The present invention relates to a fastening device for detachable suspension of baskets, paper roll holders, sets of hooks etc. from a carrier element attached to a wall or door, said fastening device being integrated with the basket, the set of hooks etc. and adapted to be hooked into slots or through holes in the carrier element and said fastening device comprising a central portion with a cross-section corresponding to the cross-section of the central portion of the carrier element.
More specifically, the invention relates to part of a system for storing various objects suspended from a door, a separate screen wall, a display screen and the like. In cramped quarters and with restricted storage spaces, such as in cupboards, it is important to be able to provide extra storage spaces that do not interfere with the floor surface or available shelf surfaces. One way of achieving this is to mount wire baskets, shelves, suspension hooks, paper roll holders, shoe racks and the like on inner doors or the inside of cupboard doors. It is then advantageous if the baskets, shelves etc. can easily be attached to the door in an optional position or easily be replaced by another unit. Moreover it is of vital importance that the storage system can easily be mounted on and dismounted from the door, when required. Of course, the fastening device according to the invention for detachable suspension of baskets etc. is not limited to carrier elements or rails that are fixed to a door and the like, but a carrier element screwed to a wall or a hang standard hooked to a carrier rail is equally usable for said suspension.
A system for storing various objects suspended from a door is known from US Design Serial No. 464,558. The system comprises a support rail in the form of a backbone which is intended to be screwed to a door or wall. The support rail comprises a central U-shaped portion whose bottom is intended to abut against a door or the like. A respective flange-formed portion with a number of tongues grouped in pairs projects laterally from the U-shaped portion and parallel with, but at a distance from, the door, to which tongues baskets, racks, shelves etc. can be attached. The baskets etc. have a strong suspension plate which is provided with slots and recesses and adapted to be pushed over the respective pairs of tongues to allow a basket to be suspended from the rail. The suspension plate is attached to the outside of the basket and has a central, U-shaped portion which projects from the basket and whose design corresponds to the U-shaped portion of the support rail and which, when mounting the basket on the support rail, is inserted into the U-shaped portion of the support rail. Thus the support rail is specially designed for this purpose only.
An object of the invention is to provide a fastening device for detachable suspension of baskets etc. from a carrier element attached to a wall, door or the like, allowing easy mounting on and dismounting from the carrier element.
A further object is to provide a fastening device for baskets etc. which is discreetly designed and which affords lateral stability to the basket etc.
Yet another object of the invention is to provide a fastening device for baskets etc. which can be used together with the usual carrier elements, wall rails or hang standards.
One more object is to provide a fastening device for baskets etc. which is relatively inexpensive and easy to manufacture and which does not protrude beyond the basket etc.
According to the invention, these objects are achieved by a fastening device as described by way of introduction, which is characterised in that the central portion of the fastening device is essentially U-shaped and comprises a base portion and a pair of leg portions extending from the base portion and formed in one piece with the base portion, the fastening device being adapted to surroundingly engage the outer periphery of the carrier element, that the fastening device is insertedly arranged in the basket, the set of hooks etc., and that the base portion of the fastening device has at least one hook element for releasable engagement with a slot or a through hole in the carrier element.
Further developments of the invention are defined by the features stated in the subclaims.
Preferred embodiments of the invention will be described below by way of example and with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which
Reference is first made to
The fastening device 6 according to the invention is integrated with the basket 1, the paper roll holder 2, the set of hooks 3 etc., i.e. it is essentially formed in one piece with the basket etc. (
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The fastening device also comprises at least one hook element 17 with which the set of hooks 3 is hooked to the carrier element 7 by the hook element being inserted into a selected slot 11 in the carrier element. The hook element 17 is fixedly attached to the base portion 14 of the fastening device, for instance by welding, soldering or gluing.
In order to further stabilise the suspension of the set of hooks 3 from the carrier element, its lower wire 19 (or the lowermost wire of the basket 1 adjacent to the carrier element) is bent at the centre of the set of hooks in the same way as the upper wire 12 to form a portion or recess 21 extending into the set of hooks etc. This portion will then also surround and abut against the carrier element 7.
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Each hook element 14 is formed as a tongue punched from the base portion 14 and having a first portion, or connecting portion 24, a second or intermediate portion 25 and a third portion or end portion 26. The intermediate portion 25 extends essentially parallel with the base portion 14 and is positioned by means of the connecting portion 24 at a distance from the inner surface 27 of the base portion that corresponds to the material thickness of the carrier element 7. In order to facilitate the insertion of the tongue into the slot 11 of the carrier element, the end portion 26 is angled away from the base portion 14 and forms an acute angle to this. Preferably, the intermediate portion 25 adjacent to the end portion 26 is positioned at a shorter distance from the inner surface 27 of the base portion than is the intermediate portion 25 adjacent to the connecting portion 24, in which case the hook element will clamp the fastening device 6 to the carrier element 7.
To achieve optimal stability in the hooking-on of a basket 1 etc. to a carrier element 7, the fastening device comprises at least two separate (pairs) hook elements which are aligned with each other in the longitudinal direction of the fastening device, as shown, for instance, in
By the fastening device according to the invention being insertedly arranged in the basket etc., the basket will also be easier to packet.
In the illustrated embodiments of the storage system, all baskets, paper roll holders, sets of hooks etc. are shown to be made of wires. As will be easily understood, they may, however, be made of an optional material, without deviating from the inventive idea. For instance, the basket can be made of sheet metal and then according to
The invention is not limited to that described above or shown in the drawings, and can be modified within the scope of the appended claims.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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0301849-6 | Jun 2003 | SE | national |
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60482120 | Jun 2003 | US |