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US 4,186,666 AGranted
Wall unit
OwnerReuben Honickmaninventor
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The disclosure relates to a wall unit for use in the storage and/or display of articles, for example in a store, and to a structure incorporating such unit. According to one aspect of the invention there is provided a wall unit comprising a relatively rigid, self-supporting panel which includes a front wall having an inner surface and a generally flat outer surface, and which is adapted to be supported in use with said outer surface generally vertical. That surface is formed with an array of openings covering substantially the whole of the surface, the openings being arranged in a plurality of vertical rows spaced equally across the surface with the openings in each row equally spaced from one another longitudinally of that row and in horizontal alignment with corresponding openings in adjacent rows. The openings extend through the front wall of the panel to the inner surface thereof and adapted to cooperate with article supporting elements engageable in said openings for supporting articles from the unit. The invention also provides a display and/or storage structure incorporating one or more of said wall units.
A wall unit comprising a relatively rigid, self-supporting panel having a generally flat outer surface and which is adapted to be supported in use with said outer surface generally vertical, said panel being of a rectangular shape and of a substantial width selected to allow a shelf to be positioned across the width of and supported solely by the panel with the ends of the shelf disposed adjacent opposite sides of the panel, said panel being formed with an array of openings which cover substantially the whole of its outer surface and which are arranged in a multiplicity of vertical rows spaced equally from one another with the openings in each row in horizontal alignment with corresponding openings in adjacent rows, said openings extending through the panel to an inner surface thereof and being adapted to co-operate with article supporting elements engageable in selected ones of said openings for supporting articles from the unit, whereby said array of openings allows the article supporting elements to be selectively distributed over said outer surface of the panel in a variety of vertically and horizontally spaced positions and allows a correspondingly wide range of positions for articles supported by said elements, said panel being made up of a plurality of tubular members secured together side by side, each member itself comprising two identical channel elements having generally flat bases and secured together with their channels facing inwardly, each said element having two side flanges disposed generally normal to the base of the element, the edges of said flanges being secured together to form said tubular members, whereby the bases of said channel elements co-operate with the bases of the channel elements of adjacent members in the panel to form front and rear walls of the panel.
A wall unit comprising a relatively rigid, self-supporting panel which is adapted to be supported generally vertically in use and which includes a front wall and a rear wall, each having an inner surface and a generally flat outer surface and being formed with an array of openings which cover substantially the whole of said outer surface of the wall, said openings being arranged in a plurality of vertical rows spaced equally across the surface with the openings in each row equally spaced from one another and in horizontal alignment with corresponding openings in adjacent rows, said openings extending through the wall to the inner surface thereof and being adapted to co-operate with article supporting elements engageable in said openings for supporting articles from the unit, said panel being made up of a plurality of tubular members secured together side by side and extending vertically of the panel, each member itself comprising two channel elements having generally flat bases and secured together with their channels facing inwardly, so that the bases of said channel elements co-operate with the bases of the channel elements of adjacent members in the panel to form said front and rear walls of the panel, the bases of said channel elements being formed with said openings, and at least two of said tubular members extending downwardly below remaining members in the panel to define spigots for co-operating with means for supporting the unit with its said outer surface generally vertical in use.
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