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Granted Patent B2
US 7,121,417 · App. 10/866,162 · Granted Oct 17, 2006

Fastening device

Assignee: Elfa International AB
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Patent No.
US 7,121,417
App. No.
10/866,162
Granted
Oct 17, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fastening device is for detachable suspension of baskets, paper roll holders, sets of hooks, etc. from a carrier element attached to a wall or door. The fastening device is integrated with the basket, etc. and is adapted to be hooked into slots or through holes in the carrier element. The fastening device includes a central portion with a cross-section corresponding to the cross-section of the central portion of the carrier element. The central portion is substantially U-shaped and includes a base portion and a pair of leg portions extending from the base portion and is formed in one piece with the base portion. The fastening device surroundingly engages the outer periphery of the carrier element, and is insertedly arranged in the basket, etc. The base portion has at least one hook element for releasable engagement with a slot or a through hole in the carrier element.

Claims (20)

1. A fastening device for detachable suspension of baskets, paper roll holders, sets of hooks from a carrier element attached to a wall or door, said fastening device being integrated with the basket, the set of hooks and adapted to be hooked into slots or through holes in the carrier element and said fastening device comprising a central portion with a cross-section corresponding to the cross-section of the central portion of the carrier element, wherein the central portion of the fastening device is essentially U-shaped and comprises a base portion and a pair of leg portions extending from the base portion and formed in one piece with the base portion, the fastening device being adapted to surroundingly engage the outer periphery of the carrier element, that the fastening device is insertedly arranged in the basket, the set of hooks, and that the base portion of the fastening device has at least one hook element for releasable engagement with a slot or a through hole in the carrier element.

2. A fastening device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said at least one hook element is arranged adjacent to the upper portion of the basket, the set of hooks, and that a U-shaped recess is insertedly arranged in the lower portion of the basket, the set of hooks, said recess surrounding the carrier element.

3. A fastening device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the leg portions and the base portion of the fastening device are formed integrally with the basket, the set of hooks, and that at least one hook element is fixedly attached to the base portion.

4. A fastening device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the fastening device comprises at least two separate hook elements which are aligned with each other in the longitudinal direction of the fastening device.

5. A fastening device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the leg portions and the base portion of the fastening device are formed integrally with the basket, the set of hooks, and that at least one hook element is fixedly attached to the base portion.

6. A fastening device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein a substantially U-shaped hook device is fixedly attached to the base portion of the fastening device, a hook element being formed at each free end of the hook device.

7. A fastening device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the fastening device comprises at least two separate hook elements which are aligned with each other in the longitudinal direction of the fastening device.

8. A fastening device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the fastening device comprises at least two separate hook elements which are aligned with each other in the longitudinal direction of the fastening device.

9. A fastening device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the hook element is arranged at a distance from the base portion of the fastening device.

10. A fastening device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the fastening device comprises at least two separate hook elements which are aligned with each other in the longitudinal direction of the fastening device.

11. A fastening device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the leg portions and the base portion of the fastening device are made of a metal sheet bent in U shape and fixedly attached to the basket, the set of hooks, in a recess thereof, and from which metal sheet at least one tongue projecting from the base portion is formed, said tongue constituting said hook element.

12. A fastening device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the metal sheet bent in U shape also comprises a pair of flanges, which project perpendicularly from the free end of the respective leg portions and which are integrally formed with said metal sheet, and that the basket, the set of hooks is fixedly attached to said flanges.

13. A fastening device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein said tongue is integrally formed with the base portion of the fastening device, extends essentially parallel with the base portion and is terminated with an end directed away from the base portion and forming an acute angle thereto.

14. A fastening device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the fastening device comprises at least two separate hook elements which are aligned with each other in the longitudinal direction of the fastening device.

15. A fastening device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein said tongue is integrally formed with the base portion of the fastening device, extends essentially parallel with the base portion and is terminated with an end directed away from the base portion and forming an acute angle thereto.

16. A fastening device as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the tongue adjacent to said angled portion is arranged at a shorter distance from the base portion than is the rest of the portion of the tongue, which is essentially parallel with the base portion.

17. A fastening device as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the fastening device comprises at least two separate hook elements which are aligned with each other in the longitudinal direction of the fastening device.

18. A fastening device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein said tongue is formed with a hook-shaped end which is directed towards the base portion and adapted to be hooked into a slot or a hole above or below the slot or hole into which the hook element is inserted when suspending the basket, the set of hooks.

19. A fastening device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the fastening device comprises at least two separate hook elements which are aligned with each other in the longitudinal direction of the fastening device.

20. A fastening device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fastening device comprises at least two separate hook elements which are aligned with each other in the longitudinal direction of the fastening device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 14, 2004
From: MAGNUSSON, REINE; NILSSON, PETER
To: ELFA INTERNATIONAL AB
Reel/Frame 015481/0053 →
Priority Claims (1)
SE 0301849 · Jun 25, 2003 · national
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 6048212000 · Jun 25, 2003
Related Publication 20050011844A1 · Jan 20, 2005