Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
  • A47G7/00—Flower holders or the like
  • A47G7/02—Devices for supporting flower-pots or cut flowers
  • A47G7/04—Flower tables; Stands or hangers, e.g. baskets, for flowers
  • A47G7/044—Hanging flower-pot holders, e.g. mounted on walls, balcony fences or the like
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
  • A47B96/00—Details of cabinets, racks or shelf units not covered by a single one of groups A47B43/00 - A47B95/00; General details of furniture
  • A47B96/06—Brackets or similar supporting means for cabinets, racks or shelves
  • A47B96/061—Cantilever brackets

Definitions

• the invention falls within the field of systems for suspension from a support bar, for example from a balcony or terrace railing, intended to suspend a birdhouse or any other suitable element such as tubs or pots of floral ornaments, or even decorative elements.
• suspension systems generally consist of a portion for hanging from the support bar and means for holding the item to be suspended.
• the means for holding the element to be suspended may comprise a flat base on which the element to be suspended rests.
• the holding of the element to be suspended is not secure. Furthermore, it is not possible to guarantee that the element to be suspended will remain in a vertical position.
• the invention therefore aims to propose a system for suspending an element to be suspended from a support bar which adapts to any configuration of said element to be suspended, which requires few assembly steps, which avoids the element to be suspended from turning over before it is fixed to the support bar, while ensuring good resistance to wind and bad weather.
• the invention further relates to a suspension system which is simple and inexpensive to manufacture.
• the invention finally aims at a suspension system which is securely held in a vertical position.
• the suspension system of an element to be suspended of the invention is essentially characterized in that it comprises a portion for attachment to a support bar, for example a railing, a portion for fixing to the element to be suspended which is essentially longitudinal and which comprises at least one bore intended to receive means for fixing to the element to be suspended, and a consolidation portion comprising means for cooperating with an element for adjusting the verticality of the fixing portion when the attachment portion is in place on the support bar, in that the attachment portion and the consolidation portion are respectively provided at the level of the opposite ends of the longitudinal fixing portion, and in that the attachment portion, the fixing portion and the consolidation portion are made in a single piece.
• the invention also relates to a device for suspending an element to be suspended which is essentially characterized in that it comprises the suspension system as previously stated, the consolidation portion of which comprises at least one bore, and an element for adjusting the verticality of the fixing portion comprising a threaded rod intended to be housed in said bore and secured to a means for wedging in verticality.
• the invention finally relates to the use of the system as previously described for hanging a nest box.
• the invention essentially relates to a suspension system which is made in a single piece.
• the suspension system comprises a portion for hanging on a support bar, a portion for fixing to the element to be suspended and a consolidation portion which cooperates with a verticality adjustment element when the system is in place on the support bar.
• the suspension system of the invention 1, 1a firstly comprises a hooking portion 2, 2a having a U shape intended to surround the support bar on which the suspension system is intended to be hooked.
• the free end 9, 9a of the hooking portion 2, 2a is curved downwards so as to secure the attachment of the system to the support bar.
• the attachment portion 2 has a series of oblong holes 8, 10 which extend transversely along said attachment portion 2. More precisely, the attachment portion 2 has two first holes 8 at its curved free end 9 and four second holes 10 at its central branch 11 and its curved opposite end 12.
• the oblong holes 8, 10 are intended to receive means of fixing to the support bar constituted in this embodiment of a locking strap 13 ( Figure 3 ) which is first inserted into a second hole 10 from the upper face of the attachment portion 2, then into a first hole 8 from the lower face of the attachment portion 2 surrounding the support bar 14.
• Means for tightening the locking strap 13, not shown but well known to those skilled in the art, are also provided.
• the tightening means consist of a sling with ferrets (not shown) which comprises a rope made of natural or synthetic material equipped with a rocking ferret at its two ends.
• a lark's head knot can be made in order to secure the rope to the railing and the ferrets are introduced into the holes 10a of the attachment portion 2a.
• the ferret's rocking naturally operates in blocking and the rope can support more than 100 kg, this tightening means ensures maximum security of maintenance of the system.
• the attachment portion 2, 2a does not have any holes and no means of attachment to the support bar is provided. This is particularly the case when the curvature of the attachment portion 2, 2a cooperates perfectly with the shape of the support bar.
• 2a extends a longitudinal fixing portion 3, 3a which comprises two holes 5, 5a intended to receive fixing screws 15 of the element to be suspended ( figure 6 ) passing through the holes 5.5a to and in the rear wall of the element to be suspended.
• the holes 5, 5a can be round or oblong. In the latter case, the positioning of the fixing screws 15 will be easier.
• the holes are shown in two in number in these embodiments, but the number and position of the holes 5, 5a are adapted to the height and shape of the element to be suspended. Alternatively, all of the holes are not used if the height of the element to be suspended is less than the height of the vertical fixing portion 3, 3a.
• a consolidation portion 4, 4a has a U-shaped branch 16, 16a which is inverted with respect to the U-shape of the attachment portion 2, 2a and which extends on the opposite side of the fixing portion 3, 3a.
• the U-shaped branch 16, 16a of the consolidation portion 4, 4a extends in the extension of the fixing portion 3, 3a, up to a flat support part 6, 6a which extends perpendicular to the fixing portion 3, 3a and in the direction opposite to said fixing portion 3, 3a.
• the U-shaped branch 16, 16a comprises, at the level of its two opposite branches, two holes 17, 17a which are aligned perpendicular to the fixing portion 3, 3a and which are intended to receive an element for adjusting the verticality of the visible fixing portion 18 on the figure 3 .
• a guide insert 17a' which is inserted by forcing into the bore 17a located on the rear face of the U-shaped branch 16a on the side of the fixing portion 3a.
• the element for adjusting the verticality of the fixing portion 18 comprises a threaded rod 19 which has a length greater than the distance between the two holes 17, 17a and which passes through the two holes 17, 17a of the U-shaped branch 16 of the consolidation portion 4, and a verticality adjustment plate 20 fixed to the end of the threaded rod 19 facing vertically the attachment portion 2.
• the vertical wedging plate 20 extends parallel to the fixing portion 3 and has a length greater than 11 centimeters in order to be able to rest against two adjacent bars of the balcony whose maximum spacing meets the standards in force.
• the threaded rod 19 of the element for adjusting the verticality of the fixing portion 18 is inserted into the two holes 17 of the U-shaped branch 16 of the consolidation portion 4, the wedging plate 20 is positioned vertically or horizontally ( figure 6 ) and manually rotated by the installer until the fixing portion 3 is vertical when the shim plate 20 is resting against the railing.
• the threaded rod 19 is guided towards the opposite hole 17a by the guide insert 17a'.
• This vertical positioning system is advantageous because it requires few operations while allowing the element to be suspended to be kept in a vertical position. It also does not alter the railing.
• the wedging means can be made of wood.
• the flat support part 6, 6a of the consolidation portion 4, 4a may include an orifice 20, 20a intended to fix by screwing the lower wall of the element to be suspended. But this fixing is optional since the main fixing is carried out by the fixing portion 3, 3a and the orifices 5, 5a which it includes in accordance with what is described previously.
• the material constituting the element to be suspended is preferably made of metal and more preferably of stainless steel with a thickness of between 2 and 8 millimeters, preferably 5 millimeters.
• THE figures 4 to 6 represent a suspension device of the invention comprising two suspension systems 1 of the invention and for each of the two suspension systems a vertical wedging means which is in surface contact support against a glazed viewing screen 21.
• the device of the invention makes it possible to suspend a nest box 22 in a vertical position on a railing 14.
• one of the wedging means 20 is positioned vertically against the glazed view cover 21 while the second wedging means is positioned horizontally, which results in an optimized positioning of the system relative to the glazed viewing screen 21. It may be provided that the wedging means has any appropriate shape to ensure the best possible wedging.
• the system and device of the invention apply to the suspension of a nest box in the embodiments presented, but they find application for any floral or decorative element to be suspended from a support bar.

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