Kit of a hanging system
AssigneeInter IKEA Systems B.V.
InventorsDavid Wahl, Bo Zhang
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Abstract
A kit of a hanging system includes one or more rails, one or more locking elements, one or more connecting pieces, and one or more ceiling attachments. The kit may be used for hanging curtains from a rail. Each locking element and each connecting piece are either used separately or together. Each ceiling attachment is used with a locking element. The locking element is either used to connect two rails to each other or to attach the connecting piece to the rail and to lock the connecting piece in a desired position on the rail.
Claims20
A kit of a hanging system, the hanging system comprises one or more rails, wherein the kit comprises one or more locking elements, one or more connecting pieces, and one or more ceiling attachments, wherein each locking element and each connecting piece are either used separately or together and each ceiling attachment is used together with a locking element,
- wherein the locking element is received in said one rail or in two rails to connect said two rails to each other and wherein the locking element is lockable in a desired position along the rail,
- wherein each of said rail has parallel walls projecting from a partition of the rail, which walls have edges at the free ends and which edges are directed towards each other and are arranged perpendicular to the projecting walls, wherein a distance is formed between the edges,
- wherein the locking element is placed between the partition and the edges of the walls, and wherein the locking element is pressed between the partition and the edges of the walls in a locked condition for the locking element.
A locking element of a hanging system, the locking element comprising at least one arm at one end of a central part and that the central part has an elongated through opening,
- wherein said each arm is connected to the central part by means of a spindle, and
- wherein the arm has a stop cam at the connection to the central part, which stop cam will project below the central part when the arm is in a horizontal position, parallel with the central part, and which said stop cam will be on level with the central part when the arm is in a vertical position.
A connecting piece of a hanging system comprising a plate, a rod and a disc, that the plate and disc are placed at opposite ends of the rod, that the disc has an outer diameter exceeding an outer diameter of the rod and that the plate is connected to a spindle at an upper part of the rod in such a way that the plate may be turned on the spindle.
A ceiling attachment of a hanging system comprising a house and an attachment element and that the house comprises a through opening for receiving a screw,
- wherein the house comprises a flat part, two side walls at opposite sides of the flat part and two flanges at the side walls opposite the flat part,
- wherein the side walls are perpendicular to the flat part and the flanges, respectively, wherein the through opening is placed in the middle of the flat part, wherein each flange has a curved recess,
- wherein the curved recesses are placed opposite each other in the area of the through opening of the flat part, and
- wherein a groove for receiving the attachment element is formed between the free edges of the flanges.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.