Supports: racks – Special article – Recorded music type
Patent
1998-11-24
2000-09-12
Gibson, Jr., Robert W.
Supports: racks
Special article
Recorded music type
211194, D6407, 312 99, 2063081, A47F 700
Patent
active
061164321
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a mounting for rectangular, flat objects, particularly for CD cases and video cassettes. Moreover, the invention also relates to various uses of the mounting according to the invention.
Mountings for accommodating, storing or archiving rectangular objects, such as CD cases and video cassettes, are familiar in the form of rack systems of various configurations, where the parts can be mounted horizontally or vertically. A rack system of this kind is described in DE-PS 42 43 540, for example.
Different types of mountings and/or supporting elements are used in these rack systems, these being fastened to guide sections in detachable fashion and capable of being displaced in their longitudinal direction. In this way, it is possible during archiving, for example, to insert new CD cases with additional mounting at any point in the rack system.
In the familiar rack system, however, the number of mountings is limited by the length of the guide sections. Moreover, the individual mountings are relatively complicated to manufacture, owing to the need for fastening elements for fastening the mountings to the guide sections.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The familiar rack system also requires a relatively large amount of space, as the individual objects to be stored are a certain distance apart, so that they can easily be removed from the mountings.
The invention is based on the task of creating a mounting for rectangular, flat objects which is inexpensive to manufacture, in which the objects to be held can be stored without intermediate gaps and where the objects can be removed conveniently without having to perform additional manipulations on the mountings.
According to the invention, this task is solved by an open frame consisting of opposite side legs a certain distance apart and a transverse leg connecting the side legs, these forming an approximately U-shaped holder, where the inner edges of the opposite side legs are parallel to each other, at least over a major portion of their length, and the distance between the parallel part of the inner edges of the side legs corresponds to an edge length of the object to be held, and where the length of at least one inner edge of a side leg is shorter than the other edge length of the object to be held.
As a result of the geometrical relationships of the inner edges of the side legs in relation to each other and in relation to the objects to be held, CD cases, for example, lie in a slightly tilted position relative to the vertical or horizontal inside the mounting. In this context, they project beyond the front face of the mounting, at least on one side, as the length of at least one inner edge of a side leg is shorter than the edge length of the object to be held. This results in a projecting corner, which makes it easy to remove the CD case.
The outer contour of the mounting according to the invention can essentially be selected at will. In an advantageous embodiment of the invention, however, the open frame is designed as a U-shaped angular frame. In this case, the outer edges and the opposite inner edges of the side legs are parallel to each other, at least over a major portion of their length, and the outer edges of the side legs form a right angle with the outer edge of the transverse leg. In this context, the inner edge and the outer edge of each side leg are non-parallel.
as the outer edges of the three legs are interconnected at right angles in this configuration, the mounting can be set up in space-saving manner against the rear wall of a cupboard shelf, a drawer or an open shelf.
In the configuration as per claim 3, where the inner edges of the side legs additionally form right angles with the inner edge of the transverse leg and the inner edge of the transverse leg is not parallel to its outer edge, the rectangular objects to be held can be pushed flush against the inner edge of the rear transverse leg, so that the rear area of the outer contour of the object to be held is surrounded by the frame according to th
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