WO2007065511A1 - Equipped wall system - Google Patents

Equipped wall system Download PDF

Info

Publication number
WO2007065511A1
WO2007065511A1 PCT/EP2006/010532 EP2006010532W WO2007065511A1 WO 2007065511 A1 WO2007065511 A1 WO 2007065511A1 EP 2006010532 W EP2006010532 W EP 2006010532W WO 2007065511 A1 WO2007065511 A1 WO 2007065511A1
Authority
WO
WIPO (PCT)
Prior art keywords
wall system
wall
batten
seat
upright
Prior art date
Application number
PCT/EP2006/010532
Other languages
French (fr)
Inventor
Alberto Trento
Original Assignee
Alu S.P.A.
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Alu S.P.A. filed Critical Alu S.P.A.
Publication of WO2007065511A1 publication Critical patent/WO2007065511A1/en

Links

Classifications

    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B2/00—Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls
    • E04B2/74—Removable non-load-bearing partitions; Partitions with a free upper edge
    • E04B2/7407—Removable non-load-bearing partitions; Partitions with a free upper edge assembled using frames with infill panels or coverings only; made-up of panels and a support structure incorporating posts
    • E04B2/7416—Removable non-load-bearing partitions; Partitions with a free upper edge assembled using frames with infill panels or coverings only; made-up of panels and a support structure incorporating posts with free upper edge, e.g. for use as office space dividers
    • E04B2/7433—Removable non-load-bearing partitions; Partitions with a free upper edge assembled using frames with infill panels or coverings only; made-up of panels and a support structure incorporating posts with free upper edge, e.g. for use as office space dividers with panels and support posts
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B96/00—Details of cabinets, racks or shelf units not covered by a single one of groups A47B43/00 - A47B95/00; General details of furniture
    • A47B96/14—Bars, uprights, struts, or like supports, for cabinets, brackets, or the like
    • A47B96/1416—Uprights receiving panels and brackets
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B2/00—Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls
    • E04B2/74—Removable non-load-bearing partitions; Partitions with a free upper edge
    • E04B2002/7483—Details of furniture, e.g. tables or shelves, associated with the partitions
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B2/00—Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls
    • E04B2/74—Removable non-load-bearing partitions; Partitions with a free upper edge
    • E04B2002/7487—Partitions with slotted profiles

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to an equipped wall system in accordance with the characteristic features set out in the preamble of the main claim.
  • One of the main applications of equipped wall systems of the type described here is to fit out premises for both commercial and domestic use; these walls may be used as divider members for rooms, support members for display structures or may even be placed against the normal walls of premises to enable their functional use.
  • These wall systems are typically provided with engagement means in which a range of accessories provided with appropriate hooking means can be engaged.
  • the engagement and hooking means are embodied so that they can be rapidly engaged and disengaged to enable efficient replacement of the accessories mounted on the equipped wall system.
  • a drawback of this known kind of equipped wall system lies in the fact that the engagement means provided on the wall are normally compatible with only one kind of hooking means, which substantially limits the possibility of using components bearing hooking means even of slightly different form.
  • a typical example of this drawback is represented by the case of equipped wall systems provided with a series of parallel and vertically extending striplike battens in which openings disposed in a spaced manner are provided and form seats adapted to receive respective hooking members provided on accessories, such as shelves and brackets.
  • each batten is normally engaged by two or more hooking members aligned with one another and spaced to a predetermined extent.
  • the accessory can be mounted on the wall system only if the spacing between the openings provided in the batten is a sub-multiple of the distance between the hooking members.
  • the problem underlying the present invention is that of providing an equipped wall system which is structurally and functionally designed to remedy the drawbacks described above with reference to the cited prior art.
  • FIG. 1 is a view of an equipped wall system embodied in accordance with the present invention
  • Fig. 2 is a perspective view, on an enlarged scale and partially exploded, of a detail of the wall system of Fig. 1;
  • Fig. 3 is a perspective view, on an enlarged scale, of a further detail of the wall system of Fig. 1.
  • the wall system 1 comprises a pair of panels 2 borne by a bearing structure shown overall by 3 and comprising two or a plurality of uprights 4.
  • the wall system 1 With reference to normal manner in which the wall system 1 is arranged in use, it comprises an upper edge 6a, a lower edge 6b, opposing lateral edges 7 and opposing main surfaces 5 formed by the panels 2.
  • the uprights 4 are made from a profiled metal member, for instance of aluminium, a series of grooves 8 being provided on its outer surfaces.
  • the uprights 4 are preferably of telescopic type with two sections 4a,
  • this characteristic feature advantageously enables the wall system 1 to be installed rapidly, firmly and efficiently without the need for external locking connections and also enables the wall system 1 just as simply to be dismantled, moved and re-installed in another position or in another room.
  • the wall system 1 also comprises engagement means, shown overall by 10 adapted to be detachably engaged in connection with corresponding hooking means 10a provided on an accessory, shown in Fig. 1, for example, as shelves 11.
  • both the main surfaces 5 may be visible surfaces of the wall system 1 as a result of which the engagement means are appropriately disposed on both surfaces.
  • the wall system 1 may have a single visible surface and therefore the engagement means may be provided only on this surface.
  • the hooking means 10a provided on the shelf 11 are, for instance, of the type with three vertically aligned hooks, known per se, adapted to engage in connection with a corresponding connection member 12 of the engagement means 10.
  • connection member 12 comprises a striplike batten 13 provided with a plurality of through holes 14, for instance of rectangular section and disposed in a spaced manner in a longitudinal direction thereof.
  • the spacing between the holes 14 is advantageously a sub-multiple of the distance between the hooks of the shelf 11.
  • the batten 13 is housed in a seat 15 provided in the upright 4, in particular at the location of the main surface 5.
  • the batten 13 and the respective seat 15 preferably extend along the whole vertical extension of the upright 4 substantially between the upper edge and the lower edge 6a, 6b of the wall 1 so that the shelf 11 can be disposed at any height of the wall.
  • the seat 15 is formed by a pair of guides 16, of C-shaped section, facing one another, in which the opposing longitudinal flanks 17 of the batten 13 are housed in a sliding manner. To enable access to the holes 14 by the hooks of the shelf 11, the seat 15 has a front opening 18 facing the main surface 5 and bounded laterally by a pair of shoulders 19 of the upright 4 which abut against and support the flanks of the panel 2.
  • the seat 15 housing the batten 13 is closed at the lower edge 6b of the wall 1, but is open at the upper edge 6a thereof.
  • the batten 13 is housed in the seat 15 in a removable manner and can in particular be removed from the seat by extraction from the top of the upright 4 as shown partially in Fig. 2.
  • the seat 15 may also be closed at the top by a cover pressed into the seat 15 or by other methods which nevertheless enable it to be readily removed.
  • the batten 13 may be readily removed from the seat 15 and replaced by another batten.
  • the battens and therefore the engagement means of the wall 1 are advantageously interchangeable so that, when necessary, a batten which is similar but has holes of different dimension and/or spacing from that of the batten 13 may be inserted.
  • shelves or other accessories having hooking means differing from those of the shelf 11 may in this way be connected, thereby making the composition of the wall more flexible.
  • the present invention therefore resolves the problem described above with reference to the cited prior art.

Abstract

An equipped wall system (1) comprises engagement means (10) adapted to be detachably engaged with corresponding hooking means (10a) provided on accessories so that these accessories (11) can be mounted on the wall. The engagement means comprise a connection member (12) in which at least one seat (14) is provided for engagement with the hooking means, and is secured on the wall in a detachable manner so that it can be interchanged with other connection members.

Description

Equipped wall system
DESCRIPTION
Technical field
The present invention relates to an equipped wall system in accordance with the characteristic features set out in the preamble of the main claim.
Technological background
One of the main applications of equipped wall systems of the type described here is to fit out premises for both commercial and domestic use; these walls may be used as divider members for rooms, support members for display structures or may even be placed against the normal walls of premises to enable their functional use.
These wall systems are typically provided with engagement means in which a range of accessories provided with appropriate hooking means can be engaged. The engagement and hooking means are embodied so that they can be rapidly engaged and disengaged to enable efficient replacement of the accessories mounted on the equipped wall system.
A drawback of this known kind of equipped wall system lies in the fact that the engagement means provided on the wall are normally compatible with only one kind of hooking means, which substantially limits the possibility of using components bearing hooking means even of slightly different form.
A typical example of this drawback is represented by the case of equipped wall systems provided with a series of parallel and vertically extending striplike battens in which openings disposed in a spaced manner are provided and form seats adapted to receive respective hooking members provided on accessories, such as shelves and brackets. To ensure the necessary stability of the coupling, each batten is normally engaged by two or more hooking members aligned with one another and spaced to a predetermined extent.
It will be appreciated that the accessory can be mounted on the wall system only if the spacing between the openings provided in the batten is a sub-multiple of the distance between the hooking members.
This fact generally precludes any possibility of mounting accessories whose hooking members are spaced to a different extent on the same equipped wall system.
Description of the invention
The problem underlying the present invention is that of providing an equipped wall system which is structurally and functionally designed to remedy the drawbacks described above with reference to the cited prior art.
This problem is resolved by the present invention by means of an equipped wall system embodied in accordance with the accompanying claims.
Brief description of the drawings
The characteristic features and advantages of the invention are set out in further detail in the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment thereof, shown by way of non-limiting example in the accompanying drawings, in which:
Fig. 1 is a view of an equipped wall system embodied in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a perspective view, on an enlarged scale and partially exploded, of a detail of the wall system of Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 is a perspective view, on an enlarged scale, of a further detail of the wall system of Fig. 1.
Preferred embodiment of the invention
In the drawings, an equipped wall system in accordance with the invention is shown overall by 1.
The wall system 1 comprises a pair of panels 2 borne by a bearing structure shown overall by 3 and comprising two or a plurality of uprights 4.
With reference to normal manner in which the wall system 1 is arranged in use, it comprises an upper edge 6a, a lower edge 6b, opposing lateral edges 7 and opposing main surfaces 5 formed by the panels 2.
The uprights 4 are made from a profiled metal member, for instance of aluminium, a series of grooves 8 being provided on its outer surfaces.
The uprights 4 are preferably of telescopic type with two sections 4a,
4b sliding in one another which can be locked in a selected position so that the upright 4 can be positioned between the floor and the ceiling of the room in which the wall system 1 is to be installed.
It will be appreciated that this characteristic feature advantageously enables the wall system 1 to be installed rapidly, firmly and efficiently without the need for external locking connections and also enables the wall system 1 just as simply to be dismantled, moved and re-installed in another position or in another room.
The wall system 1 also comprises engagement means, shown overall by 10 adapted to be detachably engaged in connection with corresponding hooking means 10a provided on an accessory, shown in Fig. 1, for example, as shelves 11. In the preferred embodiment described here, both the main surfaces 5 may be visible surfaces of the wall system 1 as a result of which the engagement means are appropriately disposed on both surfaces. Of course, the wall system 1 may have a single visible surface and therefore the engagement means may be provided only on this surface.
The hooking means 10a provided on the shelf 11 are, for instance, of the type with three vertically aligned hooks, known per se, adapted to engage in connection with a corresponding connection member 12 of the engagement means 10.
In particular, in the case of the hooking means described above, the connection member 12 comprises a striplike batten 13 provided with a plurality of through holes 14, for instance of rectangular section and disposed in a spaced manner in a longitudinal direction thereof. The spacing between the holes 14 is advantageously a sub-multiple of the distance between the hooks of the shelf 11.
The batten 13 is housed in a seat 15 provided in the upright 4, in particular at the location of the main surface 5.
The batten 13 and the respective seat 15 preferably extend along the whole vertical extension of the upright 4 substantially between the upper edge and the lower edge 6a, 6b of the wall 1 so that the shelf 11 can be disposed at any height of the wall.
The seat 15 is formed by a pair of guides 16, of C-shaped section, facing one another, in which the opposing longitudinal flanks 17 of the batten 13 are housed in a sliding manner. To enable access to the holes 14 by the hooks of the shelf 11, the seat 15 has a front opening 18 facing the main surface 5 and bounded laterally by a pair of shoulders 19 of the upright 4 which abut against and support the flanks of the panel 2.
According to an aspect of the invention, the seat 15 housing the batten 13 is closed at the lower edge 6b of the wall 1, but is open at the upper edge 6a thereof. In this way, the batten 13 is housed in the seat 15 in a removable manner and can in particular be removed from the seat by extraction from the top of the upright 4 as shown partially in Fig. 2.
It will be appreciated that the seat 15 may also be closed at the top by a cover pressed into the seat 15 or by other methods which nevertheless enable it to be readily removed.
As a result of the arrangements described above, the batten 13 may be readily removed from the seat 15 and replaced by another batten. This means that the battens and therefore the engagement means of the wall 1 are advantageously interchangeable so that, when necessary, a batten which is similar but has holes of different dimension and/or spacing from that of the batten 13 may be inserted. It will be appreciated that shelves or other accessories having hooking means differing from those of the shelf 11 may in this way be connected, thereby making the composition of the wall more flexible.
The present invention therefore resolves the problem described above with reference to the cited prior art.

Claims

1. An equipped wall system comprising engagement means (lθ)adapted to be detachably engaged by corresponding hooking means (10a) provided on accessories (11), so that these accessories can be mounted on the wall system, these engagement means (10) comprising a connection member (12) in which at least one seat (14) is provided for engagement with the hooking means, characterised in that the connection member (12) is secured on the wall (1) in a detachable manner so that it is interchangeable with other connection members.
2. A wall system according to claim 1, wherein the connection member (12) comprises a striplike batten (13) provided with a plurality of through holes (14) disposed in a spaced manner in a longitudinal direction of the batten.
3. A wall system according to claim 2, wherein the wall system comprises at least one panel (2) forming a main surface (5) of the wall, and at least one upright (4) supporting at least this one panel, the batten being housed in a removable manner in a seat (15) provided in the upright (4).
4. A wall system according to claim 3, wherein the seat (15) housing the batten (13) is open at an upper edge of the upright so that the batten can be removed from the seat.
5. A wall system according to claim 4, wherein the seat (15) housing the batten is provided with a front opening (18) with respect to the wall so as to enable access to the through holes by the hooking means.
6. A wall system to claim 5, wherein the opening (18) is bounded laterally by at least one abutment shoulder (19) of at least the one panel.
7. An equipped wall system comprising at least one panel
(2), forming a main surface (5) of this wall, and at least one upright (4) supporting at least this one panel, characterised in that the upright (4) is of telescopic type, and comprises at least two sections engaged in one another in a sliding manner.
PCT/EP2006/010532 2005-12-05 2006-11-02 Equipped wall system WO2007065511A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
ITPD2005A000355 2005-12-05
ITPD20050355 ITPD20050355A1 (en) 2005-12-05 2005-12-05 STORAGE WALL

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
WO2007065511A1 true WO2007065511A1 (en) 2007-06-14

Family

ID=37649481

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
PCT/EP2006/010532 WO2007065511A1 (en) 2005-12-05 2006-11-02 Equipped wall system

Country Status (2)

Country Link
IT (1) ITPD20050355A1 (en)
WO (1) WO2007065511A1 (en)

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US10051961B2 (en) 2015-02-27 2018-08-21 Skyline Displays, Llc Modular table system
DE102018102256A1 (en) * 2018-02-01 2019-08-01 Querfeld Netzwerkgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG Modular wall system and method for building a module wall

Citations (9)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR1432292A (en) * 1964-05-08 1966-03-18 Improvements to shelving, in particular for stores or the like
US3513606A (en) * 1968-02-21 1970-05-26 Vernon H Jones Structural framework and connector joint therefor
US3828495A (en) * 1973-01-02 1974-08-13 W Law Partition with concealed slotted standard
GB2064305A (en) * 1979-11-07 1981-06-17 Interior Systems Uk Ltd Improvements in or relating to shelf supports for merchandise display systems
US4443979A (en) * 1981-08-24 1984-04-24 Crown Metal Manufacturing Company Adapter for bracket securement to wall studs and method of manufacture
US4570390A (en) * 1983-11-14 1986-02-18 United States Gypsum Company Partition system adapted to support a cantilevered load
US4757657A (en) * 1986-06-02 1988-07-19 Architectural Wall Systems, Inc. Floor-to-ceiling wall system
US5433046A (en) * 1992-07-23 1995-07-18 Steelcase Inc. Telescoping panel construction
US5517795A (en) * 1994-11-22 1996-05-21 Doke; Jack Furring stud assembly for slotted wall

Patent Citations (9)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR1432292A (en) * 1964-05-08 1966-03-18 Improvements to shelving, in particular for stores or the like
US3513606A (en) * 1968-02-21 1970-05-26 Vernon H Jones Structural framework and connector joint therefor
US3828495A (en) * 1973-01-02 1974-08-13 W Law Partition with concealed slotted standard
GB2064305A (en) * 1979-11-07 1981-06-17 Interior Systems Uk Ltd Improvements in or relating to shelf supports for merchandise display systems
US4443979A (en) * 1981-08-24 1984-04-24 Crown Metal Manufacturing Company Adapter for bracket securement to wall studs and method of manufacture
US4570390A (en) * 1983-11-14 1986-02-18 United States Gypsum Company Partition system adapted to support a cantilevered load
US4757657A (en) * 1986-06-02 1988-07-19 Architectural Wall Systems, Inc. Floor-to-ceiling wall system
US5433046A (en) * 1992-07-23 1995-07-18 Steelcase Inc. Telescoping panel construction
US5517795A (en) * 1994-11-22 1996-05-21 Doke; Jack Furring stud assembly for slotted wall

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US10051961B2 (en) 2015-02-27 2018-08-21 Skyline Displays, Llc Modular table system
DE102018102256A1 (en) * 2018-02-01 2019-08-01 Querfeld Netzwerkgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG Modular wall system and method for building a module wall

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
ITPD20050355A1 (en) 2007-06-06

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US11178964B2 (en) Mounting system with horizontally-slideable bracket and support bracket
US5412912A (en) Modular slatwall assembly
US8234983B2 (en) Post and beam furniture construction
CA2164529C (en) Shelving system
US9468314B2 (en) Display system for flat article
WO2011150309A2 (en) Office workwall system
US9504323B1 (en) Drawer slide structure
KR200474283Y1 (en) Shelf support apparatus
US6349911B1 (en) Workplace apparatus including mounting bracket
US20120241401A1 (en) Wall fixture system
US20050247654A1 (en) Display system
WO2000011285A1 (en) Modular partition systems and methods for assembling such systems
US20070017888A1 (en) Shelving system
US20070252494A1 (en) Method and apparatus for installing a sliding drawer within a cabinet
WO2007065511A1 (en) Equipped wall system
US20070262685A1 (en) Post and beam furniture construction
EP1647205B1 (en) Furniture structure for the production of cabinets, bookcases and similar
EP0959723B1 (en) Storage system
US20140314474A1 (en) Furniture unit
US20050253489A1 (en) Self-squaring modular cabinetry
JP4940029B2 (en) Continuous panel wall structure
JP4388507B2 (en) Storage rack
EP4074217A1 (en) Shelf support structure
CN217659050U (en) Goods shelves device that flexibility is high
CN211794931U (en) Angle-adjustable foot rest and bar counter

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
121 Ep: the epo has been informed by wipo that ep was designated in this application
NENP Non-entry into the national phase

Ref country code: DE

122 Ep: pct application non-entry in european phase

Ref document number: 06818346

Country of ref document: EP

Kind code of ref document: A1