Assembly between a post and a rail for a storage rack or the like
AssigneeCompagnie Generale de Manutention et de Stockage
InventorGuy Bondoux
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Abstract
The post is hollow and provided on one of the sides thereof with two longitudinal rows of openings having a generally T-shape, the lateral walls of the openings being convergent at the end thereof remote from the bar of the T. The rail is rigid with an L-shaped end plate which has a side parallel to the side of the post provided with the openings, which side carries projecting triangular tabs. The tabs are adapted to pass through the bars of the T of the openings and to bear on each side of the rectilinear part of the opening. A boss is locked between the convergent walls.
Claims7
An assembly which is for a storage rack or the like and is capable of being taken down, comprising at least one hollow post having a side provided with two rows of identical openings extending longitudinally of the post, a rail, a rigid L-section plate rigid with an end of the rail, the plate carrying hooking means for hooking in the openings of the post, the openings of the post having the general shape of a T which has a cross-portion and an upright portion, the upright portion having lateral walls which are convergent in a part of the upright portion remote from the cross-portion of the T, the plate having a first side parallel to the rail and a second side perpendicular to the first side, the hooking means comprising at least two triangular tabs which are substantially perpendicular to a face of said first side of the plate which is adjacent said rail and are each connected by a curved strip to a boss which has lateral walls which are convergent in the same way as the lateral walls of the upright portion of the corresponding opening of the post, whereby the boss fits exactly in said opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.