the wall is fixed.

However, the system according to U.S. Pat. No. 6,164,610 is restricted to a predefined distance between the projecting male members or between mating female apertures, thus limiting the use of the system to a specific bracket member with dependent shelves.

A problem thus arises when a user wants to arrange a shelf having a width smaller than the distance between the projecting male members, whereby a specific bracket member with smaller distance between the projecting male members has to be provided.

Also, the embodiment comprising projecting multiple male members cannot be fixed to the shelf and can thereby not withstand horizontal movement of the shelf, while the embodiment with multiple screw members cannot be horizontally adjusted, since the distance between the screw member hole and the wall is fixed.

Thus, an eventual horizontal displacement of the system—due to uneven walls—is impossible, if you want to fixate the shelf to the system and thereby to the wall.

Yet other problems with the embodiment with multiple screw members is that it may be very difficult to screw the screw members into cooperation with the bracket, and that it is almost impossible to screw said screw members from below, due to the close distance to the wall of the screw holes and due to gravity acting on both screw members and shelf.

This is very negative, since one almost exclusively wants to hide the screw member heads below the shelf in such systems.

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