Classifications

• • 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
  • A47B57/00—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions
  • A47B57/04—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions with means for adjusting the inclination of the shelves
• • 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
  • A47B47/00—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features related to dismountability or building-up from elements
  • A47B47/0083—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features related to dismountability or building-up from elements with four vertical uprights
• • 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
  • A47B96/063—C-shaped brackets for gripping the shelf edge

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a support bracket for a shelf of a shelving unit.
• the present invention further relates to a support kit for a shelf and a shelving unit comprising the aforesaid kit or a plurality of the aforesaid brackets.
• Articles can be understood as objects of various types, loose or contained in special containers such as, for example, boxes.
• a shelving unit generally consists of pairs of uprights, sometimes connected to each other by means of crossbars, on which shelves are arranged at different levels (i.e., at different heights along the upright), configured during use to support the articles.
• the known shelves are arranged so as to define horizontal or inclined planes.
• the technical task of the present invention is thus to provide a support bracket for a shelf, a kit and a shelving unit which are able to overcome the drawbacks that have emerged from the prior art.
• the object of the present invention is to provide a support bracket for a shelf, a kit and a shelving unit which allow an easy change of inclination of the shelf.
• the bracket 1 has a mainly linear extension. Therefore, the bracket 1 extends along a main axis "X".
• the interconnection portion 2 comprises a first wall 2b and a second wall 2c which is parallel to the first wall 2b.
• the two walls 2b and 2c are connected to each other by means of a further wall 2d, precisely defining a "C" section together with the first 2b and the second wall 2c.
• the first wall 2b comprises the connection hole 2a and the second wall 2c has a recess 2e, coaxial with the connection hole 2a, and defining an access portion to the connection hole 2a.
• Coaxial means that the recess 2e is centred on the connection hole 2a so as to be facing and aligned with the latter. That is, the second wall 2c or recess 2e allows easy access to the connection hole 2a so as to be able to easily mount/dismount the bracket 1 (i.e., the interconnection portion 2) to the upright "M".
• the first wall 2b has a connection hole 2a shaped like a slot-shaped window and the second wall 2c has a recess 2e, defining an access portion to the connection hole 2a, in the shape of an opening, with a shape counter-shaped to that of the connection hole 2a, so as to be facing and aligned with the latter to allow easy access to the connection hole 2a.
• the bracket 1 further comprises a support portion 3 adjacent to the interconnection portion 2 along the main axis "X".
• the support portion 3 comprises a housing seat 3a configured to receive by insertion an end portion "E" of the shelf "P” of said shelving unit "S".
• the housing seat 3a extends parallel to the main axis "X”.
• the housing seat 3a defines a linear path, parallel to the main axis "X", inside which, during use, the end portion "E" of the shelf “P” is slidable.
• the shelf "P” is constrained to slide inside the housing seat 3a by special constraining means "V".
• the interconnection portion 2 defines, during use, a rotation axis of the bracket 1.
• the support portion 3 comprises at least one support edge 3b extending transversely relative to the main axis "X" (with reference to an actual use configuration of the bracket 1).
• the support edge 3b is configured, during use, to retain the end portion "E".
• the support portion 3 further comprises a slide wall 3c, configured to guide a sliding of the end portion "E” of the shelf “P” along the main axis "X".
• the slide wall 3c has the housing seat 3a.
• the interconnection edge 4 is at least partially defined by the support edge 3b of the support portion 3.
• the interconnection edge 4 at least partially comprises the wall 2d and one of the support edges 3b.
• shelf "P" or the end portion "E” is at least partially supported by the interconnection edge 4.
• the bracket 1 allows to obtain a tool which is easy to install and which allows a simplified adjustment of the shelf 1 so as to be able to obtain a desired inclination thereof which is different from the horizontal one.
• the kit further comprises a respective plurality of constraining means “V” configured, during use, to constrain the support portion 3 to the end portion "E" of the shelf "P".
• Constraining means “V” can be understood as screws, bolts and other similar means which can be inserted inside the housing seat 3a and which are constrained by the end portion "E".
• the constraining means “V” defines a sliding element inside the housing seat 3a so as to allow a sliding of the shelf "P".
• the above kit is inexpensive and intuitive to install, even in pre-existing shelving units. That is, the kit can also be understood as an "upgrading kit” for existing shelving units.
• the present invention further relates to a shelving unit "S" for supporting articles, for example boxes or containers, comprising a main structure comprising uprights "M” arranged in rows of two and transverse elements "T” arranged to connect uprights "M” of one row with respective uprights "M” of an adjacent row.
• the shelving unit “S” further comprises a plurality of shelves “P” set at different heights relative to the uprights “M” of the main structure. It should be noted that the crossbars "T” are mounted parallel relative to one side of the shelves “P” where the end portions "E" are present.
• the shelving unit “S” further comprises a plurality of brackets 1 as described above, a respective plurality of fastening means configured, during use, to fasten the interconnection portion 2 to an upright "M” and a respective plurality of constraining means “V” configured, during use, to constrain the support portion 3 to the end portion "E" of the shelf "P".
• a further pair of end portions "E” is connected, by the constraining means "V”, to respective brackets 1 which are in turn connected by the fastening means to respective uprights "M" of a second row.
• each shelf "P" can be adjusted by rotating the respective brackets 1 and translating the end portions "E" inside the respective housing seats 3a.
• the above inclination can be adjusted relative to a horizontal configuration coinciding with a zero inclination of the shelf "P". That is, a zero inclination coincides with an inclination in which the shelves "P" are connected to parallel holes of the respective uprights of both the first row and the second row.
• brackets 1 allow, by moving the shelf inside the housing seat 3a, to overcome the drawbacks related to the finished shape of the shelf, allowing an adjustment in inclination thereof without the need for complex devices or to completely disassemble the shelving unit "S".

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