The present invention is related to a shelving system, and in particular, to a shelving system configurable to be different sizes and levels for storage and to be a novel structure that is convenient to assemble and disassemble.
Common shelves or shelving systems are structures designed with a certain size and level for storage. Despite being able to be assembled and disassembled, users are usually forced to purchase additional identical or non-identical individual shelf units when they want to extend it to a desired storage capacity. The consequences are extra costs and inconvenience use for common users. Knowing the drawbacks of current shelving systems, with years of R&D, the inventor provides this improved shelving system that is configurable in different sizes and levels and is a novel structure to easily assemble and disassemble.
A primary objective of the present invention is to provide a practical storage shelving system that can be configured efficiently into different sizes and levels.
The aforementioned shelving system comprises a plurality of, or at least one of, stand units, mounting connectors and supporting panels; wherein said stand unit comprises two vertical portions and a horizontal portion connected to said vertical portions. Said vertical portion comprises a plurality of securement holes spaced apart from each other. Said mounting connector comprises a main body having a through hole; wherein said through hole comprises an elastic securement hook at an internal thereof, and said main body comprises a horizontally extended protruding block having two positioning holes arranged parallel to each other. Two sides of the supporting panel comprise locking pins. The mounting connector penetrates through and mounted onto said vertical portions of said at least one stand unit by securing said securement hook into the securement hole of the vertical portions of the stand unit to allow said locking pins of the supporting panel to be inserted into the positioning holes such that assembly and disassembly of the shelving system of the present invention are facilitated and such that said shelving system of the present invention is configurable to be of different sizes and levels for storage.
In accordance with the aforementioned shelving system of the present invention, wherein said securement hook of said mounting connector comprises a slat formed between walls of said through hole and said positioning holes cut into two vertically sectioned slots and a protrusion with a predetermined height provided on an upper edge of said slat in order to form the elastic securement hook.
The at least one mounting connector 2 comprises a main body 21, configured to be of a rectangular shape in a first embodiment of the present invention, having a through hole 22. The through hole 22 comprises an elastic securement hook 23 at an internal thereof, and the main body 21 comprises a horizontally extended protruding block 24 having positioning holes 25 arranged parallel to each other. The protruding block 24 comprising a hollow portion formed therein, and said elastic securement hook 23 is arranged between said through hole 22 and said hollow portion in such a way that the elastic securement hook 23 is deflectable into the hollow portion to move out of said through hole 22. In the first embodiment of the present invention, the positioning holes 25 are rectangular-shaped holes; however, it can be understood that they can also be of circular-shaped holes. In addition, the securement hook 23 comprises a slat formed between walls of the through hole 22 and the positioning holes 25 and a protrusion 231 with a predetermined height provided on an upper edge of said slat with the protrusion 231 configured to be tilted at an angle in order to form the elastic securement hook 23. In the first embodiment of the present invention, the height of the securement hook 23 is greater than the one of the main body 21.
The at least one supporting panel 3 comprises a frame body 31 and a mesh member 32 such that the locking pins 33 are provided on the two sides of said frame body 31 and wherein the locking pins 33 are of an L shape.
According to the aforementioned structural configuration of the shelving system of the present invention, the at least one mounting connector 2 penetrates through the vertical portions 11 of the at least one stand unit 1 and is mounted thereon. As the mounting connector 2 is slidable mounted onto the vertical portions 11 and since the protrusion 231 is tilted at a predetermined angle with the securement hook 23 configured to exhibit an elasticity, the securement hook 23 is subject to pressing forces due to the vertical portions, which is further locked and secured by securing the protrusion 231 of the securement hook 23 into the securement hole 13 of the vertical portions 11 such that the plurality of mounting connectors are disposed on the two vertical portions 11 and such that the supporting panels 3 can be arranged in combination to extend in the vertical direction by inserting the locking pins 33 of the at least one supporting panel 3 into said positioning holes 25. To disassemble the shelving system for non-operational uses and since the height of the securement hook 23 is configured to be greater than the one of the main body 21, the user can exert an external force with any tool on the securement hook 23 toward the main body 21 in order to disengage the securement hook 23 of the main body 21 from the securement hole 13 of the vertical portions. Therefore, with the improved structural configurations of the shelving system of the present invention, the assembly and disassembly of said shelving system can be facilitated and the shelving system is configurable to be of different sizes and levels for storage, which in turn would too increase the practical usages and values of the shelving system.
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