Patent Grant
8998009
This application claims priority to and the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 2012-0139837, filed on Dec. 4, 2012, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an assembly for displaying goods on an interior wall section of a store or the like, and more particularly, to a wall assembly for goods display capable of being easily constructed as a facility for displaying goods on an inner wall of a store and easily moved and installed in another place.
2. Discussion of Related Art
In general, goods for sale are displayed on an inner wall of a store in various types such that consumers can easily see the goods. That is, display equipment is required to be variously varied according to types of goods. However, deformation of display equipment into various types according to the kind of goods is inefficient and very wasteful.
Accordingly, in recent times, a wall assembly for goods display in which a frame is installed at a wall body and separate unit panels are attached to the frame has been developed.
As an example, Korean Patent Registration No. 10-0499790 discloses a wall holder type goods display apparatus constituted by a holder member having an attachment section having an outer diameter substantially equal to an inner diameter of an installation hole formed in a panel, a plurality of anti-rotation protrusions formed at an outer circumferential surface of the attachment section and fitted into the inner circumferential surface of the installation hole, an adhesion section formed at a front surface of the attachment section to be adhered to a front surface of the panel, and insertion holes passing through centers of the attachment section and the adhesion section; and a display member constituted by a holder having a support section separately inserted into the insertion hole of the holder member and hooked to a rear surface of the panel disposed over a rear surface of the attachment section, and a support bar connected to a connecting section of the holder to display goods.
However, in the conventional art having the above-mentioned configuration, while each element may be easily exchanged with a new one, since partial exchange is impossible when the panel is damaged, the entire panel should be exchanged, which decreases workability.
In addition, Korean Utility Model Registration No. 20-0192675 discloses a wall-attached goods display mechanism constituted by a fixing member having an attachment section attached to a wall surface by a screw, an upper hooking piece vertically extending from an inclined section of an upper end of the attachment section, and a lower hooking piece protruding from a lower end of the attachment section, which are integrally formed; and a hooking member having upper and lower arc-shaped bodies configured to form one hooking groove into which various hanger members are hooked, upper and lower settling pieces formed at ends of the upper and lower arc-shaped bodies to be fastened to upper and lower hooking pieces of the fixing member, and a rear surface section configured to connect the upper and lower arc-shaped bodies at a rear surface side of the hooking groove.
However, in the conventional art having the above-mentioned configuration, the hooking member is directly connected to the fixing member fixed to the wall body and a hook is hooked thereon. Accordingly, the wall body is directly exposed to the outside, which damages an appearance of the display, and painting or pretreatment construction should be separately performed on the wall body. In addition, since the goods are independently positioned, the goods cannot be easily arranged upon display.
Further, Korean Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-2008-0092743 discloses a wall surface finishing system including a coupling channel having a protrusion coupler formed with a coupling surface extending in a vertical direction and in contact with a wall surface to be coupled to the wall surface, and protruding from a side end of the coupling surface toward a front surface of the wall surface and extending in a lateral direction; and a panel formed in a planar shape having side ends parallel to the coupling channel in a vertical direction and including a panel coupler coupled to only a rear surface of a side end and disposed inside the side end to be coupled to a protrusion coupler of the coupling channel.
However, in the conventional art, flatness of the panel surface after finishing cannot be secured, workability may be decreased, and an exchange operation may be delayed. That is, construction is performed by coupling the panel to the coupling channel. Accordingly, since the coupling channel is directly assembled to the wall body by a screw, when the wall body is uneven, flatness of the panels fixed thereto is also degraded, which degrades the appearance after finishing. In particular, since the panel is assembled to the coupling channel by a screw, when partial exchange is needed, a separation operation may be delayed and the entire workability may be decreased.
Meanwhile, as another example of the conventional art, Korean Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-2011-054943 discloses a remodeling panel assembly structure of inner and outer wall surfaces of a building including reinforcement frames fixed to the inner and outer wall surfaces of the building by a fixing member at predetermined intervals in a lattice pattern; an assembly block fixed to the reinforcement frame by a fixing member and having pluralities of insertion protrusions and insertion grooves, which enable mutual insertion and coupling; a connecting frame fixed between the assembly block and the reinforcement frame; and a mesh member coupled to the connecting frame and configured to cover an exposed space to prevent exposure of the inner and outer wall surfaces of the building, which occurs between the assembly blocks when the assembly blocks are fixed to the reinforcement frames.
However, since the conventional panel assembly having the above-mentioned structure has no countermeasures with respect to the case in which the flatness of the wall body is bad, construction of the panels may be impossible or a state after finishing may be largely degraded according to a state of the wall body. When the construction should be inevitably performed, since planarization of the wall body should be primarily performed, a working time and amount may be further increased.
In consideration of the above-mentioned problems, an aspect of the present invention is to provide a wall assembly with which a facility needed for goods display can be easily constructed and removed.
Another aspect of the present invention is to provide a wall assembly for goods display that can be constructed even when flatness of a wall body is bad, and that appropriately maintains flatness of the panel after construction to provide a good appearance.
Still another aspect of the present invention is to provide a wall assembly for goods display in which a panel can be easily exchanged with a new one when the panel is damaged.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wall assembly for goods display constituted by horizontal tracks fixed to a wall body and disposed in a lateral direction at equal intervals, vertical posts disposed on the horizontal tracks and disposed in a vertical direction at equal intervals, an interval adjustment unit configured to couple the vertical post with respect to the horizontal track to adjust an interval, an insert member inserted into the vertical post in the vertical direction, and an outer panel coupled to the vertical post.
A middle post may be further installed at an intermediate position between the vertical posts. As the middle post is installed, deformation such as bending or the like of an intermediate section of the outer panel can be prevented.
A height adjustment backing member may be installed at lower ends of the vertical post and the middle post. A height of the posts can be adjusted by the backing member to appropriately maintain a horizontal state.
A support frame having both ends fixed to the vertical post and the middle post and configured to define an interval between the vertical post and the middle post may be installed. The support frame can securely support an interval between the vertical post and the middle post.
The interval adjustment unit may be constituted by a post fastening member having an inner pipe provided with one side fixed to a rear surface of the vertical post and the other side extending rearward, a track fastening member having an outer pipe provided with one side fixed to the horizontal track and the other side coupled to the inner pipe to be length-adjustable, and a fixing bolt fastened to the outer pipe and configured to restrict mutual movement of the inner pipe and the outer pipe at a selected position. Since a height of the vertical post from the wall surface can be appropriately adjusted by the interval adjustment unit, the flatness of the outer panel mounted on the vertical post can be appropriately maintained.
The post fastening member may constitute a fastening section formed in substantially a C shape at a tip thereof and may be fixed to a coupling section formed along the entire length of the vertical post by a screw.
The track fastening member may configure a hook formed at a rear end and may be fixed to an arbitrary position on a hooking groove formed along the entire length of the horizontal track.
The vertical post may be constituted by a coupling section having a rectangular cross-section disposed in the vertical direction and an open front side, flanges extending from open ends of the coupling section toward both sides, side support walls extending forward from inner side ends of the flanges, a shelf installation gap formed between the side support walls at a predetermined interval, and a support wall protruding from the coupling section to provide a space with the flanges to form an insertion section.
The insert member may have a plurality of shelf hooking slots formed in a longitudinal direction and may be inserted into a fastening hole of the vertical post in the longitudinal direction to be fixed by a screw.
A slat wall insert may be fixed to a lower end of the outer panel in the lateral direction by a screw.
A hooking screw may be fixed to a rear surface of the outer panel, a plurality of fastening holes may be formed in the flange of the vertical post in the longitudinal direction, and a head section of the hooking screw may be hooked to the fastening hole so that the outer panel is coupled to the vertical post.
The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art by describing in detail exemplary embodiments thereof with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. While the present invention is shown and described in connection with exemplary embodiments thereof, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
Hereinafter, a configuration of an exemplary embodiment of a wall surface finishing assembly according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
A middle post 3 is further installed at an intermediate position between the neighboring vertical posts 2.
Both ends of a support frame 8 are fixed between the vertical post 2 and the middle post 3 to stably maintain an interval between the vertical post 2 and the middle post 3.
According to the present invention, as shown in
As shown in
In addition, the insert member 35 is inserted into the insertion section 34b formed by the support wall 31, a plurality of shelf hooking slots 36 are formed in a longitudinal direction, and fastening holes 37 formed in both ends are fixed by a screw with a fastening hole 34c of the vertical post 2.
Meanwhile, as shown in
In addition, as shown in
Meanwhile,
As shown in
Meanwhile,
In the present invention having the above-mentioned configuration, after the horizontal track 9 is fixed to the wall body at a predetermined interval, the hook 21 of the track fastening member 4 is hooked and coupled to the hooking groove 9a of the horizontal track 9 in a state in which the vertical post and the interval adjustment unit are previously assembled. Here, a coupling depth of the outer pipe 5 and the inner pipe 6 is adjusted according to the flatness of the wall body 1 to coordinate a vertical state of the vertical post 2 with the flatness with the other neighboring vertical post. When the adjustment is terminated, as the fixing bolt 25 is fastened, movement between the outer pipe 5 and the inner pipe 6 is restricted to form a secure assembly. The insert member 35 and a height adjustment unit 15 may be previously assembled to the vertical post.
Meanwhile, the middle post 3 is coupled between the vertical posts 2 in the same manner at the same time that the vertical posts 2 are fastened, and the support frame 8 is interposed between the upper and lower ends of the vertical post 2 and the middle post 3 to be fastened by the screw 20.
In this state, eventually, when the hooking screw 40 is coupled to a rear surface of the outer panel 12 and the head portion of the hooking screw 40 is inserted into the fastening hole 30 of the flange 34 and then lowered, the head portion of the hooking screw 40 is hooked by a lower end of the fastening hole 30, and the outer panel 12 is fixed to the vertical post 2, completing assembly of the wall body.
In this state, as shown in
In addition, as shown in
According to the present invention, since the entire assembly operation can be easily performed and the outer panel can be easily separated from the vertical post when the outer panel is partially damaged, labor of exchange can be reduced.
As can be seen from the foregoing, as the present invention provides the interval adjustment unit in which the horizontal track and the vertical post are provided, the vertical post is coupled to the horizontal track to adjust the interval and the outer panel is fixed to the vertical post, an assembly process is simplified and a general user other than an expert can also easily assembly and construct the wall assembly.
In addition, the wall assembly of the present invention can be constructed even when the flatness of the wall body is bad, and the flatness of the panel after construction can be appropriately maintained, excellently finishing the appearance of the wall surface.
Further, removal and exchange of only a damaged or contaminated outer panel are easy, and maintenance can be easily performed.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made to the above-described exemplary embodiments of the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Thus, it is intended that the present invention covers all such modifications provided they come within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-2013-0139837 | Dec 2012 | KR | national |
| Number | Name | Date | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4018019 | Raith et al. | Apr 1977 | A |
| 4224769 | Ball et al. | Sep 1980 | A |
| 4817538 | Michaelsen | Apr 1989 | A |
| 4884375 | Wendt | Dec 1989 | A |
| 5495952 | Kainz | Mar 1996 | A |
| 5695078 | Otema | Dec 1997 | A |
| 6047508 | Goodman et al. | Apr 2000 | A |
| 6167664 | Reuter et al. | Jan 2001 | B1 |
| 6279761 | Niewiadomski et al. | Aug 2001 | B1 |
| 6481678 | Chong | Nov 2002 | B1 |
| 6711871 | Beirise et al. | Mar 2004 | B2 |
| 7407060 | Swartz et al. | Aug 2008 | B2 |
| 7861986 | Cline | Jan 2011 | B2 |
| 20010029707 | Hsueh | Oct 2001 | A1 |
| 20030192842 | Suttles | Oct 2003 | A1 |
| 20060175274 | Yang | Aug 2006 | A1 |
| 20070056921 | Lo | Mar 2007 | A1 |
| 20100096347 | Theobald et al. | Apr 2010 | A1 |
| 20120018602 | Cattaneo | Jan 2012 | A1 |
| 20140183150 | Kim et al. | Jul 2014 | A1 |
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20140183150 A1 | Jul 2014 | US |
