Shelf system

Abstract

A rack system comprises lateral load-bearing frameworks ( 10, 11 ) with supports ( 14, 15 ) and crossmembers ( 43, 44 ), each made of hollow profiles, which are combined in a flush and/or congruent manner by means of special connecting components to form a frame. A groove ( 16 ) has fitted in it a load-bearing profile ( 26 ) with load-bearing components on which transversely directed elements of the rack system can be fitted.

1 . A load-bearing system having upright, profiled load-bearing means or supports ( 14 ,  15 ) and having transversely directed elements, such as transverse carriers, shelves, and clothes rails, supported thereon via connecting components ( 32 ,  36 ,  45 ), wherein:
 a) the load-bearing means or supports ( 14 ,  15 ) have a length and/or height and a profiled groove ( 16 ) continuing over the entire length and/or height,   b) the groove ( 16 ) has arranged in it a load-bearing profile ( 26 ) having spaced-apart retaining components, the retaining components being load-bearing bolts ( 28 ),   c) the transversely directed elements have arranged on them connecting components ( 32 ,  36 ) which correspond with the retaining components on the load-bearing profile ( 26 ) such that a releasable connection can be made between the transversely directed elements and the load bearing means or supports ( 14 ,  15 ).   
   
   
       2 . The load-bearing system as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the load-bearing profile ( 26 ), which is formed as a separate element, is an extruded profile made of plastic with a load-bearing web ( 27 ) which has the load-bearing bolts ( 28 ) and is directed towards the elements which are to be fitted. 
   
   
       3 . The load-bearing system as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising load-bearing components formed on the load-bearing profile ( 26 ), the load-bearing components being load-bearing bolts ( 28 ) which are directed transversely to the load-bearing web ( 27 ) and have sub-regions extending on either side of the load-bearing web ( 27 ) which runs centrally in the groove ( 16 ), the load-bearing profile ( 26 ) having a plurality of the load-bearing bolts ( 28 ) that are spaced apart from each other. 
   
   
       4 . The load-bearing system as claimed in  claim 2  wherein the load-bearing profile ( 26 ) comprises a base part for anchoring in a hollow profile of the load bearing means or supports ( 14 ,  15 ) and a transverse web ( 29 ), wherein the load-bearing profile ( 26 ) is of cross-sectionally T-shaped design. 
   
   
       5 . The load-bearing system as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the load bearing means or supports ( 14 ,  15 ) in the form of hollow profiles, wherein the open groove ( 16 ) in which the connecting components are arranged is formed along at least one periphery of the cross-sectionally rectangular hollow profiles whereby coupling components ( 32 ,  36 ,  45 ) for the transversely directed elements are accommodated predominantly or entirely within the groove ( 16 ). 
   
   
       6 . The load-bearing system as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein the coupling components ( 32 ,  36 ) are connecting components for connecting the transversely directed elements to the load bearing means or supports ( 14 ,  15 ), have a coupling part ( 33 ) with an obliquely directed recess ( 31 ) whereby the coupling part ( 33 ) of the connecting component ( 32 ,  36 ) is brought into hook-like engagement with the load-bearing bolt ( 28 ) of the load-bearing profile ( 26 ). 
   
   
       7 . The load-bearing system as claimed in  claim 6  wherein the transversely directed elements comprise a shelf ( 12 ), and in order to support the shelf ( 12 ), the connecting components ( 32 ) are connected to corner regions of the shelf ( 12 ) by means of profile components ( 34 ,  35 ) which are fitted on the peripheries of the shelf ( 12 ) and are supported on a respective one of the connecting component ( 32 ). 
   
   
       8 . The load-bearing system in particular as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein the load bearing means or supports ( 14 ,  15 ) are connected to one another by transverse carriers ( 37 ) and/or by crossmembers ( 43 ,  44 ), which are configured as hollow profiles with a cross-sectional shape identical or similar to the hollow profiles of the load bearing means or supports ( 14 ,  15 ), wherein the transverse carriers ( 37 ) and/or the crossmembers ( 43 ,  44 ) are connected to the load-bearing profile ( 26 ), or the load-bearing bolts ( 28 ), by the connecting components ( 36 ,  45 ) or are connected directly to the load bearing means or supports ( 14 ,  15 ) which are accommodated entirely in the grooves ( 16 ) of the load bearing means or supports ( 14 ,  15 ), on the one hand, and of the transverse carriers ( 37 ) and/or the crossmembers ( 43 ,  44 ) on the other hand. 
   
   
       9 . The load-bearing system as claimed in  claim 8  comprising a plurality of the crossmembers ( 43 ,  44 ), wherein a top crossmember ( 43 ) and a bottom crossmember ( 44 ) are arranged between two of the load bearing means or supports ( 14 ,  15 ) that are adjacent to each other and are connected thereto, wherein the connecting components ( 45 ) are of angular design with a headpiece ( 46 ), which enters into the groove ( 16 ) of the upright load bearing means or supports ( 14 ,  15 ) and is anchored therein by screws ( 42 ), and with a horizontal leg ( 38 ), which enters into the groove ( 16 ) and is anchored therein. 
   
   
       10 . The load-bearing system as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein the transverse carriers ( 37 ) for accommodating the transversely directed elements are arranged between the adjacent load bearing menas or supports ( 14 ,  15 ) and are connected by means of the connecting components ( 36 ) to the load-bearing profile ( 26 ) of the load bearing means or supports ( 14 ,  15 ) and/or to one of the load-bearing bolts ( 28 ), wherein the connecting component ( 36 ) is angular and has an upright leg ( 38 ) located in the groove ( 16 ) of the load bearing menas or supports ( 14 ,  15 ) and has a coupling part ( 41 ), containing an obliquely directed recess ( 31 ), suspended on the load-bearing bolt ( 28 ), and a horizontal load-bearing leg ( 40 ) is anchored in the downwardly oriented groove ( 16 ) of the transverse carrier ( 37 ) by means of the screw ( 39 ). 
   
   
       11 . The load-bearing system as claimed in  claim 1  wherein two lateral load-bearing frameworks ( 10 ,  11 ) with the load bearing means or supports ( 14 ,  15 ) are connected to a wall of a building via an anchoring component, the anchoring component being a holder ( 51 ), wherein the holder ( 51 ) has a U-shaped retaining part, the U-shaped retaining part being a claw ( 52 ) which encloses the wall-side support ( 14 ). 
   
   
       12 . The load-bearing system as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the load bearing menas or supports ( 14 ,  15 ) are supported on the ground by adjustable supporting feet ( 47 ), wherein the adjustable supporting feet ( 47 ) are mounted in a rotatable manner by means of threaded bolts ( 48 ) in a load-bearing plate ( 49 ) fastened on the underside of the load bearing means or support ( 14 ,  15 ). 
   
   
       13 . The load-bearing system as claimed in  claim 1  wherein a bottom region of the load bearing means or supports ( 14 ,  15 ), in the region of an adjustable supporting foot ( 47 ), has arranged in it a sleeve ( 50 ) which encloses a respective one of the load bearing means or support ( 14 ,  15 ) in the bottom region and butts against the floor irrespective of the position of the load bearing means or support ( 14 ,  15 ). 
   
   
       14 . The load-bearing system as claimed in  claim 1  further comprising a clothes rail ( 13 ) in the form of a round hollow profile, with a circular cross section and with a plurality of channels ( 53 ,  54 ) which run within the clothes rail ( 13 ), in the longitudinal direction of the same, and are for accommodating functional components. 
   
   
       15 . The load-bearing system as claimed in  claim 14  wherein one of the plurality of channels ( 53 ,  54 ) is a top channel ( 53 ) having arranged in it an elastic profile ( 58 ) which has an upright web ( 59 ) projecting through a top longitudinal slot ( 56 ) of the clothes rail ( 13 ) and serves as a support for clothes hangers. 
   
   
       16 . The load-bearing system as claimed in  claim 14  wherein one of the plurality of channels ( 53 ,  54 ) is a bottom channel ( 54 ) having a light system ( 61 ) arranged in the bottom channel ( 54 ) and having light cables and light elements directed downward in the region of a downwardly oriented longitudinal recess ( 57 ) in the wall of the clothes rail ( 13 ).