A storage system comprises a shelf ( 5 ) supported by a cantilevered bracket ( 4 ) and a connector element ( 6 ), connecting the bracket ( 4 ) with the shelf ( 5 ). The bracket ( 4 ) has a U-shaped cross-section. The connector element ( 6 ) comprises an insert ( 9 ), which is arranged inside the U-shaped cross-section of the bracket ( 4 ) and a dowel ( 10 ), which extends from the insert ( 9 ) into the shelf ( 5 ).
1. A storage system comprising a shelf supported by a cantilevered bracket having a U-shaped cross-section formed two sides joined by a curved bottom portion, and a connector element that is elongated along a longitudinal axis and connects the bracket with the shelf, the connector element comprising an insert that is arranged inside the U-shaped cross-section of the bracket and extends along the longitudinal axis and a dowel that extends along the longitudinal axis from the insert into the shelf.
2. The storage system according to claim 1 , wherein the insert of the connector element extends between the curved bottom portion of the bracket and an upper end of each the two sides of the U-shaped bracket.
3. The storage system according to claim 1 , wherein a bore in the shelf is provided with a coupling sleeve for receiving the dowel, extending along the longitudinal axis of the connector element.
4. The storage system according to claim 3 , wherein the coupling sleeve comprises circumferentially extending ribs for contact with the inside of the bore in the supported shelf.
5. The storage system according to claim 4 , wherein the coupling sleeve comprises a plurality of longitudinally extending tabs, which are spaced apart circumferentially.
6. The storage system according to claim 5 , wherein the coupling sleeve comprises a bead on each tab and the dowel comprises a narrowed region for snap-fastening interaction with the tabs.
7. The storage system according to claim 1 , wherein the insert has laterally extending flanges with outer shapes that are complementary to an inner cross section of the bracket.
8. The storage system according claim 1 , wherein a first end of the insert has an outer profile which is complementary to a curved inner profile of the curved bottom portion of the U-shaped bracket.
9. The storage system according to claim 1 , wherein a first end of the insert, at the curved bottom portion of the bracket, has a receiving socket for a lock plug.
10. The storage system according to claim 9 , wherein the receiving socket is arranged in a direction that is to the curved bottom region of the bracket.
11. The storage system according to claim 9 , wherein the receiving socket is surrounded by a protruding area, such that the insert is guided into a position in a fixing hole in the bracket.
12. The storage system according to claim 9 , wherein the lock plug comprises a shaft and a head, the head having a curvature corresponding to an outer curvature of the curved bottom portion of the U-shaped bracket.
13. The storage system according to claim 1 , the system including at least a lock plug, for keeping the connector element in place, and a coupling sleeve, for receiving the dowel, wherein any one or more of the connector element, the coupling sleeve, and the lock plug are manufactured by injection molding.