Patent Application
20190307268
The invention relates to a hanging system comprising at least two mounting clips for mounting against a wall, as well as a hanging rail which can be coupled to the mounting clips, said mounting clips each having a rear side with which the mounting clips are in contact with the wall during use, as well as a front side which is opposite the rear side, which mounting clips are each provided with two cams protruding from the front side, which hanging rail is provided with two spaced apart and opposite edge parts which can be hooked behind one of the cams of each mounting clip and can be clicked over the other cam of each mounting clip or can be clicked over both cams.
A hanging system according to the preamble of claim 1 is known from NL1011935A. In this known hanging system, the mounting clips are made of plastic and have a hole through which they can be screwed against a wall.
The hanging rail must be mounted in a straight line against a wall with various mounting clips. Hanging cords or hanging rods can be fitted in the hanging rail to suspend objects without having to make holes in the wall.
An object of the invention is to provide a hanging system of the type described in the preamble which can be fastened more quickly to a soft wall. To this end, the hanging system according to the invention is characterized in that the mounting clips further each are provided with at least one nail protruding at the rear, which nail can be pressed into the wall, parts of the front of the mounting clips on either side of the nail form pressing surfaces, and that the mounting clips are each formed from a flat metal plate, the cams and the nail being formed by plate parts bent out of the plate, from the plate to be mounted against the wall the lower cam first extending away from the upper cam and then running towards the upper cam, the part extending towards the upper cam forms a guide for the lower edge part of the hanging rail for guiding this edge part over the cam when the hanging rail clicks on the mounting clip. The mounting clips can be pressed into the wall by hand or hammered by a hammer, after which the rail can simply be clicked onto the mounting clips by hand. The nail can be provided with barbs to prevent it from undesirably becoming detached from the wall.
It is to be noticed that US2007/0235622A discloses a hanging hook formed from a metal plate provided with a nail bent out of the plate, which nail can be pressed into a wall. This hook is not suitable for mounting a hanging rail against a wall.
In order to compensate for tolerances between the mounting rail and the mounting clips and to prevent the mounting rail from shifting with respect to the mounting clips during use, an embodiment of the mounting system according to the invention is characterized in that one of the cams is provided with a sharp protrusion on the side remote from the other cam and near the part of the cam attached to the plate, which protrusion is in contact with the lower edge part of the hanging rail when the hanging rail is on the mounting clip.
In a favorable manner for applying the sharp protrusion, the plate part is locally punched with a pointed tool.
A favorable embodiment of the hanging system according to the invention is characterized in that the hanging system comprises a pressing tool which can be placed on the mounting clip and is provided with contact parts on the side facing the mounting clip, which contact parts are in contact with the pressing surfaces of the mounting clip and on the side remote from the mounting clip the pressing tool is provided with two further pressing surfaces that are larger than the pressing surfaces of the mounting clip.
The pressure surfaces of the mounting clips are preferably flat and free from protrusions so that one can press well against them. The further pressing surfaces of the pressing tool are preferably hollow curved surfaces so that they can be pressed well with the thumbs.
The invention will be explained in more detail below with reference to exemplary embodiments of the hanging system according to the invention shown in the drawings. Hereby shows:
Each hanging rail 3 is an extrusion profile with a cross-section that is the same throughout its length. A part 3a of the cross-section is C-shaped and is provided with two spaced apart edge parts 15 and 17. The top edge part 15 hooks behind the top cam 11 and the bottom edge part 17 is clicked over the bottom cam 13. Each clip is furthermore provided with two bent nails 19 protruding at the rear 7 and which can be pressed into the soft wall (plasterboard or wood), whereby parts 9b of the front form pressing surfaces. The nails 19 are also bent out of the plane of the plate 5.
The cams 11 and 13 are formed by lips bent out of the plane of the plate 5 and protruding from the front side 9, one of the lips 11 being bent into a hook and of the other lip 13 a first part 13a is obliquely inclined with respect to the front side and a second part 13b is obliquely inclined with respect to the front side and is oppositely directed to the first part, see
Although the present invention is elucidated above on the basis of the given drawings, it should be noted that this invention is not limited whatsoever to the embodiments shown in the drawings. The invention also extends to all embodiments deviating from the embodiments shown in the drawings within the scope of the invention defined by the appended claims.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020716 | Apr 2018 | NL | national |
