Supports: racks – Special article – Book support type
Patent
1989-10-24
1991-08-27
Friedman, Carl D.
Supports: racks
Special article
Book support type
211 41, 211170, A47B 6500
Patent
active
050426729
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The invention relates to a storage system for magazines, leaflets and the like, comprising a plurality of storage boxes and a holder therefor.
At present, storage systems for magazines consist of magazine boxes and a bookcase on the shelves of which the boxes are placed. The boxes are upwardly open. When one wishes to find a magazine in a box and take it out, the box is first removed from the shelf and put on a table or the like. The alternative of tilting the box out of the shelf to make the opening accessible, or taking the box down from the shelf and holding it against one's chest, is impractical because this leaves only one hand free to remove the magazine. Also if one proceeds as first above mentioned, one hand must sometimes be used for holding the box, for example when the magazine has been found and is to be removed from the box.
The object of the invention is to provide a storage system where these drawbacks are eliminated, i.e. a system which allows storage of the magazines in superposed boxes arranged on planar surfaces and open at the top, but which allows searching for and removing of a magazine while using both hands. The system shall further allow the boxes to be moved in a practical and simple manner.
These objects are achieved by means of a system according to the claims.
The invention will now be described in greater detail with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings which illustrate an embodiment.
In these Figures, the system according to the invention is shown in cross-section, the box being partly broken away. The box 1 which can be of conventional type for storage of magazines, is mounted in a suitable manner on an attachment plate 2 which is wider than the box. A plurality of identical boxes are pivotably mounted on a support section 3 which is mounted horizontally between two end walls by means of attachment holes 3a. Pivotability is achieved by means of a hinge formed of a sleeve 4 which is arranged at the lower side of the attachment plate and whose bottom portion is slit, and a rib 5. The rib or hinge pin 5 has, at its bottom, a connection 6 with a cradle 7 which at the front side of the system merges with a first stop surface 8 making an angle of about 35-40.degree., preferably about 40.degree., with the horizontal plane, and which at the rear side of the system merges with a second stop surface 9 making an angle of about 93.degree. with the vertical plane. The stop surfaces 8, 9 define the end positions of the pivot movement of the box: the first stop surface defines a swung-out position (FIG. 2) in which the box contents are easily get-at-able through the box top, and a swung-in storage position (FIG. 1).
The inside of the sleeve has the form of a circular arc extending through more than 180.degree.. The outside of its front wall 4a is convexly arcuate and corresponds to the cradle inner surface which thus is concavely arcuate. The cradle 7 forms together with the pin 5 a channel 11 extending to the connection 6 and having a width adapted to receive the sleeve wall 4a with a close-running fit when the box is pivoted to its swung-out position. The close-running fit causes the box to pivot accurately and without play. The pin 5 has the form of a circular segment extending through more than 180.degree., and its straight segment surface is vertical and facing forwardly and so large that the free end of the sleeve front wall 4a goes clear thereof when the box has taken its swung-in position. Thus, the box can be released from the hinge joint in this position, but only in this position.
The inside of the sleeve rear wall 4b is extended tangentially by a straight portion which, in the swung-in position of the box, rests against the corresponding vertical rear portion of the connection 6. The interaction of the outside of the extended portion with an abutment 12 extending inwardly from the rear part of the cradle 7, renders it difficult to accidentally disconnect the box from the hinge joint in the swung-in position of the box.
In a variant, a stop member protrudes fr
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Mehlin Per-Erland
Palsson Leif
Berger Derek J.
BTJ Produkter AB
Friedman Carl D.
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