IP Library Granted Patent US 7,178,769
Granted Patent B2
US 7,178,769 · App. 10/868,038 · Granted Feb 20, 2007

Suspension device

Assignee: Elfa International AB
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Patent No.
US 7,178,769
App. No.
10/868,038
Granted
Feb 20, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device for detachable suspension of baskets, shelves, paper roll holders etc. from a door or the like, includes a carrier element with through slots or holes for holding the baskets, shelves etc., a first fastener and a second fastener, which fasteners carry the carrier element and are adapted to be fixed to the door or the like. Each of the first and second fasteners comprises an L-shaped element with a first leg, which is adapted to be engaged with one edge side of the door and its opposite edge side, respectively, and a second leg, to which the carrier element is fixed in suspension. A first hook portion is movably attached to the second leg of the first fastener, and a second hook portion is immovably attached to the second leg of the second fastener. By moving the first hook portion away from the second hook portion, the carrier element is clamped to the door.

Claims (23)

1. A device for detachable suspension of baskets, shelves, paper roll holders etc. from a door or the like, comprising;

a carrier element with through slots or holes for holding the baskets, shelves etc.,

a first fastener and a second fastener, which fasteners carry the carrier element and are adapted to be fixed to the door or the like,

wherein each of the first and second fasteners comprises an L-shaped element with a first leg which is adapted to be engaged with one edge side of the door and the opposite edge side, respectively, and a second leg to which the carrier element is fixed in suspension,

a first hook portion is movably attached to the second leg of the first fastener, the movable first hook portion is screwably engaged with a bolt, which is rotatably supported in a through hole in a supporting element fixedly attached to the second leg of the first fastener, essentially perpendicular to said second leg, and the first hook portion is arranged to be inserted into the associated slot or hole in the carrier element, whereby, after positioning the fasteners and tightening the bolt, the carrier element will be suspended from the door.

2. A device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first hook portion is a substantially U-shaped element which is fixedly attached to a nut screwably engaged with said bolt, that the U-shaped element at its free ends has projections directed towards the supporting element, and that the head of the bolt rests on a supporting element surface which is positioned opposite to said nut.

3. A device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a second hook portion is immovably attached to the second leg of the second fastener and is arranged to be inserted into the associated slot or hole in the carrier element.

4. A device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each fastener is made of a metal sheet essentially bent in L shape.

5. A device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the supporting element of the first fastener is a block which is fixedly attached perpendicularly to the second leg of the first fastener and whose through hole is directed towards the second fastener when the carrier element is mounted.

6. A device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the hook portion of the second fastener is integrally formed with the second leg of the second fastener and comprises projections which are arranged essentially at right angles to said second leg and which are directed essentially towards the first leg of the second fastener.

7. A device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the hook portion of the second fastener also comprises a T-shaped portion, which is arranged at a distance from said hook portion which essentially corresponds to the distance between two slots or holes in the longitudinal direction of the carrier element and which has its greatest length in the longitudinal direction of the hook portion which is greater than the length of the slots or holes in the longitudinal direction of the carrier element.

8. A device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first leg of at least one fastener extends over the edge side of the door and is terminated with a third leg which is essentially parallel to the second leg of the fastener and which in mounting is arranged at the side of the door opposite to the side of the door at which the second leg is positioned.

9. A device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first leg of at least one fastener extends wholly or partly over the edge side of the door and has at least one through hole for screwing the fastener to the edge side of the door.

10. A device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first leg of at least one fastener has a point formation adapted to be pressed into the edge side of the door for fixing the fastener to the door.

11. A device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein a second hook portion is immovably attached to the second leg of the second fastener and is arranged to be inserted into the associated slot or hole in the carrier element.

12. A device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein each fastener is made of a metal sheet essentially bent in L shape.

13. A device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein each fastener is made of a metal sheet essentially bent in L shape.

14. A device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the hook portion of the second fastener is integrally formed with the second leg of the second fastener and comprises projections which are arranged essentially at right angles to said second leg and which are directed essentially towards the first leg of the second fastener.

15. A device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the first leg of at least one fastener extends over the edge side of the door and is terminated with a third leg which is essentially parallel to the second leg of the fastener and which in mounting is arranged at the side of the door opposite to the side of the door at which the second leg is positioned.

16. A device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the first leg of at least one fastener extends over the edge side of the door and is terminated with a third leg which is essentially parallel to the second leg of the fastener and which in mounting is arranged at the side of the door opposite to the side of the door at which the second leg is positioned.

17. A device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the first leg of at least one fastener extends wholly or partly over the edge side of the door and has at least one through hole for screwing the fastener to the edge side of the door.

18. A device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the first leg of at least one fastener extends wholly or partly over the edge side of the door and has at least one through hole for screwing the fastener to the edge side of the door.

19. A device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the first leg of at least one fastener has a point formation adapted to be pressed into the edge side of the door for fixing the fastener to the door.

Assignments (9)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 8, 2026
From: ACQUIOM AGENCY SERVICES LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: THE CONTAINER STORE, INC.; C STUDIO MANUFACTURING LLC
Reel/Frame 075997/0211 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2025
From: THE CONTAINER STORE, INC.; C STUDIO MANUFACTURING LLC
To: ECLIPSE BUSINESS CAPITAL LLC, AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 070044/0272 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2025
From: THE CONTAINER STORE, INC.; C STUDIO MANUFACTURING LLC
To: ACQUIOM AGENCY SERVICES LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 070054/0625 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COLLATERAL (RF 028088/0329) Recorded Jan 28, 2025
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., A NATIONAL BANKING ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: THE CONTAINER STORE, INC.
Reel/Frame 070033/0268 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COLLATERAL (RF 028199/0912) Recorded Dec 24, 2024
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., A NATIONAL BANKING ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: THE CONTAINER STORE, INC.
Reel/Frame 069773/0121 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 2, 2012
From: CONTAINER STORE, INC., THE
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 028199/0912 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 19, 2012
From: CONATINER STORE, INC., THE
To: JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 028088/0329 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 6, 2008
From: ELFA INTERNATIONAL AB, A SWEDISH CORPORATION
To: THE CONTAINER STORE, INC., A TEXAS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021794/0564 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2004
From: MAGNUSSON, REINE; NILSSON, PETER
To: ELFA INTERNATIONAL AB
Reel/Frame 015481/0434 →
Priority Claims (1)
SE 0301848 · Jun 25, 2003 · national
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 6048212100 · Jun 25, 2003
Related Publication 20050006541A1 · Jan 13, 2005