Fastening element for product arrangement

Abstract

The invention relates to a fastening element (10a, 10b) for arranging products, such as door fittings (11a, 11b), on product cards (12) to be suspended in hardware store display partitions, wherein the fastening element (10a, 10b) passes through the product card (12) at fastening openings (14) and secures the product to the product card (12), characterized in that the fastening element (10a, 10b) is made of plastic and is provided with a head (15) and a stem (16), the stem (16) having, at its free end, spaced snap-fit ​​means (18, 21) running transversely along the longitudinal extent of the stem (16), which are adapted to cooperate by clamping with a counter-snap-fit ​​piece (18, 25). Fig. 2

Description

Title of the invention: Fastening element for the arrangement of products Technical field

[0001] The invention relates to a fixing element for arranging products, such as door fittings, on product cards to be hung in hardware store display partitions, in which the fixing element passes through the product card at bushings and the product is fixed on the product card. Prior art

[0002] In the current state of the art, which cannot be proven in writing, the door fittings are mounted on a product board by means of metal elastic rings. Here, the metal elastic rings are mechanically seated on the uprights (supports) of the existing door fittings protruding from the product board.

[0003] This technical solution has many disadvantages. First of all, the manufacture and assembly of these fixing elements according to the prior art are expensive, the end user then having great difficulty in removing these metal elastic rings to then mount the door fittings. In practice, the removal of the fixing element is in fact only possible with difficulty, even with the aid of a tool, so that hardware stores frequently have to deal with product returns. Technical problem

[0004] The object of this invention therefore lies in the realization of a new fixing element for the arrangement of products, such as door fittings on product cards, which is inexpensive to manufacture and to assemble and which can be assembled and disassembled by hand in a simple manner. Statement of the invention

[0005] The solution to the problem arises from a fixing element according to the following characteristics:

[0006] A fastening element for arranging products, such as door fittings, on product cards to be hung in hardware store display partitions, wherein the fastening element passes through the product card at fastening openings and secures the product to the product card, characterized in that the fastening element is formed from plastic and is provided with a head and a shank, the shank having, at the free end, spaced-apart snap-fastening means, running transversely to the longitudinal extent of the shank, which are adapted to cooperate by clamping with a counter-snap-fastening part.

[0007] The fastening element according to the invention firstly has the advantage of being significantly more economical to manufacture and assemble than an injection-molded part. The fastening element according to the invention is also significantly easier to disassemble with one hand, since it arranges the product elastically by clamping it on the product card.

[0008] In an advantageous embodiment of the fixing element according to the invention, the head comprises tabs formed from material, parallel to the rod, which have at their free end tabs of the front support surfaces for the product card, and provide actuation surfaces for the fingers when releasing the product.

[0009] For door fittings with uprights (supports), which have an internal thread, another fastening element according to the invention has a rod which projects only slightly beyond the contour of the tabs and can be clamped by means of snap-on strips arranged on the rod transversely to the longitudinal direction in the internal thread forming a counter-snap part of an upright of the exterior door fitting, the free ends of the tabs pressing on the rear side of the product card.

[0010] For door fittings with uprights without internal thread, another embodiment is characterized in that the rod protrudes significantly beyond the free ends, so that the fastening element can pass through the product card and the interior door fitting from the rear side, and in that a plastic part forming a counter-latching part is fixable by clamping on the free end, provided with spaced latching grooves, of the rod.

[0011] From the last mentioned embodiment example, another embodiment comprises a plastic part forming a counter-latching part, which is designed as a plastic nut and is provided, on the inside, with a circumferential elastic projection which, in the case of a fixing, cooperates by clamping with the grooves running transversely to the longitudinal extent of the rod. Brief description of the drawings

[0012] Other advantages of the solution according to the invention arise from the following description of exemplary embodiments. It is shown in: Fig. 1 to Fig. 5

[0013] [Fig-1] to [Fig.5]: various representations of a product card with garnishes of door ; Fig. 6a to Fig. 7b

[0014] [Fig.6a] to [Fig.7b]: cross-sectional representation of the product card with trimmings of door ; Fig. 8 to Fig. 12

[0015] [Fig.8] to [Fig. 12]: various representations of a long-shank fixing element and plastic clamping part; and, Fig. 13 to Fig. 15

[0016] [Fig. 13] to [Fig. 15]: various representations of a short-shank fixing element. Description of the embodiments

[0017] - In the drawings, a fixing element for the arrangement of products is designated as generally by the numerical reference 10.

[0018] In Figures 1 to 5, a case of application of a fixing element 10 according to the invention is visible in relation to the arrangement of door fittings 11a and 11b on a product card 12 with a suspension eyelet 13.

[0019] The product card 12 further has four vertically arranged oblong hole-shaped fixing openings 14, which serve for fixing the door fittings 11 by means of the fixing elements 10 (see [Fig.3]).

[0020] In particular, in [Fig.3], the type of fixing of the door fittings 11 on the product card 12 is shown in exploded view.

[0021] In the application case shown in Figures 1 to 5, the door fittings 11 are arranged with two different fixing elements 10a and 10b.

[0022] The long fixing element 10a is visible in figures 8 to 12. It consists of a head 15 and a rod 16, the head 15 having opposite legs 17, running parallel to the rod 16. At the free end, the rod 16 has spaced annular snap-in grooves 18, which cooperate by tightening with a nut-shaped plastic part 19.

[0023] It can be seen in particular in [Fig. 12] that the nut-shaped clamping part 19 has an annular inner projection 20, which can be fixedly arranged in different latching grooves 18 for fixing purposes.

[0024] The short fastening element 10b is further shown in Figures 13 to 15. It also comprises a head 15, a rod 16 and legs 17, the rod 16 being significantly shorter and comprising offset-arranged snap-in strips 21 at its free end, which are adapted to engage in an internal thread, as will be described below.

[0025] In Figures 6a and 6b, the implementation of the long fastening element 10a for the arrangement of door fittings 11a and 11b on the product card 12 is shown. It can be seen that the fastening element 10a with its rod 16 passes through a post 22 which is without an internal thread and arranged towards the rear on the door fitting 11a. The post 22, provided with a through hole 23, is passed through from the rear side by the long fastening element 10a and is secured with the nut-shaped clamping piece 19, which is pushed onto the rod 16 provided with snap grooves 18 until it presses against the door trim 11a. A snap-in then takes place between a snap groove 18 and the annular projection 20 of the nut-shaped clamping part 19.

[0026] Furthermore, the fastening state is shown in Figures 7a and 7b in connection with the short fastening element 10b. Here, the door trim 11b also has a rear-side post 22, which is however provided with a blind hole 24 with internal thread 25. By pressing the short fastening element 10b until the front face 26 of the tabs 17 presses against the rear side of the product card 12, a snap-in of the snap-in strips 21 occurs in the internal thread 25. List of reference signs

[0027] - 10a and 10b fixing element

[0028] 1 la and 11b door fittings

[0029] 12 product card

[0030] 13 suspension eyelet

[0031] 14 oblong hole-shaped fixing opening

[0032] 15 head of 10a

[0033] 16 rod of 10a

[0034] 17 leg of 10a

[0035] 18 snap grooves

[0036] 19 nut-shaped clamping piece

[0037] 20 annular projection

[0038] 21 snap-on slats

[0039] 22 amounts

[0040] 23 through hole

[0041] 24 blind hole

[0042] 25 internal thread

[0043] 26 front face of 17

Claims

Claims

1. A fastening element (10a, 10b) for arranging products, such as door fittings (11a, 11b), on product cards (12) to be hung in hardware store display partitions, wherein the fastening element (10a, 10b) passes through the product card (12) at fastening openings (14) and fixes the product to the product card (12), characterized in that the fastening element (10a, 10b) is formed from plastic and is provided with a head (15) and a shank (16), the shank (16) having, at the free end, spaced-apart snap-in means (18, 21), running transversely to the longitudinal extent of the shank (16), which are adapted to cooperate by clamping with a counter-snap-in part (18, 25).

2. Fastening element (10a, 10b) according to claim 1, characterized in that the head (15) has tabs formed from material (17), parallel to the rod (16), which have at their free end front support surfaces (26) for the product card (12), and also provide actuating surfaces for the fingers when releasing the door fittings (11a, 11b).

3. Fastening element (10a, 10b) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the rod (16) projects only slightly beyond the contour of the tabs (17), so that it can be clamped by means of snap-on strips (21) arranged on the rod (16) transversely to the longitudinal direction in the internal thread (25), forming a counter-snap piece, of a blind hole (24) of a post (22) of the outer door trim (11b), the end face (26) of the tabs (17) pressing on the rear side of the product card (12).

4. Fastening element (10a, 10b) according to one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the rod (16) projects significantly beyond the free ends of the tabs (17), so that the rod (16) of the fastening element (10a, 10b) can pass through the product card (12) and the interior door trim (11a) from the rear side, and in that a clamping piece forming a counter-latching piece is fixable on the free end, provided with spaced latching grooves (18), of the rod (16).

5. Fastening element (10a, 10b) according to claim 4, characterized in that the clamping part made of plastic material (19) has, inside, an annular projection (20) which, in the case of a fixing, cooperates by clamping with the snap grooves (18) running transversely to the longitudinal extent of the rod (16).