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Granted Patent B2
US 12,329,276 · App. 18/125,097 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Shelf

Inventor: Erkan Soytürk (Weilheim, DE)
Assignee: Zarges GmbH
A47B57/20A47B57/48
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Patent No.
US 12,329,276
App. No.
18/125,097
Granted
Jun 17, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A shelf is provided including shelf frames having hole lines, in particular formed by one front and one rear bar each and comprising pull-out rails which extend substantially horizontally along one shelf frame each, in particular from a front bar to a rear bar, and are mounted thereon via a front rail holder and via a rear rail holder. An upper and a lower hook pin are formed on each rail holder, which hook pins are intended for engagement in holes of the hole lines and engage behind wall regions adjacent to the holes, in particular bar wall regions. The upper hook pin of the rear rail holder points upwards. The lower hook pin of the rear rail holder points upwards.

Claims (25)

1. A shelf, comprising:

shelf frames having hole lines formed by one front and one rear bar each and comprising pull-out rails which extend substantially horizontally along one shelf frame each from a front bar to a rear bar, and are mounted thereon via a front rail holder and via a rear rail holder,

wherein an upper and a lower hook pin are formed on each rail holder, which hook pins are intended for engagement in holes of the hole lines and engage behind wall regions adjacent to the holes, or bar wall regions,

wherein the upper hook pin of the rear rail holder points upwards,

wherein the lower hook pin of the rear rail holder points upwards, and

wherein a vertical protrusion of a hook of the lower hook pin with respect to a pin portion is between 2% and 18% of the diameter of the pin portion.

2. The shelf according to claim 1 , wherein the hooks of the upper hook pins are longer than the hooks of the lower hook pins.

3. The shelf according to claim 1 , wherein pin portions of the hook pins extend in and pass through the holes, and

wherein the hooks of the hook pins extend distally from the pin portions.

4. The shelf according to claim 3 , wherein the hooks terminate at hook end faces and the pin portions each have pin mating faces opposite the hooks, and

wherein for lower hook pins the distance between end face and mating face is less than the diameter of the holes.

5. The shelf according to claim 4 , wherein for upper hook pins the distance between end face and mating face is greater than the diameter of the holes.

6. The shelf according to claim 1 , wherein the distance between the hook pins of a rail holder corresponds to the distance between adjacent holes of the hole lines, and hook pins of a rail holder can be fixed in the adjacent holes by inserting the upper hook pins, lifting the rail holders and inserting the lower hook pins in the bars.

7. The shelf according to claim 1 , wherein the upper hook pin of the front rail holder points upwards and/or the lower hook pin of the front rail holder points downwards.

8. The shelf according to claim 1 , wherein the pin portion of the lower hook pin has a clearance with respect to the hole of at least one between of 3% and 20%, between 6% and 13%, and around 9%, of its diameter.

9. The shelf according to claim 1 , wherein the lower hook pin extends at the level of a support leg supporting the pull-out rail, and/or

wherein the rail holder has an L-shaped cross section.

10. The shelf according to claim 1 , wherein the pull-out rail is configured as a multi-part telescopic rail, the pull-out length of which corresponds to or is greater than the distance between the front and rear bars.

11. The shelf according to claim 1 , wherein a right-hand pull-out rail supports a pull-out on the right and a left-hand pull-out rail on the left, and

wherein the respectively associated rail holders are configured to be mirror-symmetrical with respect to one another.

12. The shelf according to claim 11 , wherein the pull-out can be loaded with a weight which corresponds to a multiple, or at least six times, the torsional resistance force of each pull-out rail in the unmounted state which the latter opposes to a torsional force.

13. A rail holder on which an upper and a lower hook pin are configured which are intended for engagement into holes of hole lines and which engage behind wall regions adjacent to the holes,

wherein the upper hook pin of the rail holder points upwards,

wherein the lower hook pin of the rail holder points upwards, and

wherein a vertical protrusion of a hook of the lower hook pin with respect to a pin portion is between 2% and 18% of the diameter of the pin portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 25, 2025
From: SOYTÜRK, ERKAN
To: ZARGES GMBH
Reel/Frame 070327/0431 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 20 2022 101 496.5 · Mar 22, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230301428A1 · Sep 28, 2023
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