Shelf

Abstract

To provide a shelf that has excellent usability.SOLUTION: A shelf 3 is fitted on a front side of a shelf board 55 supported to a bracket 53 and includes an extension arm 5 and an extension shelf board 7. The extension arm 5 is fitted to the bracket 53. The extension shelf board 7 is fitted while being placed on the extension arm 5.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a shelf. [Background technology]

[0002] There are times when you want to increase the number of products displayed on a shelf, but the shelf area is limited. Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0003] There was a demand for a user-friendly shelf that would allow the shelf area to be increased as needed.

[0004] SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT EMBODIMENT An object of the present invention is to provide a shelf that is easy to use. [Means for solving the problem]

[0005] The invention of claim 1 is a shelf that is attached in front of a shelf supported by a bracket, and is characterized in that it comprises an extension arm and an extension shelf, the extension arm being attached to the bracket, and the extension shelf being placed on and attached to the extension arm. Effect of the Invention

[0006] According to the invention described in claim 1, by providing an extension shelf in front of the shelf, the area of ​​the shelf can be increased as required, which makes it easy to use. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0007] [Figure 1] 1A and 1B are perspective views showing a state in which a shelf according to an embodiment of the present invention is attached to an existing shelf in comparison with the existing shelf, where (a) is a diagram of the existing shelf, and (b) is a diagram showing the state in which a shelf according to an embodiment of the present invention is attached to an existing shelf. [Diagram 2]FIG. 11 is a diagram explaining how to attach an extension arm to a bracket of an existing shelf, where (a) is an oblique view showing the process of lifting the front side of the shelf board of the existing shelf to attach the extension arm, (b) is an oblique view showing the process of engaging the extension arm with the bracket, and (c) is an oblique view showing the state in which the extension arm is engaged with the bracket. [Diagram 3] 13 is a perspective view showing the process of returning the shelf board to an engagement position with the bracket after the extension arm has been attached to the bracket. FIG. [Figure 4] 1A and 1B are diagrams showing the operation of attaching an extension shelf to an extension arm, where (a) is an oblique view showing the relationship with an existing shelf, and (b) is an oblique view showing the state before the extension arm and extension shelf are engaged with each other. [Diagram 5] 1A to 1D are views of an extension arm, where (a) is a side view, (b) is a plan view, (c) is a front view, and (d) is a rear view. [Figure 6] 11A to 11D are diagrams of an extension shelf, where (a) is a plan view, (b) is a front view, (c) is a side view, (d) is a rear view, and (e) is a cross-sectional view taken at the E-E cut position shown in (a) without the side fittings. [Figure 7] 7A to 7E are views of the side fitting shown in FIG. 6, where (a) is a side view, (b) is a plan view, (c) is a bottom view, (d) is a front view, and (e) is a rear view. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0008] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. As shown in FIG. 1(b), a shelf 3 according to the embodiment of the present invention is attached in front of a shelf board 55 supported by a bracket 53 of an existing shelf 51 shown in FIG. 1(a).

[0009] In this embodiment, shelf 3 (hereinafter referred to as the "extension shelf") is attached to existing shelf 51 shown in FIG. 1(a) as shown in FIG. 1(b) to extend the area of ​​shelf board 55 forward, thereby increasing the area for placing products to be displayed. In the existing shelf 51, the bracket 53 is fixed at any position on the left and right pillars 57, 57 by engaging the engagement piece 53a formed on the rear side with the engagement hole 57a formed on the front side of the left and right pillars 57, 57. Each of the pillars 57, 57 has a plurality of engagement holes 57a formed in the vertical direction on the front surface thereof, into which the engagement pieces 53a of the bracket 53 engage. In the existing shelf 51, a rear panel 59 is attached between the left and right pillars 57, 57.

[0010] The extension shelf 3 includes an extension arm 5 (see FIG. 2) and an extension shelf board 7 (see FIG. 4). 2, the extension arm 5 is attached to the left and right brackets 53, and is integrally provided with a bracket engagement portion 5a and an extension shelf board receiving portion 5b. The bracket engagement portion 5a is provided on the rear side of the extension arm 5, and the extension shelf board receiving portion 5b is provided on the front side of the extension arm 5. 2 and 5, the bracket engagement portion 5a is formed with a U-shaped cross section that opens downward, and an engagement member 11 is fixed between opposing pieces 9, 9 of the U-shaped cross section. In the bracket engagement portion 5a, one engagement member 11 is provided at the front and one at the back with a gap between them, and a total of two engagement members 11 are fixed between the opposing pieces 9, 9. The engagement members 11 are cylindrical pin members. Each engaging member 11 engages from above with an extension arm engaging groove 53b formed at the tip end side of the bracket 53 with an opening facing upward. As shown in FIG. 2(b), the extension arm engagement grooves 53b formed in the bracket 53 are inclined with the groove bottom 54 facing forward and the opening facing rearward. In the extension arm 5, the shelf receiving portion 5b has a horizontal upper end 13 on which the extension shelf 7 is placed, and an extension shelf engagement groove 15 that opens upward at the rear side of the upper end 13. The extension shelf engagement groove 15 is a groove in the vertical direction, and is engaged with an extension shelf engagement portion 23 (see FIG. 4(b)) of the extension shelf 7 described later.

[0011] As shown in Fig. 4(a), the extension shelf 7 is attached by placing its left and right ends in the longitudinal direction on the extension arms 5, and as shown in Fig. 4(b) and Fig. 6, it comprises a main body 7a, a card rail 7b provided on the front side of the main body 7a, and side fittings 7c. The main body 7a is long in the left-right direction and has a dimension that spans between the left and right extension arms 5, 5 (see Fig. 4(a)). The card rail 7b has a C-shape when viewed from the side, and holds product cards on which the product name, price, etc. are written. The side fittings 7c are attached to the left and right ends of the main body 7a.

[0012] As shown in FIGS. 4 and 7, the side fitting 7c includes an upper wall 17, a side wall 19, and a rear wall . The upper wall 17 is disposed in contact with the lower surface of the main body 7a of the extension shelf board 7, and is fixed to the main body 7a by spot welding P (see FIG. 6). The front end of the side wall 19 is positioned in contact with the end of the card rail 7b of the extension shelf 7, and its inner surface faces the outer surface of the shelf support portion 5b of the extension arm 5 (the surface opposite the side where the shelf support portions 5b of the left and right extension arms 5 face each other). The rear wall 21 is provided with an extended shelf engaging portion 23 that engages with the extended shelf engaging groove 15 (see FIG. 4(b)). As shown in FIG. 4(b), the extended shelf engaging portion 23 is formed by protruding the lower end of the rear wall 21 forward, and engages with the shelf receiving portion 5b of the extension arm 5. The width dimension m of the extended shelf engaging portion 23 is approximately the same as the groove width dimension M of the extended shelf engaging groove 15, and is set to a dimension m that fits within the groove width dimension M of the extended shelf engaging groove 15.

[0013] In addition, Figures 4 and 7 show the right side bracket 7c when viewed from the front, but the left side bracket 7c differs in that the side wall 19 is located on the left side and the extended shelf engagement portion 23 is formed on the left side of the rear wall 21; otherwise, the left and right side brackets 7c have the same configuration except for their different left and right positions.

[0014] Next, the attachment of the extension shelf 3 according to this embodiment to the existing shelf 51 will be described. As shown in FIG. 2(a), the front side of the shelf board 55 of the existing shelf 51 is lifted as shown by arrow A to form a space S between the front sides of the left and right brackets 53, 53 and the shelf board 55 into which the extension arm 5 can be inserted.

[0015] Next, as shown in Fig. 2(b), the left and right extension arms 5, 5 are inserted into the space S between the bracket 53 and the shelf board 55. The extension arms 5 are inserted into the space S from the front side with the bracket engagement portion 5a facing rearward. At this time, the extension arms 5 are inserted slightly deeper than the opening of the extension arm engagement groove 53b with which the engagement member 11 engages. Thereafter, as shown by the arrow C, the extension arm 5 is pulled diagonally downward so that the engagement member 11 of the extension arm 5 is inserted into the extension arm engagement groove 53b of the bracket 53 from diagonally above. Then, as shown in FIG. 2( c ), the extension arm 5 is attached to the bracket 53 by engaging the engagement members 11 with the two extension arm engagement grooves 53 b of the bracket 53 . When the extension arm 5 is attached to the bracket 53 , the extension shelf board receiving portion 5 b of the extension arm 5 is located forward of the bracket 53 and the shelf board 55 . In this state, as shown in FIG. 3, the shelf board 55 is lowered in the direction of arrow B so that the front side of the shelf board 55 is placed on the bracket 53 and the bracket engagement portion 5a of the extension arm 5, and the shelf board 55 is returned to its original position, so that the shelf board 55 is supported by the bracket 53 (see FIG. 4(a)).

[0016] Next, the extension shelf 7 is attached to the shelf receiving portion 5 b of the extension arm 5 . As shown by the dashed line in FIG. 4(a), the rear end side of the extension shelf board 7 is moved horizontally from the front side of the shelf board 55 toward the shelf board receiving portion 5b of the extension arm 5. Next, as shown in Figure 4(b), the extended shelf engagement portion 23 of the extended shelf 7 is placed above the extended shelf receiving portion 5b of the extension arm 5, and the extended shelf 7 is lowered from there as shown by the arrow, and the extended shelf engagement portion 23 is inserted from above into the opening of the extended shelf engagement groove 15 of the extension arm 5. The rear end 27 of the body 7a of the extension shelf 7 is disposed in front of the shelf 55 between the extension arms 5. As a result, the attachment of the extension shelf 3 of this embodiment to the front of the shelf board 55 of the existing shelf 51 is completed as shown in FIG. 1(b).

[0017] Next, the effects of the extension shelf 3 according to the embodiment will be described. 1, by providing extension shelf 3 in front of shelf board 55 of existing shelf 51, the area on which products can be placed on shelf board 55 can be increased, making it easy to use. In other words, there is no need to install a shelf board with a larger area in place of shelf board 55, and by retrofitting it to existing shelf 51, the area of ​​the shelf board can be easily increased without discarding existing shelf board 55. The extension shelf 3 has the extension arms 5 attached to the left and right brackets 53 and the extension shelf boards 7 attached to the left and right extension arms 5, so that the extension shelf 3 is supported by the left and right brackets 53 and can be stably attached.

[0018] As shown in FIG. 2(a), the extension arm 5 can be attached simply by engaging the bracket engaging portion 5a with the bracket 53 from above, making the attachment work easy. The extension arm 5 has a bracket engagement portion 5a on the rear side and an extension shelf board receiving portion 5b on the front side, and can be attached by slightly raising the front side of the shelf board 55 to form a space S and engaging the bracket engagement portion 5a with the front side of the bracket 53, making it easy to work with. As shown in Figure 4(a), the extension arm 5 has a bracket engagement portion 5a on the rear side and an extended shelf receiving portion 5 on the front side. The extended shelf receiving portion 5b is located in front of the shelf 55 and bracket 53. Therefore, the extended shelf 7 can be attached to the extended shelf receiving portion 5b while the shelf 55 is attached to the bracket 53, which also makes it easy to work with. The extension arm 5 is attached by inserting the engagement member 11 from above into the opening of the extension arm engagement groove 53b formed in the bracket 53, which also improves the ease of attachment. In addition, since the engagement member 11 of the extension arm 5 engages with the extension arm engagement groove 53b, the extension arm 5 is less likely to shift forward or backward. Since the inner surface of the side wall 19 of the side fitting 7c faces the outer surface of the shelf receiving portion 5b of the extension arm 5, the extension shelf 7 is unlikely to shift left and right. Since the extension arm engagement groove 53b of the bracket 53 is inclined vertically with the groove bottom 54 facing forward, the engagement member 11 of the extension arm 5 can be operated at an angle to engage with the extension arm engagement groove 53b, thereby reducing the space S formed by the bracket 53 and the shelf board 55, i.e., reducing the lifting up of the front side of the shelf board 55, and allowing the extension arm 5 to be attached to the bracket 53. The engaging member 11 of the extension arm 5 is a pin member provided between the opposing pieces 9, 9 of the main body 7a formed in a U-shape, and therefore is easy to manufacture. An extension shelf engaging groove 15 is formed in the extension shelf receiving portion 5b of the extension arm 5 in the vertical direction, and the extension shelf 7 can be attached to the extension arm 5 by inserting the extension shelf engaging portion 23 provided on the rear side of the extension shelf 7 into this extension shelf engaging groove 15 from above, thereby facilitating the attachment work. The width dimension m of the extension shelf engagement portion 23 is approximately the same as the groove width dimension M of the extension shelf engagement groove 15, and is set to a dimension m that fits within the groove width dimension M of the extension shelf engagement groove 15, so that the extension shelf 3 is less likely to rattle relative to the extension arm 5. The extension shelf board engaging portion 23 of the extension shelf board 7 is provided on a side fitting 7c separate from the main body 7a of the extension shelf board 7, so that the dimensions of the extension shelf board engaging portion 23 can be adjusted separately from the extension shelf board 7, facilitating the manufacture of the extension shelf board 7.

[0019] The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications are possible without departing from the gist of the present invention. For example, the extension shelf board engagement portion 23 provided on the extension shelf board 7 is not limited to being provided on the side fitting 7c, but may be formed integrally with the body 7a of the extension shelf board without providing the side fitting 7c. The existing shelf 51 to which the extension shelf 3 is attached is not limited to an existing shelf that has already been installed, and the extension shelf 3 may be attached and assembled in front of the shelf board 55 after the shelf board 55 is attached to the bracket 53. The number of engaging members 11 provided on the bracket engaging portion 5a of the extension arm 5 is not limited to two in total in the front-rear direction, but may be three in total or one in total. [Explanation of symbols]

[0020] 3 shelves (extension shelf) 5 Extension Arm 7 Extension shelf 53 Bracket 55 Shelf

Claims

[Claim 1] It is attached in front of a shelf supported by a bracket, Equipped with an extension arm and an extension shelf, The extension arm is attached to the bracket. The shelf is characterized in that the extension shelf is mounted on an extension arm.

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