# US 2010/0140199 A1 · Holder for box-shaped articles of different sizes > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2010/0140199 A1 - Document ID: US20100140199A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 12/444,438 - Filed: 2007-10-04 - Published: 2010-06-10 - Earliest claimed: 2006-10-05 - Inventors: Jørgen Holberg Fenger - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20100140199A1 ## CPC - G11B 33/0483: {for single disc boxes} - A47B 81/068: {Cassette cabinets or the like} - A47F 5/08: secured to the wall, ceiling, or the like; Wall-bracket display devices - A47F 7/14: for pictures, e.g. in combination with books or seed-bags {; for cards, magazines, newspapers, books or booklike articles, e.g. audio/video cassettes (racks or containers with dispensing arrangements A47F1/04; for cardboard panels, e.g. posters, A47F7/0042)} - G11B: INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER (recording measured values in a way that does not require playback through a transducer G01D9/00; recording or playback apparatus using mechanically marked tape, e.g. punched paper tape, or using unit records, e.g. punched or magnetically marked cards G06K; transferring data from one type of record carrier to another G06K1/18; circuits for coupling output of reproducer to radio receiver H04B1/20; gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers or circuits therefor H04R) - A47B: TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE (furniture jointing F16B) - A47F: SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS ## Abstract A holder or rack for storing and displaying a plurality of flat box-shaped articles, such as e.g. tiles, cassettes or covers for in particular boxes, DVDs or BLU-RAYs, in a substantially vertical and mutual parallel arrangement, comprising at least two mutual parallel and laterally extending rigid beams spaced one above the other in the vertical direction by at least one rigid spacer member, the upper of said beams has a downward extending flange portion providing an upper abutment stop for the articles and the lower of said beams has an upward extending flange portion providing a lower abutment stop for the articles, each of said beams has on its front side a substantially horizontal and laterally extending projection defining a vertical gap between itself and the other projection, the lower horizontal projection has a substantially smooth and planar horizontal top surface defining a support ledge for a lower corner of a vertically oriented flat box-shaped article and the upper horizontal projection has an underside provided with a laterally extending groove adapted to receive and retain an elongated rubber-elastic member having in cross section a wedge-shaped lip portion projecting substantially vertical downwards from the underside of said upper horizontal projection when inserted and retained in said groove so as to form a grip or barb retaining an upper corner of a vertically oriented flat box-shaped article pushed into the gap between the upper and lower horizontal projections, which holder is characterised in that said at least one rigid spacer member is provided with means for adjusting the vertical distance between the upper and lower horizontal projections so as to adapt the gap between them to the particular vertical size of the type of flat box-shaped article to be stored in said holder or rack. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A holder or rack for storing and displaying a plurality of flat box-shaped articles, such as e.g. tiles, cassettes or covers for in particular boxes, DVDs or BLU-RAYs, in a substantially vertical and mutual parallel arrangement, comprising at least two mutual parallel and laterally extending rigid beams spaced one above the other in the vertical direction by at least one rigid spacer member, the upper of said beams has a downward extending flange portion providing an upper abutment stop for the articles and the lower of said beams has an upward extending flange portion providing a lower abutment stop for the articles, each of said beams has on its front side a substantially horizontal and laterally extending projection defining a vertical gap between itself and the other projection, the lower horizontal projection has a substantially smooth and planar horizontal top surface defining a support ledge for a lower corner of a vertically oriented flat box-shaped article and the upper horizontal projection has an underside provided with a laterally extending groove adapted to receive and retain an elongated rubber-elastic member having in cross section a wedge-shaped lip portion projecting substantially vertical downwards from the underside of said upper horizontal projection when inserted and retained in said groove so as to form a grip or barb retaining an upper corner of a vertically oriented flat box-shaped article pushed into the gap between the upper and lower horizontal projections, characterised in that said at least one rigid spacer member is provided with means for adjusting the vertical distance between the upper and lower horizontal projections so as to adapt the gap between them to the particular vertical size of the type of flat box-shaped article to be stored in said holder or rack. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A holder or rack according to claim 1, characterised in that said at least one rigid spacer member is provided at the rear side of the beams. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) A holder or rack according to claim 1, characterised in that each beam is provided with means for receiving and retaining the head of at least one screw or bolt and that said at least one rigid spacer member is provided with at least one vertically arranged row of bores comprising at least three bores vertically spaced at definite distances corresponding to a desired size of the gap between the upper and lower horizontal projections. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) A holder or rack according to claim 1, characterised in that each beam is provided with means for receiving and retaining the heads of at least two laterally spaced screws or bolts and that said at least one rigid spacer member is provided with at least one vertically arranged row of bores comprising at least three bores vertically spaced at definite distances corresponding to a desired size of the gap between the upper and lower horizontal projections. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) A holder or rack according to claim 1, characterised in that each beam is provided with means for receiving and retaining the heads of at least two laterally spaced screws or bolts and that said at least one rigid spacer member is provided with at least two laterally spaced, vertically arranged rows of bores, each row comprising at least three bores vertically spaced at definite distances corresponding to a desired size of the gap between the upper and lower horizontal projections. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) A holder or rack according to claim 3, characterised in that said means for receiving and retaining the head of at least one screw or bolt is provided on the rear side of each beam. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) A holder or rack according to claim 3, characterised in that each row of bores comprises at least four bores vertically spaced at definite distances so that the gap between the upper and lower horizontal projections can be adjusted to receive flat box-shaped articles of at least three different vertical sizes. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) A holder or rack according to claim 1, characterised in that each beam is provided with a laterally extending horizontal projection on its rear side, said projection being provided with a laterally extending undercut groove for receiving and retaining the head of one or more screws or bolts at selected positions corresponding to the positions of the rows of bores in the spacer member into which the shafts of the screws or bolts are to be introduced and fixed by a nut. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) A holder or rack according to claim 8, characterised in that the underside of said rear side projection is hook-shaped in cross section so as to form a downward facing groove forming a suspension basis for the holder or rack, to be engaged with an opposite facing hook-shaped mounting member fixed onto a wall. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) A holder or rack according to claim 1, characterised in that the upper beam has at its lower flange edge a laterally extending groove or channel for receiving and retaining an upper edge of an ornamental sheet, foil or plate and that the lower beam has at its upper flange edge a laterally extending groove or channel for receiving and retaining a lower edge of said ornamental sheet, foil or plate so that said sheet, foil or plate covers and hide those portions of the spacer member(s) which are not covered and hidden by the beams. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) A holder or rack according to claim 1, characterised in that each beam, upper and lower, is of identical shape or form and, thus, are interchangeable. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) A holder or rack according to claim 1, characterised in that each beam has both upper and lower vertically extending flanges provided with laterally extending beads forming stops for upper and lower edge portions of a flat box-shaped article pushed into the gap between the upper and lower horizontal front projections. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) A holder or rack according to claim 1, characterised in that said elongated rubber-elastic member has two opposite wedge-shaped lip portions, one of which is longer than the other and has an oblique inclination toward the front side of the beams when inserted into the laterally extending groove in the front side projection of the upper beam, whereas the shorter lip is directed substantially vertically downward. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) A holder or rack according to claim 1, characterised in that the front side projection on each beam has the form of a hollow oblong cylinder capable of accommodating the non-protruding portion of the rubber-elastic member. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) A holder or rack according to claim 1, characterised in that the innermost portion of the upper surface of the front side projection on at least the lower beam is slightly inclined downward. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) A holder or rack according to claim 1, characterised in comprising at least three mutual parallel laterally extending rigid beams spaced above each others' so as to define at least two vertical gaps between their front side horizontal projections, optionally of different vertical sizes. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) A holder or rack according to claim 1, characterised in that it comprises at least two rigid spacer members spaced apart in the lateral direction, each of said members has the form of a rod, a rail, a bar, a flat or profiled plate, e.g. angled, T- or U-shaped. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) A holder or rack according to claim 1, characterised in that the beams are produced from an extruded elongate metal blank, preferably aluminium or an aluminium alloy.