This descriptive report refers to a utility model patent application for an arrangement developed for male pin (which is attached at the ends of the front edge of the shelf) and also for female housing (which is attached correspondingly, on the walls of the display stand).
According to the design, the male pin comprises a coupling terminal in two constructive versions, one of them in shaft and the other in ball version. The female housing, in turn, is correspondingly shaped in a version with an eye (for the shaft operation) and a version with a cup (for the ball operation)
Thus, in versions, both by the shaft and by the ball (male pins), it is possible to attach the shelf directly, at any positioning angle where the eye or cup (female housings) are attached on the wall of the display stand, regardless of the geometry of the latter.
According to the design, the shelf can be coupled, for example, to round-shaped display stands, where the housings are arranged at diametric points on the wall and, therefore, at a non-perpendicular angle in relation to the edge of the shelf. The shelf coupling can actually be carried out in variable geometry angles of the display stands walls, whether trapezoidal, oval, round, semi-circle, undulating and others, as the male pin—shaft or ball, as it is pivotal by the eye or cup, it will always reach the female housing. The shelves can also have a different geometric shape from the display stand itself, and can be designed, for example, for positioning with one of its sides in setback, for purposeful misalignment attachment on the side wall (of the display stand), with the pins at an angle, also enabling total flexibility of coupling for any display stand with this type of axial shelf locking (by pin and housing).
As another consequence, of equal importance, it avoids the need for the designer to produce and keep male pins with coupling terminals of different angles in stock for these display stands with different geometry, since the coupling, according to the design to be described, becomes universal, exceeding the currently allowed mounting limitation, which is only from the perpendicular coupling.
As it is known, in specific models of display stands (cardboard or combining other materials), from the rear wall the parallel side walls are extended perpendicularly forming a rectangular geometry structure open frontally, along whose height the shelves are attached. From the rear wall, the shelves are hinged and, through male pins arranged at the ends of their front edges, coupling occurs in a perpendicular direction to lock with the female housings, correspondingly attached on the parallel side walls.
A notable evolution in this configuration mentioned above is shown in
It so happens that the current display stands, through innovative cut and crease designs, have been gaining countless shapes (not only rectangular), such as round, oval, semi-circle, multiple sinuosity and other geometric shapes, and the female housing is then attached as follows the angle different from the wall where it is attached, being, in this case, exposed in order to prevent the traditional perpendicular coupling of the male pin coupling terminal upon axial lowering of the shelf.
This makes the producer to design the coupling terminal of male pin at an angle compatible with the angle at which the female housing is exposed in order to the coupling can be made. As a consequence, the producer must have, in his stock, lots of male pins with coupling terminals at various angles so that the coupling reaches female housings attached according to the angulation of the walls of these display stands with different geometric shapes, whether circular, semi-circle, undulating and etc.
The same inventor of these applications cited, PI 1104563-9 and PCT BR 2017 050068, has now proposed a system for coupling the male pin, attached to at least one of the ends of the front edge of the shelf, operating with one of the female housings, attached to the wall of the display stand body. By the proposal, the shelf and the display stand body can be designed in any desired configuration because, upon axial lowering of the shelf, through the male pin in shaft or ball configuration, the coupling is directed to reach the eye or cup of the female housing, regardless of the angle they are attached (on the shelf and on the display stand wall).
In this way, a single pin coupling/eye will universally meet any geometry of display stand without the need for the production and stock of male pins with specific coupling terminals for each model.
Superficially explained, the assembly of coupling of shelf to wall of display stands will be better detailed.
The following related Figures from 4 to 13 refer to the application in question:
According to the attached figures, o “MALE PIN AND FEMALE HOUSING ASSEMBLY FOR THE AXIAL FITTING OF SHELVES TO ANGULAR, UNDULATING AND VARIABLE-GEOMETRY WALLS OF DISPLAY STANDS” object of this present utility model patent application, it consists of shelf couplings assembly (P) in an display stand (D), composed, as shown in the figures ranging from 1 to 3, of the male pin (1) from the ends of the front edge (B) of the shelf (PR), either with a laminar body (1a) or with a jaw configuration body (1b) and for the female housing (2) of the display stand (D) wall (PA), either with a laminar body (2a) or body in clip configuration.
As a novelty, in a constructive version, as shown in
In the other constructive version, as shown in
For use, the male pin (1) must be attached to the end of the front edge of the shelf (PR) and the female housing (2) attached to the walls (PA) of the display stand (D).
As shown in
The same occurs upon the axial lowering of the shelf (PR), equipped with the constructive version of male pin (1) with ball (13), which is coupled to the dished bottom (15) of the cup (14) of the female housing (2), without escaping. Through this coupling, regardless of the angle (not only perpendicular) in which the ball (13) and the cup (14) are, the first element will always reach the second, in any geometry in which the display stand assembly (D) is designed.
Therefore, through this constructive arrangement, always using the same pins—shaft (6) or ball (13), the shelf (PR) can be designed to meet display stand with any geometric shape (D), from oval, semi-circle, undulating, staggered and others. It can, for example, be positioned at any depth of the wall (PA) of the display stand (D), with one side in setback for purposeful misalignment, and thus meet display stands with any geometric (D) shape, as the shaft (6) or ball (13) male pin will always reach and couple to the female housing eye (2) or cup (14), as shown in
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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1020190050896 | Mar 2019 | BR | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/BR2020/050073 | 3/9/2020 | WO | 00 |