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US 6,783,197 B1Granted
Storage system made of cardboard
OwnerAndrás Baloghinventor
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Abstract
A storage system made of cardboard comprising a load bearing structure defining a rectangular storage space and storage elements in the structure, wherein the load bearing structure is a mantle having a U-shaped profile and vertical boundary plates, the mantle (1) comprises a rear plate (2), a pair of side plates (3, 4) and reinforcement beams (5, 6) constituting extension of the side plates and defines at both sides together with the rear plate (2) and side plates (3, 4) respective U-shaped vertical channels open towards inner direction; further comprises upper and lower cross reinforcement members (11a, 11b) fixed to the mantle (1) and close the channels. The channels receive spacing members and the storage elements being generally shelves.
Claims19
A storage system made of cardboard comprising:
- a load bearing structure defining a rectangular storage space, the load-bearing structure being formed of cardboard members and the cardboard members comprising:
- a vertically extending mantle having:
- a U-shaped horizontal form;
- a vertical rear plate;
- a pair of vertical side plates extending from the rear plate, the rear plate and the side plates providing the U-shaped form;
- side plate extensions providing vertically extending reinforcement members formed by folding back the side plate extensions about multiple parallel and spaced folds;
- a pair of vertically extending U-shaped lateral channels, each channel being defined by one of the side plates, one of the vertically extending reinforcing members and the rear plate, the lateral channels facing inwardly of the mantle and toward another;
- and upper and lower end regions;
- upper and lower horizontal cross reinforcement members extending between the side plates and having end portions received in the lateral channels, the cross reinforcement members being fixed to the upper and lower end regions of the mantle respectively;
- at least one horizontally disposed storage element extending between the side plates and having end portions received in the lateral channels;
- and at least one pair of load-bearing vertical spacing members, one spacing member of each pair being disposed in each of the lateral channels to bear downwardly on the lower cross reinforcement members at a first end while upwardly supporting the storage element at a second end or to bear downwardly on the storage element at a first end, while upwardly supporting the upper cross reinforcement member at a second end.
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A storage system made of cardboard comprising:
- a load bearing structure defining a rectangular storage space, the load-bearing structure being formed of cardboard members and the cardboard members comprising:
- a vertically extending mantle having:
- a U-shaped horizontal form;
- a vertical rear plate;
- a pair of vertical side plates extending from the rear plate, the rear plate and the side plates providing the U-shaped form;
- side plate extensions providing vertically extending reinforcement members formed by folding back the side plate extensions about multiple parallel and spaced folds;
- a pair of vertically extending U-shaped lateral channels, each channel being defined by one of the side plates, one of the vertically extending reinforcing members and the rear plate, the lateral channels facing inwardly of the mantle and toward another;
- and upper and lower end regions;
- upper and lower horizontal cross reinforcement members extending between the side plates and having end portions received in the lateral channels, the cross reinforcement members being fixed to the upper and lower end regions of the mantle respectively;
- at least one horizontally disposed storage element extending between the side plates and having end portions received in the lateral channels;
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- at least one pair of load-bearing vertical spacing members, one spacing member of each pair being disposed in each of the lateral channels to bear downwardly on the lower cross reinforcement member at a first end while upwardly supporting the storage element at a second end or to bear downwardly on the storage element at a first end, while upwardly supporting the upper cross reinforcement member at a second end, wherein the cardboard members of the load bearing structure are clamped and held together by pressure clips disposed to be invisible during use of the system for storage.
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A storage system made of cardboard comprising:
- a load bearing structure defining a rectangular storage space, the load-bearing structure being formed of cardboard members and the cardboard members comprising:
- a vertically extending mantle having:
- a U-shaped horizontal form;
- a vertical rear plate;
- a pair of vertical side plates extending from the rear plate, the rear plate and the side plates providing the U-shaped form;
- side plate extensions providing vertically extending reinforcement members formed by folding back the side plate extensions about multiple parallel and spaced folds;
- a pair of vertically extending U-shaped lateral channels, each channel being defined by one of the side plates, one of the vertically extending reinforcing members and the rear plate, the lateral channels facing inwardly of the mantle and toward another;
- and upper and lower end regions;
- upper and lower horizontal cross reinforcement members extending between the side plates and having end portions received in the lateral channels, the cross reinforcement members being fixed to the upper and lower end regions of the mantle respectively;
- at least one horizontally disposed storage element extending between the side plates and having end portions received in the lateral channels;
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- at least one pair of load-bearing vertical spacing members, one spacing member of each pair being disposed in each of the lateral channels to bear downwardly on the lower cross reinforcement member or on said storage element while upwardly supporting the storage element or the upper cross reinforcement member wherein the cardboard members of the load bearing structure are clamped and held together by pressure clips disposed to be invisible during use of the system for storage and the storage system comprises openings formed in the cross reinforcement members and in the storage element to facilitate insertion of the pressure clips.
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