U.S. patent application number 11/051365 was filed with the patent office on 2006-08-10 for adjustable rack structure.
This patent application is currently assigned to Artek Furniture Co., Ltd.. Invention is credited to Fung Chuan Yang.
Application Number | 20060175274 11/051365 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 36778881 |
Filed Date | 2006-08-10 |
United States Patent
Application |
20060175274 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Yang; Fung Chuan |
August 10, 2006 |
Adjustable rack structure
Abstract
An adjustable rack structure comprises: a positioning board
employed to be fixed a wall is provided on its surface with
co-directional hook portion and looking flange; a support member is
provided with a hook portion and an inserting portion employed to
be positioned against in the hook portion and the looking flange,
respectively, the supporting member further includes a supporting
portion defined a notch; a rail structure axially provided with a
positioning portion employed to be engaged in the notch of the
support member; a cap assembled to an end of the rail structure.
The position of the support member relative to the positioning
board can be adjusted according to user's needs.
Inventors: |
Yang; Fung Chuan; (Janhua
Shien, TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
CHARLES E. BAXLEY, ESQ.
90 JOHN STREET
THIRD FLOOR
NEW YORK
NY
10038
US
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Assignee: |
Artek Furniture Co., Ltd.
|
Family ID: |
36778881 |
Appl. No.: |
11/051365 |
Filed: |
February 5, 2005 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
211/94.01 ;
211/187; 211/189 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A47B 57/00 20130101;
A47B 96/067 20130101; A47F 5/0838 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
211/094.01 ;
211/187; 211/189 |
International
Class: |
A47F 5/08 20060101
A47F005/08 |
Claims
1. An adjustable rack structure comprising: a positioning board
fixed to a wall, on a surface of the positioning board being
provided co-directional hook portion and looking flange; a support
member being provided with a hook portion and an inserting portion
employed to be positioned against in the hook portion and the
looking flange of the positioning board, respectively, a supporting
portion extending outward from the support member, close to a top
end of the supporting portion being defined a notch; a rail
structure axially provided with a positioning portion employed to
be engaged in the notch of the support member; a cap assembled to
an end of the rail structure.
2. The adjustable rack structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein a
notch is formed on a peripheral edge of the cap for passage of the
supporting portion of the support member.
3. The adjustable rack structure as claimed in claim 2, wherein the
rail structure is provided with axial grooves, the cap is
correspondingly provided with through apertures, so that the cap is
fixed to the rail structure by screwing screws via the through
apertures of the rail structure into the axial grooves of the rail
structure.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a rack structure, and more
particularly to an adjustable rack structure.
[0003] 2. Description of the Prior Arts
[0004] A rack is usually used to store, collect and display
different articles, however, the conventional display rack still
has the following defects that need to be improved:
[0005] First, a conventional rack will occupy a lot of space, and
the total weight of the display rack and the goods stored thereon
is always heavy, it is accordingly difficult for the user to move
the display rack, and thus the places (such as the floor under the
display rack) occupied by the display rack cannot be cleaned.
[0006] Second, the interval between the respective shelves of the
conventional display rack is normally fixed and cannot be adjusted
according to user's needs.
[0007] The present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate
the afore-described disadvantages.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0008] The primary objective of the present invention is to provide
an adjustable rack structure consisted of a positioning board, a
support member, a rail structure and a cap, since the support
members can be fixed at any height of a wall, the space under the
rack structure also can be cleaned easily.
[0009] The secondary objective of the present invention is to
provide an adjustable rack structure, wherein the position of the
support member relative to the positioning board can be adjusted
easily according to user's needs.
[0010] Another objective of the present invention is to provide an
adjustable rack structure which can be easily and quickly
assembled.
[0011] The adjustable rack structure provided in accordance with
the present invention comprises:
[0012] a positioning board fixed to a wall, on a surface of the
positioning board being provided co-directional hook portion and
looking flange;
[0013] a support member being provided with a hook portion and an
inserting portion employed to be positioned against in the hook
portion and the looking flange of the positioning board,
respectively, a supporting portion extending outward from the
support member, close to a top end of the supporting portion being
defined a notch;
[0014] a rail structure axially provided with a positioning portion
employed to be engaged in the notch of the support member;
[0015] a cap assembled to an end of the rail structure.
[0016] The present invention will become more obvious from the
following description when taken in connection with the
accompanying drawings, which show, for purpose of illustrations
only, the preferred embodiment in accordance with the present
invention.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0017] FIG. 1 is an exploded view of an adjustable rack structure
in accordance with the present invention;
[0018] FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a part of an adjustable rack
structure in accordance with the present invention;
[0019] FIG. 3 is an assembly view of a part of the adjustable rack
structure in accordance with the present invention;
[0020] FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view of the adjustable rack
structure in FIG. 3;
[0021] FIG. 5 is an assembly cross sectional view of the adjustable
rack structure in accordance with the present invention;
[0022] FIG. 6 is an operational view of the adjustable rack
structure in accordance with the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0023] Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, an adjustable rack structure in
accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention is
shown and comprises: a positioning board 10, a support member 20, a
rail structure 30 and a cap 40.
[0024] The positioning board 10 is provided on its surface with two
opposite hooking portions 11, and an engaging groove 111 is defined
between the positioning board 10 and each of the hooking portions
11. At two opposite edges of the positioning board 10 are formed
two locking flanges 12, each of the locking flanges 12 define a
locking groove 121 relative to the surface of the positioning board
10. On the surface of the positioning board 10 are further provided
two guiding grooves 13, each which is conical shaped in cross
section and located between the corresponding hooking portion 11
and locking flange 12. Four screws 14 are used to position the
positioning board 10 on a wall by screwing through the guiding
grooves 13.
[0025] The support member 20 is provided with a hook portion 21 and
an inserting portion 22 which are to be engaged in the engaging
groove 111 and the locking groove 121 of the positioning board 10,
respectively. A supporting portion 23 extends outward from the
support member 20, close to the top end of the supporting portion
23 is defined a notch 24.
[0026] The rail structure 30 is a unitary structure formed by
extrusion and is axially provided with a positioning portion 31
that is to be engaged in the notch 24 of the support member 20. The
rail structure 30 is further provided with a pair of axial grooves
32 and a pair of guide rails 33.
[0027] The cap 40 is a hollow structure and is provided on its
peripheral edge with a notch 41 for passage of the supporting
portion 23 of the support member 20, the cap 40 is further provided
with a pair of through apertures 42 correspondingly to the axial
grooves 32 of the rail structure 30, so that the cap 40 is fixed to
the rail structure 30 by screwing a pair of screws 43 via the
through apertures 42 into the axial grooves 32 of the rail
structure 30.
[0028] For a better understanding of the present invention, its
operations and functions, references should be made to FIGS. 3-6,
in assembly, the screws 14 are initially used to insert through the
guiding grooves 13 and fix the positioning board 10 to a wall
surface.
[0029] And then the hook portion 21 and the inserting portion 22 of
the support member 20 are engaged in the engaging groove 111 and
the locking groove 121 of the positioning board 10, so that the
support member 20 is assembled to the positioning board 10.
[0030] After that, the positioning portion 31 of the rail structure
30 is engaged in the notch 24 of the support member 20.
[0031] When the cap 40 is assembled, its notch 41 will accommodate
the supporting portion 23 of the support member 20, and then, the
screws 43 are used to screw via the through aperture 42 of the cap
40 into the axial groove 32 of the rail structure 30, thus fixing
the cap 40 to the rail structure 30.
[0032] Through the above-mentioned method, a rack structure as
shown in FIG. 6 can be easily assembled, the user can assemble two
support members 20 to the positioning board 10, and the respective
support members 20 are equipped with the rail structure 30 and the
cap 40, and between the guide rail 33 of the two rail structures 30
are disposed a plurality of shelves 50, so as to form a display
rack. Since the support members 20 can be fixed at any height of a
wall, the space under the rack structure also can be cleaned
easily.
[0033] In addition, the number of the support members 20 and the
rail structures 30 can be adjusted as required, the relative
position between the support members 20 and the positioning board
10 is also adjustable, and the position of the rail structures 30
relative to the positioning board 10 will also be adjusted
automatically when the support members 20 moves relative to the
positioning board 10.
[0034] While we have shown and described various embodiments in
accordance With the present invention, it should be clear to those
skilled in the art that further embodiments may be made without
departing from the scope of the present invention.
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